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However, to the best of our knowledge, research has rarely analyzed the correlation between aerosol types and air quality index (AQI) in Beijing (urban and suburban) over a long-term series of observations. Therefore, in this study, we aim to identify and discuss the different aerosol types and AQI in Beijing from 2004 to 2015. The aerosol types are classified into six categories: dust, mixed, highly-absorbing, moderately-absorbing, slightly-absorbing, and scattering by a multiple clustering method with the fine mode fraction (FMF) and single scattering albedo (SSA) data of retrievals from the global Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) sun photometer sites. The AQI levels: are good (0\u201350); moderate (51\u2013100); unhealthy for sensitive groups (101\u2013150); unhealthy (151\u2013200); very unhealthy (201\u2013300); and hazardous (&gt;300). The results show that a significant FMF variability occurred among different seasons in Beijing, with maximum values present in spring and minimum values in winter. The SSA values exhibit variation, with small fluctuations from season to season. In the case of BJ station, the scattering aerosols are more frequent in summer (39%) and less in winter (1%), while the coarse particles (dust) are more frequent in spring (18%) and less in autumn (6%). In contrast, the absorbing aerosols (especially slightly-absorbing) are more frequent in summer (35%) and winter (15%). However, the mixed aerosol types are more frequent in spring (38%) and less in summer (8%). There is a similar seasonal variation in XH. In the past 12 years, the slightly-absorbing aerosol type in Beijing has increased by approximately 14%, which is believed to be due to the rapid development of industrial cities. In addition, comparing the urban and suburban regions, the slightly-absorbing aerosol type is the dominant aerosol type in both areas. Furthermore, to identify the dominant aerosol types which lead to air pollution, a related analysis was carried out by analyzing different aerosol types and the relationship between aerosol types and AQI. The results indicate that the air pollution was strongly correlated to slightly-absorbing aerosols, in which the percentage of slightly-absorbing aerosols was about 49% during the hazardous days in 2013\u20132015, and the correlation between AQI and aerosol types is also strong (R2 = 0.76 and 0.97, in Beijing and Xianghe).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs9090898","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,30]],"date-time":"2017-08-30T10:40:00Z","timestamp":1504089600000},"page":"898","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Characteristics of Aerosol Types in Beijing and the Associations with Air Pollution from 2004 to 2015"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2730-9633","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yang","family":"Ou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory Incubation Base of Urban Environmental Processes and Digital Simulation, Ministry of Science and Technology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wenhui","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Municipal Environment Monitoring Center, Beijing 100048, China"},{"name":"Beijing Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particulate Matter Detection Technology, Beijing 100048, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Junqian","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 2R7, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wenji","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory Incubation Base of Urban Environmental Processes and Digital Simulation, Ministry of Science and Technology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Information Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing 100035, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"252","DOI":"10.1029\/2009GL039609","article-title":"Comparison of caliop level 2 aerosol subtypes to aerosol types derived from aeronet inversion data","volume":"36","author":"Mielonen","year":"2009","journal-title":"Geophys. 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