Publications
Last Updated: May 2025
2025
Dang, R., Jacob, D. J., Wang, H., Nowlan, C. R., Gonzalez Abad, G., Chong, H., Liu, X., Shah, V., Yang, L. H., Oak, Y. J., Marais, E. A., Horner, R. P., Rollins, A. W., Crawford, J. H., Li, K., and Liao, H.: High-resolution geostationary satellite observations of free tropospheric NO2 over North America: implications for lightning emissions, PNAS, under review.
Pendergrass, D. C., Jacob, D. J., Oak, Y. J., Dang, R., Yang, L. H., Beaudry, E., Zhai, S., Kim, H., Chi, J., Park, J., Kim, S., Li, K., and Liao, H.: Wintertime trends of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in South Korea, 2012-2022: response of nitrate and organic components to decreasing NOx emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., under review.
Oak, Y. J., Jacob, D. J., Pendergrass, D. C., Dang, R., Chong, H., Lee, S., Kuk, S., and Kim, J.: Air quality trends and regimes in South Korea inferred from 2015-2023 surface and satellite observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 3233-3252, 10.5194/acp-25-3233-2025, 2025.
Yang, L. H., Jacob, D. J., Lin, H., Dang, R., Bates, K. H., East, J. D., Travis, K. R., Pendergrass, D.C., and Murray, L.T.: Assessment of hydrogen’s climate impact is affected by model OH biases, Geophys. Res. Lett., e2024GL112445, 2025.
2024
Dang, R., Jacob, D. J., Zhai, S., Yang, L. H., Pendergrass D. C., Coheur, P., Clarisse, L., Van Damme, M., Choi, J., Park, J., Liu, Z., Xie, P., and Liao, H.: A satellite-based indicator for diagnosing particulate nitrate sensitivity to precursor emissions: application to East Asia, Europe, and North America, Environ. Sci. Technol., 10.1021/acs.est.4c08082, 2024.
Li, B., Liao, H., Li, K., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., Guo, Y., Liu, L., Jin, J., Yang, Y., Gong, C., Wang, T., Shen, W., Wang, P., Dang, R., Liao, K., Zhu, Q., and Jacob, D. J.: Unlocking nitrogen management potential via large-scale farming for air quality and substantial co-benefits, National Science Review, DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae324, 2024.
Lin, H., Emmons, L. K., Lundgren, E. W., Yang, L. H., Feng, X., Dang, R., Zhai, S., Tang, Y., Kelp, M. M., Colombi, N. K., Eastham, S. D., Fritz, T. M., and Jacob, D. J.: Intercomparison of GEOS-Chem and CAM-chem tropospheric oxidant chemistry within the Community Earth System Model version 2 (CESM2), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 8607-8624, 10.5194/acp-24-8607-2024, 2024.
Yang, L. H., Jacob, D. J., Dang, R., Oak, Y. J., Lin, H., Kim, J., Zhai, S., Colombi, N. K., Pendergrass, D. C., Beaudry, E., Shah, V., Feng, X., Yantosca, R. M., Chong, H., Park, J., Lee, H., Lee, W. J., Kim, S., Kim, E., Travis, K. R., Crawford, J. H., and Liao, H.: Interpreting Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) geostationary satellite observations of the diurnal variation in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) over East Asia, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 7027-7039, 10.5194/acp-24-7027-2024, 2024.
Zhai, S., Jacob, D. J., Franco, B., Clarisse, L., Coheur, P., Shah, V., Bates, K. H., Lin, H., Dang, R., Sulprizio, M. P., Huey, L. G., Moore, F. L., Jaffe, D. A., and Liao, H.: Transpacific transport of Asian peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) observed from satellite: implications for ozone, Environ. Sci. Technol., 10.1021/acs.est.4c01980, 2024.
2023
Dang, R., Jacob, D. J., Zhai, S., Coheur, P., Clarisse, L., Van Damme, M., Pendergrass, D. C., Choi, J.-s., Park, J.-s., Liu, Z., and Liao, H.: Diagnosing the Sensitivity of Particulate Nitrate to Precursor Emissions Using Satellite Observations of Ammonia and Nitrogen Dioxide, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL105761, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105761, 2023.
Dang, R., Jacob, D. J., Shah, V., Eastham, S. D., Fritz, T. M., Mickley, L. J., Liu, T., Wang, Y., and Wang, J.: Background nitrogen dioxide (NO2) over the United States and its implications for satellite observations and trends: effects of nitrate photolysis, aircraft, and open fires, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 6271-6284, 10.5194/acp-23-6271-2023, 2023.
Li, J., Hao, X., Liao, H., Dai, H., Li, N., Gu, Y., Dang, R., Li, B., and Wei, Y.: Air pollution mitigation in North China through flexible heating policies, Environ. Res. Lett., 18, 024026, 10.1088/1748-9326/acb3e2, 2023.
Shah, V., Jacob, D. J., Dang, R., Lamsal, L. N., Strode, S. A., Steenrod, S. D., Boersma, K. F., Eastham, S. D., Fritz, T. M., Thompson, C., Peischl, J., Bourgeois, I., Pollack, I. B., Nault, B. A., Cohen, R. C., Campuzano-Jost, P., Jimenez, J. L., Andersen, S. T., Carpenter, L. J., Sherwen, T., and Evans, M. J.: Nitrogen oxides in the free troposphere: implications for tropospheric oxidants and the interpretation of satellite NO2 measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 1227-1257, 10.5194/acp-23-1227-2023, 2023.
2022
Wang, P., Yang, Y., Li, H., Chen, L., Dang, R., Xue, D., Li, B., Tang, J., Leung, L. R., and Liao, H.: North China Plain as a hot spot of ozone pollution exacerbated by extreme high temperatures, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 4705-4719, 10.5194/acp-22-4705-2022, 2022.
2021
Hao, X., Li, J., Wang, H., Liao, H., Yin, Z., Hu, J., Wei, Y., and Dang, R.: Long-term health impact of PM2.5 under whole-year COVID-19 lockdown in China, Environ. Pollut., 290, 118118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118118, 2021.
Dang, R., Liao, H., and Fu, Y.: Quantifying the anthropogenic and meteorological influences on summertime surface ozone in China over 2012-2017, The Science of the total environment, 754, 142394-142394, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142394, 2021.
2020
Gong, C., Liao, H., Zhang, L., Yue, X., Dang, R., and Yang, Y.: Persistent ozone pollution episodes in North China exacerbated by regional transport, Environ. Pollut., 265, 115056, 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115056, 2020.
2019
Dang, R., and Liao, H.: Radiative Forcing and Health Impact of Aerosols and Ozone in China as the Consequence of Clean Air Actions over 2012–2017, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 12511-12519, 10.1029/2019gl084605, 2019.
Dang, R., and Liao, H.: Severe winter haze days in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region from 1985 to 2017 and the roles of anthropogenic emissions and meteorology, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 10801-10816, 10.5194/acp-19-10801-2019, 2019.
Zhu, J., Chen, L., Liao, H., and Dang, R.: Correlations between PM2.5 and Ozone over China and Associated Underlying Reasons, Atmosphere, 10, 15, 10.3390/atmos10070352, 2019.