Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are important precursors of ozone and particulate matter; thus, their impacts on air quality are particularly significant. To study the composition characteristics and sources of VOCs in Lianyungang City, four national control sites were selected to conduct VOCs sampling and analysis on typical days in spring, summer, and autumn. Concentrations of VOCs, the effects of different components of VOCs on ozone formation were quantified, and the sources of VOCs were analyzed using the Positive Matrix Factorization model. The VOC concentrations were in the range of 27.46×10-9-40.52×10-9 in spring, 45.79×10-9-53.45×10-9 in summer, and 38.84×10-9-46.66×10-9 in autumn. Concentrations of oxygenated compounds accounted for 41%-48% of all measured VOCs. VOC species with higher concentrations were acetone, acrolein, and propionaldehyde, and the concentration of isoprene was higher in summer. Generally, VOC concentrations were higher at 0900 than at 1300 when acrolein, ethylene, and dichloromethane concentrations changed greatly. The ozone formation potential (OFP) of oxygenated compounds was the highest, followed by aromatics and alkenes, and the OFP of alkanes was the smallest. The VOC species with higher OFP were acrolein, propylene, and ethylene. The main sources of VOCs in Lianyungang were industry (49%), solvent usage (23%), transportation (14%), paint usage (10%), and natural sources (4%). The results suggest further investigating the oxygenated compounds with higher concentrations and higher OFP in Lianyungang City, and studying the impacts of industrial sources on VOCs.In a recent field campaign focused on air quality study, aerosol optical properties, particle number concentration, and PM2.5 components were monitored in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, from May 27 to June 27, 2019. An array of instruments were deployed that included scanning mobility particle size spectrometer (SMPS), aethalometer (AE33), cavity attenuation phase shift single albedo monitor (CAPS-ALB), monitor for aerosols and gases in ambient air (MARGA) and RT-4 organic carbon/elemental carbon (OC/EC) carbon analyzer to study the ① changes in chemical composition and optical parameters of the new particles generated during the campaign period. ② comparison of the aerosol extinction coefficient recorded by these instruments and measured value in the reconstruction of IMPROVE (interagency monitoring of protected visual environment) and the calculated coefficient using MIE theory model were carried out. During the entire campaign, two new particle generation events were observed and also found that the particle size continued to increase from 4 nm to 64 nm. It was monitored that in the initial stage of new particle generation, sulfate contributed greatly. The measured average aerosol extinction coefficient during the period of particle generation, using these instruments was 95.40 Mm-1, while the average aerosol extinction reconstruction using the IMPROVE model was observed to be 140.20 Mm-1. The theoretical calculations based on Mie theory model yielded an average extinction coefficient of 93.54 Mm-1. It was found that the average aerosol extinction in Changzhou is lower than the average value of the urban aerosol extinction coefficient, which is measured to be 300 Mm-1 in China, during this period. The deployment of multiple instruments in a single campaign is more desirable because the combination of all observations helped in better characterization of the physicochemical properties of ambient aerosols from various aspects, including particle size spectrum and chemical composition.The spectral characteristics and sources of water-soluble organic compounds (WSOC) in PM2.5 in winter were studied by using UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy, parallel factor analysis, and backward trajectory model. The results showed that the concentration of WSOC in PM2.5 was 4.66-14.75 μg ·m-3. The values of E2/E3, E3/E4, S275-295, SUVA254, AAE, and MAE365 of WSOC were, respectively, in the range of 2.85-4.32, 2.21-3.56, 0.0099-0.0127 nm-1, 2.35-3.89 m2 ·g-1, 2.66-4.60, and 1.51-2.60 m2 ·g-1. The E2/E3, E3/E4, S275-295, and AAE values of WSOC at the sampling site in the southern suburb of Xi’an, China (Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology) were higher than those at the sampling site in the northern suburb (sports park), while the values of SUVA254 and MAE365 were lower. There were four fluorescent components in WSOC identified by the EEMs-PARAFAC model C1 and C2 were fulvic acid-like and protein-like, respectively, and C3 and C4 were humus-like componenttronger. The WSOC mainly originated from biological sources or both from biological and terrestrial sources. Local transmission had the most significant contribution to PM2.5 and WSOC in winter.In order to study the characteristics and sources of carbon fractions in PM2.5 in road dust in Anshan, road dust samples were collected from nine roads in Anshan in October 2014 and re-suspended on filters using a NK-ZXF sampler to obtain PM2.5 samples. A thermal optical carbon analyzer (IMPROVE-TOR) was employed to measure the mass fraction of organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) in PM2.5. The results showed that ω(TC) in PM2.5 in road dust was 9.78% (outer loop)-14.00% (Qianshan West Road), ω(OC) was 8.15% (outer loop)-10.84% (Qianshan West Road), and ω(EC) was 1.63% (outer loop)-2.85% (Qianshan West Road). ω(OC) was much higher than ω(EC), indicating that road dust contained a large amount of organic carbon. All OC/EC values were greater than 2.0 during the sampling period, suggesting that there was secondary pollution. Spearman correlation analysis and linear fitting indicated that the sources of OC and EC were basically the same. Cluster analysis results showed that carbon components in PM2.5 in road dust in Anshan mainly originated from vehicle exhaust, biomass burning, and coal combustion emissions.To understand the characterization and sources of carbonaceous aerosols at Mountain Dinghu, organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) in size-resolved aerosol samples were measured at a regional background site in South China using a DRI Model 2001A analyzer. The average mass concentrations of organic carbon (OC) are (5.6±2.0) μg ·m-3 in PM1.1, (7.3±2.4) μg ·m-3 in PM2.1, and (12.8±4.0) μg ·m-3 in PM9.0; the average mass concentrations of elemental carbon (EC) are (2.3±1.4) μg ·m-3in PM1.1, (2.7±1.6) μg ·m-3 in PM2.1, and (3.4±1.7) μg ·m-3 in PM9.0. OC concentrations in PM1.1 and PM2.1 account for 43.8% and 57.0% of OC in PM9.0, and EC concentrations in PM1.1 and PM2.1 account for 67.6% and 79.4%, respectively. learn more OC and EC are enriched with fine particles. In PM1.1 and PM2.1, the highest concentrations of OC and EC are measured in autumn, and the lowest concentration of OC is measured in winter and EC in summer. In PM9.0, the highest OC concentration is measured in summer. Carbonaceous aerosols are mainly composed of OC2, EC1, OC3, and OC4.