Oh, Sea -Ho Park, Kihong Park, Minhan Song, Myoungki Jang, Kyoung-Soon Schauer, James J. Bae, Gwi-Nam Bae, Min-Suk 2024-01-19T10:04:25Z 2024-01-19T10:04:25Z 2023-02-10 2023-02 0048-9697 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/114047 Regional air pollution is rising in Northeast Asia due to increasing energy consumption resulting from a growing pop-ulation and intensifying industrialization. This study analyzes the sources of air pollution using fine particulate matter (PM2.5) sampling from the atmosphere over Korea and China. We then use this analysis to further investigate the rela-tionship between organic compounds (source tracers) and the oxidative potential of PM2.5. The PM2.5 concentration during winter measured at a measurement stations in Korea showed no significant variation year-to-year. The PM2.5 concentrations measured during winter at a site near Beijing, China were 62.45 mu g/m3 in 2018 and 33.07 mu g/m3 in 2020. The sources, as determined from PMF, were analyzed at a site in Korea, the sources as secondary nitrate (34.10 %), secondary sulfate (20.20 %), coal combustion (4.01 %), vehicle emission (8.55 %), cooking and biomass burning (18.39 %), dust (8.45 %), and SOA (6.29 %) were identified. At a site in China, secondary nitrate (17.54 %), secondary sulfate (12.03 %), coal combustion (15.53 %), vehicle emission (12.43 %), cooking and biomass burning (9.25 %), dust (26.40 %), secondary organic aerosol (6.82 %) were identified. Our results show secondary or-ganic carbon had a positive association with oxidative potential in Korea while primary organic carbon presented higher correlation with oxidative potential in China. Further, the ECMWF Reanalysis v5 (ERA5) wind field during the high PM2.5 events demonstrated airflow from the west coast of China resulting in high polar organic compounds at the Korean mon-itoring site. The results further support that aged PM2.5, which contains secondary products, leads to increased oxidative potential. The results presented explain the high concentrations of secondary products and the impact on the biological activities of PM2.5, supporting additional actions to address the impacts of long-range transport of PM2.5. English Elsevier BV Comparison of the sources and oxidative potential of PM2.5 during winter time in large cities in China and South Korea Article 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160369 1 Science of the Total Environment, v.859 Science of the Total Environment 859 N scie scopus 000899386400009 2-s2.0-85142713507 Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences & Ecology Article POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS AIR-POLLUTION SOURCES SOURCE APPORTIONMENT PARTICULATE MATTER DIESEL EXHAUST CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS NORTHEAST ASIA COASTAL AREA SEVERE HAZE Organic molecular marker PMF Oxidation potential Source apportionment