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Pilot study on air quality management in the Pearl River Delta

Purpose: To carry out a 2-year pilot study on the use of atmospheric observations and carry out a fine particle air pollution source apportionment study to help manage air quality in the Pearl River Delta. This kind of study is vital to help policy makers devise more effective policies to reduce air pollution.

Project collaboration partners include:

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Peking University
• California Institute of Technology
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Hong Kong EPD
• Hong Kong Observatory
• Hong Kong Civic Exchange
• Guangzhou Research Section of Environmental Sciences

Project Publications:

• One Country, Two Systems, One Smog Cross-Boundary Air Pollution Policy Challenge for Hong Kong and Guangdong
• Mei Zheng, Fu Wang, Gayle S.W. Hagler, Ximei Hou, Michael Bergin, Yuan Cheng, Lynn G. Salmon, James J. Schauer, Peter K.K. Louie, Limin Zeng, and Yuanhang Zhang, "Sources of Excess Urban Carbonaceous Aerosol In the Pearl River Delta Region, China," Atmospheric Environment 45 (2011) 1175-1182. Abstract // Download paper
• G.S.W. Hagler, M.H. Bergin, L.G. Salmon, J.Z. Yu, E.C.H. Wan, M. Zheng, L.M. Zeng, C.S. Kiang, Y.H. Zhang, and J.J. Schauer, "Local and regional anthropogenic influence on PM2.5 elements in Hong Kong," Atmospheric Environment 41 (2007) 5994-6004. Abstract // Download paper
• M. Zheng, G.S.W. Hagler, L. Ke, M.H. Bergin, F. Wang, P.K.K. Louie, L. Salmon, D.W.M. Sin, J.Z. Yu, and J.J. Schauer, "Composition and sources of carbonaceous aerosols at three contrasting sites in Hong Kong," Journal of Geophysical Research 111 (2006) D20313. Abstract // Download paper
• G.S.W. Hagler, M.H. Bergin, L.G. Salmon, J.Z. Yu, E.Wan, M. Zheng, L.M. Zeng, C.S. Kiang, Y.H. Zhang, A.K.H. Lau, and J.J. Schauer, "Source areas and chemical composition of fine particulate matter in the Pearl River Delta Region of China," Atmospheric Environment 40 (2006) 3802-3815. Abstract // Download paper
• Michael Bergin, Gayle Hagler, Lynn Salmon, Mei Zheng, William Chameides, C.S. Kiang, James Schauer, and Jian Yu, "Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in the Pearl River Delta," Project 2 Scientific Report to the Hong Kong Civic Exchange, 2004. (Downloads: Full Report (4.6Mb), Executive Summary)