Joost de Gouw has collaborated with several colleagues on the interpretation of VOC measurements from China. The concept of photochemical age was found to be useful to separate the effects of VOC emissions, removal and secondary formation. Source attribution of VOCs is complicated by the effects of atmospheric chemistry.

Collaborators

Bin Yuan (Jinan Univ.), Min Shao (Peking Univ. & Jinan Univ.), Cheng Huang, Hong-Li Wang (Shanghai Acad. Env. Sciences), Ru-Jin Huang (CAS Xian), Doug Worsnop (Aerodyne)

Key Publications

• Liu, Y., Shao, M., Kuster, W. C., Goldan, P. D., Li, X., Lu, S. and de Gouw, J. A.: Source identification of reactive hydrocarbons and oxygenated VOCs in the summertime in Beijing, Environ. Sci. Technol., 43, 75–81, 2009.
• Yuan, B., Shao, M., de Gouw, J. A., Parrish, D. D., Lu, S., Wang, M., Zeng, L., Zhang, Q., Song, Y., Zhang, J. and Hu, M.: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban air: how chemistry affects the interpretation of positive matrix factorization (PMF) analysis, J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 117, D24302, doi:10.1029/2012JD018236, 2012.
• Huang, C., Wang, H. L., Li, L., Wang, Q., Lu, Q., de Gouw, J. A., Zhou, M., Jing, S. A., Lu, J. and Chen, C. H.: VOC species and emission inventory from vehicles and their SOA formation potentials estimation in Shanghai, China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 11081–11096, 2015.
• Wang, H., Wang, Q., Gao, Y., Zhou, M., Jing, S., Qiao, L., Bin Yuan, Huang, D., Huang, C., Lou, S., Yan, R., de Gouw, J. A., Zhang, X., Chen, J., Chen, C., Tao, S., An, J. and Li, Y.: Estimation of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation During a Photochemical Smog Episode in Shanghai, China, J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 125, e2019JD032033, doi:10.1029/2019JD032033, 2020.