Overview of the special issue “aerosol source, transport, chemistry, and emission control” for the 10 th asian aerosol conference 2017

The Asian Aerosol Research Assembly (AARA) advances the promotion of aerosol science mainly within the Asian countries, Australia, and New Zealand. The AARA biennially organizes the most prestigious conference for aerosol researchers in Asian region i.e., The Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC), focusing broadly on the fundamental research as well as the application part of aerosol science. The 10th AAC (AAC-2017) was successfully hosted by Korea Association for Particle and Aerosol Research (KAPAR), on behalf of Asian Aerosol Research Assembly (AARA) at Jeju Island, South Korea during July 2–6, 2017. A total of 600 researchers from 20 countries participated in the conference. There were 6 plenary-lectures, 6 keynote-speeches, 179 oral-presentations, and 227 poster-presentations during the conference. All the aerosol researchers from different countries came together and displayed their latest/recent researches in the domain of aerosol science, strengthening the appreciation and cooperation in this particular field.