Publications of Yafang Cheng

Hong, J., Ma, J., Ma, N., Zhou, X., Shi, J., Zhu, S., Xie, L., Tang, M., Luo, B., Yang, Z., Li, Y., Liu, L., Lu, H., Tao, J., Zhou, Y., Xu, H., Wang, Q., Cheng, Y. and Su, H.: Adequate Consideration of Aerosol Hygroscopicity is Crucial for Evaluating Its Respiratory Deposition and Related Health Impacts, Environmental Science & Technology, 59(18), 9199–9208, doi:10.1021/acs.est.5c02467, 2025.

Yue, S., Cheng, Y., Zheng, L., Lai, S., Wang, S., Song, T., Li, L., Li, P., Zhu, J., Li, M., Wei, L., Ma, C., Jin, R., Zhang, Y., Sun, Y., Wang, Z., Kawamura, K., Liu, C.-Q., Su, H., Andreae, M. O. and Fu, P.: Mass deposition of microbes from wildfire smoke to the sea surface microlayer, Limnology and Oceanography, 70(6), 1770–1781, doi:10.1002/lno.70078, 2025.

Gao, Y., Kou, W., Cheng, W., Guo, X., Qu, B., Wu, Y., Zhang, S., Liao, H., Chen, D., Leung, L. R., Wild, O., Zhang, J., Lin, G., Su, H., Cheng, Y., Pöschl, U., Pozzer, A., Zhang, L., Lamarque, J.-F., Guenther, A. B., Brasseur, G., Liu, Z., Lu, H., Li, C., Zhao, B., Wang, S., Huang, X., Pan, J., Liu, G., Liu, X., Lin, H., Zhao, Y., Zhao, C., Meng, J., Yao, X., Gao, H. and Wu, L.: Reducing Long-Standing Surface Ozone Overestimation in Earth System Modeling by High-Resolution Simulation and Dry Deposition Improvement, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 17(3), doi:10.1029/2023MS004192, 2025.

Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Wu, N., Ouyang, X., Li, G., Cheng, Y., Zhang, Q., Ding, A. and Su, H.: The Contribution of Black Carbon-Containing Particles to PM_2.5: Variability, Drivers, and Impacts, Environmental Science & Technology, 59, doi:10.1021/acs.est.5c00675, 2025.

Stolzenburg, D., Sarnela, N., Bianchi, F., Cai, J., Cai, R., Cheng, Y., Dada, L., Donahue, N. M., Grothe, H., Holm, S., Kerminen, V.-M., Lehtipalo, K., Petaja, T., Sulo, J., Winkler, P. M., Yan, C., Kangasluoma, J. and Kulmala, M.: Incomplete mass closure in atmospheric nanoparticle growth, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8(1), doi:10.1038/s41612-025-00893-5, 2025.

Xue, C., Chen, H., McGillen, M. R., Su, H., Cheng, Y., Kleffmann, J., Li, G., Cazaunau, M., Colomb, A., Sciare, J., DeWitt, L., Marchand, N., Sarda-Esteve, R., Petit, J.-E. and Kukui, A.: Role of Heterogeneous Reactions in the Atmospheric Oxidizing Capacity in Island Environments, Environmental Science & Technology, 59, doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c11647, 2025.

Xu, Y., Ma, T., Duan, F., Wang, S., Jiang, J., Cheng, Y., Su, H., An, T., Ma, Y., Kimoto, T., Huang, T. and He, K.: Existence of hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) during spring haze and sandstorm events in Beijing: Implications for a heterogeneous formation pathway on mineral aerosols, Environmental Pollution, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125483, 2025.

Machado, L. A. T., Unfer, G. R., Brill, S., Hildmann, S., Pöhlker, C., Cheng, Y., Williams, J., Harder, H., Andreae, M. O., Artaxo, P., Curtius, J., Franco, M. A., Cecchini, M. A., Edtbauer, A., Hoffmann, T., Holanda, B., Khadir, T., Krejci, R., Kremper, L. A., Liu, Y., Meller, B. B., Pöhlker, M. L., Quesada, C. A., Ringsdorf, A., Riipinen, I., Trumbore, S., Wolff, S., Lelieveld, J. and Pöschl, U.: Frequent rainfall-induced new particle formation within the canopy in the Amazon rainforest, Nature Geoscience, 17, doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01585-0, 2024.

Ni, R., Su, H., Burnett, R. T., Guo, Y. and Cheng, Y.: Long-term exposure to PM_2.5 has significant adverse effects on childhood and adult asthma: A global meta-analysis and health impact assessment, One Earth, 7, doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2024.09.022, 2024.

Ma, C., Ni, R., Su, H. and Cheng, Y.: Enhancing Global Simulation of Smoke Injection Height for Intense Pyro-Convection Through Coupling an Improved One-Dimensional Plume Rise Model in CAM-chem, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16(19), doi:10.1029/2023MS004127, 2024.

Singh, A., Swain, B., Tripathi, S. N., Pöhlker, M. L., Allan, J. D., McFiggans, G., Pöschl, U., Su, H., Martin, S. T., Andreae, M. O., Raghunathan, R., Cheng, Y., Coe, H., Liu, P. and Gunthe, S. S.: Influence of Changing Anthropogenic Emissions on New Particle Formation and Cloud Condensation Nuclei Activity in Coastal India, in AGU Annual Meeting 2025. [online] Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0012-4740-4, 2025.

Weber, B., Maier, S., Weber, J., Leiva, D., Zhou, M., Qian, X., Pöschl, U., Cheng, Y., Su, H. and Kim, M.: Mechanisms of soil emissions of NO and HONO produced by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria during drying, in EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria & Online., 2025.

Georgoulias, A. K., Lelieveld, J., Klingmüller, K., Akritidis, D., Pozzer, A., Alexandri, G., Bilal, M., Cheng, Y., Su, H. and Zanis, P.: Health gains from particulate air pollution controls in China, in EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria & Online., 2024.

Ma, N., Zhu, S., Xie, L., Bai, Z., Yu, P., Deng, Z., Ran, L., Su, H. and Cheng, Y.: A Novel UAV-based Airborne Aerosol Sampling System for Vertical Profile Measurements of Aerosol Physicochemical Properties, AGU Annual Meeting 2024 [online] Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0012-95BC-0, 2024.

Pan, X., Ditas, J., Kuhn, U., Xue, C., Aardema, H. M., Calleja, M. L., Heins, L., Hrabe de Angelis, I., Slagter, H., Pöhlker, C., Weber, J., Su, H., Pöschl, U., Haug, G., Schiebel, R. and Cheng, Y.: Non-Core-Shell Structure of Black carbon Aerosols over the Ocean Observed Onboard the S/Y Eugen Seibold, AGU Annual Meeting 2024 [online] Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0012-95AC-2, 2024.

Tan, J., Su, H., Carmichael, G. R., Fu, J. S., Li, L. and Cheng, Y.: Organic Nitrogen: The Significant Overlooked Piece in China's Nitrogen-Carbon Balance, AGU Annual Meeting 2024 [online] Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0012-95A4-A, 2024.

Ma, C., Su, H. and Cheng, Y.: Deep learning reveals a stronger fossil fuel influence than biomass burning in shaping remote tropospheric ozone, arXiv, doi:10.48550/arXiv.2606.09793, 2026.

Brauner, P., Appel, O., Eppers, O., Köllner, F., Clemen, H.-C., Bräuer, T., Lachnitt, H.-C., Kaiser, K., Schneider, J., Dragoneas, A., Hünig, A., Molleker, S., Anderson, B. E., Cheng, Y., Schlager, H., Voigt, C. and Borrmann, S.: Measurement report: Chemical composition of submicron aerosol and cirrus and contrail ice residuals measured in the UTLS over Germany in winter 2018, EGUsphere, doi:10.5194/egusphere-2026-2161, 2026.

Ekinci, F., Eppers, O., Appel, O., Ploeger, F., Dragoneas, A., Molleker, S., Brauner, P., Lachnitt, H.-C., Weyland, F., Ort, L., Emig, N., Clemen, H.-C., Tomsche, L., Ebert, M., Hoor, P., Vogel, B., Cheng, Y., Schneider, J., Borrmann, S. and Köllner, F.: Enhancement of ammonium nitrate aerosol in the Northern Hemisphere lower stratosphere linked to Asian summer monsoon outflow, EGUsphere, doi:10.5194/egusphere-2026-998, 2026.

Wei, L., Chen, X., Yang, W., Wang, Z., Li, J., Liu, D., Du, H., Pan, X., Cheng, Y., Fu, P. and Wang, Z.: Advancing Isotope-Enabled Model for Comprehensive Understanding of Atmospheric Sulfur Isotope Effects: Revealing the Overlooked Isotopic Fractionation During Combustion and Gas Desulfurization, EGUsphere, doi:10.5194/egusphere-2025-3649, 2026.