Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in China: a Review

• Published in: Current pollution reports Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 250 - 263
• Main Authors: Mozaffar, Ahsan, Zhang, Yan-Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.09.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: 1,2-dichloropropane; Air Pollution (H Zhang and Y Sun; Air quality; Air quality standards; Aquatic Pollution; Aromatic compounds; at-risk population; Atmospheric boundary layer; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Autumn; Benzene; biomass; Biomass burning; Carbon tetrachloride; carcinogenicity; Carcinogens; China; Chloroform; Dichloroethane; Dichloromethane; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Ethyl benzene; Ethylbenzene; Ethylene dibromide; Ethylene dichloride; Forest fires; forests; formaldehyde; health effects assessments; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Industrial Pollution Prevention; Investigations; methylene chloride; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Naphthalene; oil and gas industry; Organic compounds; Petrochemicals; Petrochemicals industry; Plant species; Pollutants; Pollution; risk; Risk assessment; river deltas; Rivers; Rural areas; Section Editors; Suburban areas; Summer; Toluene; Topical Collection on Air Pollution; Trimethylbenzene; Vehicle emissions; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Waste management; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Winter; Yangtze River; Beijing China; China; Yangtze River; VOC source; Volatile organic compound; VOC; China; BVOC; Indoor VOC

Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to summarize the current understandings of atmospheric VOC characteristics in China and put forward the methodological drawbacks of the VOC measurement that need to be resolved and the research gaps that need to be filled. Recent Findings Whereas in re...