%0 Journal Article %A Xinghua Zhang %A Jianzhong Xu %A Shichang Kang %A Yanmei Liu %A Qi Zhang %+ State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;;Key Laboratory of Arid Climatic Change and Reducing Disaster of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Arid Climatic Change and Disaster Reduction of CMA, Institute of Arid Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Lanzhou 730020, China;;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;;Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA %T Chemical characterization of long-range transport biomass burning emissions to the Himalayas: insights from high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry %J Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics %D 2018 %N 7 %V 18 %X An intensive field measurement was conducted at a remote, background,high-altitude site (Qomolangma Station, QOMS, 4276 m a.s.l.) in thenorthern Himalayas, using an Aerodyne high-resolution time-of-flight aerosolmass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) along with other collocated instruments. Thefield measurement was performed from 12 April to 12 May 2016 to chemicallycharacterize the high time-resolved submicron particulate matter (PM1)and obtain the dynamic processes (emissions, transport, and chemicalevolution) of biomass burning (BB), frequently transported from South Asia tothe Himalayas during pre-monsoon season. Overall, the average(±1 σ ) PM1 mass concentration was4.44 (±4.54) µg m−3 for the entire study, which is comparable withthose observed at other remote sites worldwide. Organic aerosol (OA) was thedominant PM1 species (accounting for 54.3 % of total PM1 on average) followed by black carbon (BC) (25.0 %), sulfate (9.3 %),ammonium (5.8 %), nitrate (5.1 ... %W CNKI