How to cite

If you use the PM2.5 concentration data from TAP, please cite this website (http://tapdata.org.cn) and the following papers:

Geng, G., Xiao, Q., Liu, S., Liu, X., Cheng, J., Zheng, Y., Xue, T., Tong, D., Zheng, B., Peng, Y., Huang, X., He, K., & Zhang, Q. (2021). Tracking Air Pollution in China: Near Real-Time PM2.5 Retrievals from Multisource Data Fusion. Environ Sci Technol, 55, 12106-12115. [Link] [PDF]

Xiao, Q., Geng G., Liu, S., Liu, J., Meng, X., & Zhang, Q. (2022). Spatiotemporal continuous estimates of daily 1 km PM2.5 from 2000 to present under the Tracking Air Pollution in China (TAP) framework. Atmos Chem Phys, 22, 13229–13242. [Link] [PDF]

Xiao, Q., Zheng, Y., Geng, G., Chen, C., Huang, X., Che, H., Zhang, X., He, K., & Zhang, Q. (2021). Separating emission and meteorological contribution to PM2.5 trends over East China during 2000–2018. Atmos Chem Phys, 21, 9475-9496. [Link] [PDF]

Xiao, Q., Geng, G., Cheng, J., Liang, F., Li, R., Meng, X., Xue, T., Huang, X., Kan, H., Zhang, Q., & He, K. (2021). Evaluation of gap-filling approaches in satellite-based daily PM2.5 prediction models. Atmos Environ, 244, 117921. [Link] [PDF]

If you use the PM2.5 chemical composition concentration data from TAP, please cite this website (http://tapdata.org.cn) and the following papers:

Liu, S., Geng, G., Xiao, Q., Zheng, Y., Liu, X., Cheng, J., & Zhang, Q. (2022). Tracking daily concentrations of PM2.5 chemical composition in China since 2000. Environ Sci Technol, 56, 16517–16527. [Link] [PDF]

Geng, G., Zhang, Q., Tong, D., Li, M., Zheng, Y., Wang, S., & He, K. (2017). Chemical composition of ambient PM2.5 over China and relationship to precursor emissions during 2005–2012. Atmos Chem Phys17(14), 9187-9203. [Link] [PDF]

If you use the O3 concentration data from TAP, please cite this website (http://tapdata.org.cn) and the following papers:

Xue, T., Zheng, Y., Geng, G., Xiao, Q., Meng, X., Wang, M., Li, X., Wu, N., Zhang, Q., & Zhu, T. (2020). Estimating spatiotemporal variation in ambient ozone exposure during 2013–2017 using a data-fusion model. Environ Sci Technol, 54, 14877-14888. [Link] [PDF]

Xiao, Q., Geng, G., Xue, T., Liu, S., Cai, C., He, K., & Zhang, Q. (2021). Tracking PM2.5 and O3 Pollution and the Related Health Burden in China 2013–2020. Environ Sci Technol. [Link] [PDF]

If you use the global PM2.5 and fire PM2.5 concentration data from TAP, please cite this website (http://tapdata.org.cn) and the following papers:

Zhang, Q., Wang Y., Xiao Q., Geng G., S. J. Davis, Liu,X., J. Yang, J. J. Liu, W. Y. Huang, C. P. He, B. H. Luo, R. V. Martin, M. Brauer, J. T. Randerson, and K. B. He (2025), Long-range PM2.5 pollution and health impacts from the 2023 Canadian wildfires. Nature. [Link]