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Assessment of human and meteorological influences on PM10 concentrations: Insights from machine learning algorithms Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Puneet Verma, Ritu Verma, Marc Mallet, Sohil Sisodiya, Ali Zare, Gaurav Dwivedi, Zoran Ristovski
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Chemical and optical characterization of aqueous secondary organic aerosol generated by reaction of pyruvaldehyde with sodium sulfite Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Mincong Zhu, Mingqiang Huang, Huimin Hu, Xin Lin, Shunyou Cai, Weixiong Zhao, Changjin Hu, Xuejun Gu, Weijun Zhang
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Effect of Cipangopaludina chinensis and diversity of plant species with different life forms on greenhouse gas emissions from constructed wetlands Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Kai Shen, Luping Yang, Jingwen Tao, Xile Xu, Xiangyong Zheng, Yi Wu, Kejia Jin, Derong Xiao, Min Zhao, Wenjuan Han
Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from Constructed wetlands (CWs) for treating wastewater have been largely focused on. Previous studies have demonstrated that plant species diversity significantly affects GHG. However, the effect of the diversity of plant species with different life forms and benthic organisms on GHGs from CWs remains unclear. In this study, we selected three common aquatic plant species
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Personal exposure monitoring to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons bound to size-segregated aerosol Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Ondrej Parizek, Tana Zavodna, Alena Milcova, Lucie Drabova, Michal Stupak, Veronika Gomersall, Jana Schmuczerova, Vitezslav Jirik, Jan Topinka, Jana Pulkrabova
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The carbon emission reduction effect of renewable resource utilization: From the perspective of green innovation Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Junfu Xiao, Siying Chen, Jingwei Han, ZhiXiong Tan, Siying Mu, Wang Jiayi
In the face of pressing global challenges posed by climate change, resource constraints, and environmental pollution, understanding the role of renewable resource utilization in carbon emission reduction has become paramount. This study aims to investigate this relationship, particularly within the context of the dual carbon goals, which emphasizes both carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Focusing on
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Application of aggregation operators for forecasting [formula omitted] fluctuations: From available Caribbean data sites to unequipped ones Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Thomas Plocoste, Sébastien Regis, Silvere P. Nuiro, Adarsh Sankaran
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Sources, gas-particle distribution and health risks of atmospheric PAHs in two typical basin cities in China Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Xingru Li, Zhongyi Yin, Liang Luo, Wenji Zhao
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Size distribution of airborne particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during rice straw open burning in Hanoi, Vietnam Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Chau -Thuy Pham, Trung - Dung Nghiem, Huu-Tuyen Le, Ha Duc Chu, Thu Tran Viet, Kazuhiko Sekiguchi, Ning Tang, Kazuichi Hayakawa, Akira Toriba
This study dealt with size distribution of airborne particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during rice straw open burning (RSOB) and non-RSOB period in Hanoi. Two sampling campaigns for PAHs associated with airborne particles of six different sizes (PM, PM, PM, PM, PM, PM) were conducted at three sampling sites in Hanoi during 2018–2020. The average concentrations of total particle-bound
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Estimating ground-level high-resolution ozone concentration across China using a stacked machine-learning method Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Zizheng Li, Weihang Wang, Qingqing He, Xiuzhen Chen, Jiejun Huang, Ming Zhang
Accurate estimation of ambient ozone concentrations is key to evaluating its detrimental impacts on human health and the ecological environment. While China has made strides in modeling ambient ozone exposure, nationwide modeling performance and spatial resolution need improvement. To address this, we developed an advanced three-level method, integrating multi-source data as predictors to estimate
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Extraction of tracer elements of particulate matter emission source using association rule mining Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jay Singh Rajput, Manoj Kumar Trivedi
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O3 sensitivity and vertical distribution of summertime HCHO, NO2, and SO2 in Shihezi, China Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Hairong Zhang, Ang Li, Shuai Wang, Min Qin, Zhaokun Hu, Jiangman Xu
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High-resolution estimation of PM2.5 concentrations across China using multiple machine learning approaches and model fusion Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Lingtong Meng, Xiangqing Xu, Xiaona Huang, Xinju Li, Xiaoyan Chang, Dongyun Xu
Accurate estimation of fine particulate matter (PM) concentrations can provide necessary data sources for epidemiological studies and environmental management decisions. However, the different sources and resolutions of satellite data and the limited number of monitoring stations decrease the accuracy of PM concentration estimation, which subsequently complicates the continuous estimation of high-resolution
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Forecasting urban air pollution using multi-site spatiotemporal data fusion method (Geo-BiLSTMA) Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Tonghua Jia, Guangxu Cheng, Zhiteng Chen, Jiacong Yang, Yun Li
The issue of air pollution is receiving more and more attention. And the key to effective monitoring and prediction of air pollution lies in combining spatial and temporal information from monitoring site data. In this study, we integrating the spatiotemporal characteristics of several sparse and irregular monitoring stations, which is essential for getting accurate air pollution prediction. Krigin
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Closure method development for extinction coefficients and chemical compositions of aerosol by mobile measurement in Shanghai Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Huinan Yang, Yong Hou, Wenfei Zhu, Chang Zhao, Yang Chen, Liping Qiao, Shengrong Lou, Jun Chen, Cheng Huang
Mobile measurements were conducted in Shanghai in autumn 2020 to explore the chemical composition and optical properties of PM. The measurement period was categorized into clean days (PM ≤ 35 μg m) and non-clean days (PM > 35 μg m) to comprehensively understand the impact of local emissions from urban and industrial areas. The average concentration of PM during the mobile measurements period was 28
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Ambient air pollution and Children's health: An umbrella review Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Keshuo Liu, Huanhuan Zhang, Yacong Bo, Yao Chen, Panpan Zhang, Cunrui Huang, Zengli Yu, Zhan Gao
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Climate change-induced impacts on PM2.5 in Taiwan under 2 and 4 °C global warming Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 I-Chun Tsai, Pei-Rong Hsieh, Huang-Hsiung Hsu, Yu-Shiang Tung, Yung-Ming Chen, Chao-Tzuen Cheng
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Air pollution biomonitoring in an urban-industrial setting (Taranto, Italy) using Mediterranean plant species Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 B. Cavazzin, C. MacDonell, N. Green, J.J. Rothwell
This study presents the first report on the elemental composition of five Mediterranean plant species (, , , and ) to trace industrial emissions in Taranto, Italy, a mixed-use industrial and urban setting. Potential metal sources include vehicular traffic, steel and cement plants, and a petrochemical refinery. Samples were collected from 29 sites covering the Tamburi-Lido Azzurro neighbourhood and
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Variations of the source-specific health risks from elements in PM2.5 from 2018 to 2021 in a Chinese megacity Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Xinhao Shang, Shenbo Wang, Ruiqin Zhang, Minghao Yuan, Yifei Xu, Qi Ying
To develop health-oriented emission control policies in China, it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of emission reduction measures on the concentrations of elements in PM and their health risks. Concentrations of element species in PM were continuously recorded in the urban site of Zhengzhou from 2018 to 2021. The source-specific health risks of the elements in PM were investigated by combining
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Time-delayed causal network analysis of meteorological variables and air pollutants in Baguio city Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Marissa P. Liponhay, Alyssa V. Valerio, Christopher P. Monterola
Air pollution contributes significantly to climate change and has recently become a significant concern. Previous studies on the interplay between air quality and the environment, such as meteorological variables, have hinted at their relevance in predicting air quality. While air quality prediction has been extensively explored, only a few studies have investigated the causal interactions, and no
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Characterization of the major aerosol species over Egypt based on 10 years of CAMS reanalysis data Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Mohamed Elshora, Eman Fayez
This study investigates the spatiotemporal distribution of the major aerosol species (sulfate, organic matter, black carbon, dust, and sea salt) and their contributions to the total aerosol optical depth (AOD) over Egypt from 2010 to 2019 by using the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) reanalysis data. Dust was the major aerosol species, with an average contribution of 48% to the total
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Estimating the mutually adjusted health effects of short- and long-term exposure to PM2.5 on respiratory mortality in a population-based study Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Yi Zhang, Jing Zeng, Xinyue Tian, Siwei Zhai, Jingfei Huang, Xuelin Li, Sheng Li, Junyu Wang, Menghan Yao, Qianqian Du, Wei Wang, Tao Zhang, Ying Deng, Fei Yin, Yue Ma
Short- and long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM) increased respiratory mortality. Previous studies have reported the dependence between short- and long-term effects, but most studies have estimated them independently. In this study, the mutually adjusted effects of PM exposure on respiratory mortality in Sichuan Province, China, were explored using a mixed quasi-Poisson regression
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Association between environmental tobacco smoke exposure and diabetes: Results from the NHANES 2013–2016 and mendelian randomization analysis Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Minjie Wang, Yijun Zhang, Yan Hu, Yuqian Chu, Qihui Huang, Tianfeng Hua, Min Yang
The relationship between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure at different locations and diabetes remains unclear. We explored the abovementioned associations and combined mendelian randomization (MR) techniques to further investigate the causality. In this observational study, data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013–2016 were assessed, which included
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Estimation of pollutant baseline concentration in Delhi city: An opportunity from coupled effect of rainfall scavenging and lockdown restriction Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Sunil Gulia, Prachi Goyal, S.K. Goyal
The accurate measurement of pollutant baseline concentration is a crucial step for robust assessment, prediction and forecasting of air pollution in any region, especially in metro cities that witness extreme high level of pollution. The present study is an attempt to fill this gap and derive the baseline concentrations of two critical air pollutants, i.e., PM and NO in Delhi city. The study critically
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Emission inventory of heavy metals from on-road vehicles in Xiamen, China, from 2015 to 2060 Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Shuiping Wu, Zhenan Wen, Xinye Wu, Bingqi Jiang, Yijing Liu
Reducing vehicle emissions to improve air quality has been widely adopted by policy makers. However, insufficient attention has been paid to non-exhaust particulate matter (PM) and the associated heavy metals (HMs) from on-road vehicles, which can cause adverse health effects. In this study, emission inventories of PM and PM and the associated HMs from on-road vehicles in Xiamen, China, were established
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Assessment of ambient particulate matter and trace gases in Istanbul: Insights from long-term and multi-monitoring stations Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Ülkü Alver Şahin, Coşkun Ayvaz, Sarkawt Hama, Burcu Onat, Burcu Uzun, Muhammet Dogan, Gamze Bediroglu, Roy M. Harrison
In this study, the long-term spatio-temporal variation, trends, and source increments of particulate matter (PM and PM) and gaseous pollutants (SO, NO, NO, CO, O) measured from 2015 to 2021 across 37 air quality monitoring stations in the European and Asian sides of Istanbul were investigated. The average PM concentration on the European side is higher than the Asian side. However, the average PM in
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Effects of surrounding environment and student activity on the concentration of particulate matter in elementary school classrooms in South Korea Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Dae-Hyeon Kim, Young Min Jo, Youn-Suk Son
In this study, the concentrations of indoor and outdoor particulate matter (PM, PM) in classrooms of twenty elementary schools in South Korea were measured and compared. The correlation between the indoor and outdoor PM was analyzed according to the surrounding environment, such as traffic, agricultural, and residential areas. The PM ratio and I/O ratio were analyzed to estimate the emission source
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Black carbon instrument responses to laboratory generated particles Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Laura Salo, Karri Saarnio, Sanna Saarikoski, Kimmo Teinilä, Luis M.F. Barreira, Petteri Marjanen, Sampsa Martikainen, Helmi Keskinen, Katja Mustonen, Teemu Lepistö, Päivi Aakko-Saksa, Henri Hakkarainen, Tobias Pfeiffer, Pasi Jalava, Panu Karjalainen, Jorma Keskinen, Niina Kuittinen, Hilkka Timonen, Topi Rönkkö
Accurate measurement of black carbon (BC) particles is vital for climate models as well as air quality assessments. While the need for BC particle measurement has been recognized, standardization of instruments and procedures for ambient measurement is still underway. In this study, we used laboratory generated soot particles to assess nine instruments targeting BC mass concentration measurement. The
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Characteristics and impacts of fine particulates from the largest power plant plume in Taiwan Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Ming-Tung Chuang, Charles C.-K Chou, Chung-Te Lee, Ja-Huai Lee, Wei-Che Lin, Chuan-Yao Lin, Wei-Nai Chen, Yi-Ying Chen, Kai-Hsien Chi
In this study, the impact of the coal-fired Taichung Power Plant (TPP) plume in Taiwan during an observation experiment from Oct. 31 to Nov. 22, 2021, is simulated. We used the WRF/CMAQ and HYSPLIT models to analyze the changes in the PM concentration and the contribution percentage of major PM species along the forward trajectory of the TPP plume. Twenty trajectories with high PM concentrations above
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Differential response of various pollutant-meteorology factors on O3 in key regions of China: Based on multiple methods and datasets Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Xiaoqi Wang, Yiqing Kang, Wenjiao Duan, Ran Xv, Xiaoyu Liu, Wei Wei, Shuiyuan Cheng
Scientific control is urgently required to address O pollution in key regions of China. Therefore, based on air pollutant concentrations and meteorological datasets, the methods including distributed lag nonlinear models, Kolmogorov–Zurbenko filter and stepwise multiple linear regression (SMLR) were applied to analyze and clarify the response of pollution and meteorological factors to O, as well as
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Distribution, spatial patterns and source identification of n-alkanes in air and bulk deposition in the eastern coastal areas of China: Fluxes and removal efficiencies of bulk deposition Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Anan Qi, Jianhua Lv, Yiming Wang, Pengcheng Wang, Xiong Tuo, Lingxiao Yang, Wenxing Wang
Normal alkanes (n-alkanes) are a crucial component of organic carbon in the atmosphere. Low-carbon number n-alkanes act as precursors for secondary organic aerosols, whereas long-chain alkanes are difficult to degrade after deposition, posing risks to human health and garnering widespread attention. However, their environmental partitioning, chemical composition, removal efficiency by bulk deposition
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Online observation of light non-methane hydrocarbons (C2–C5) over the central Himalayas: Influence of the Indo-Gangetic Plain region Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Mahendar Chand Rajwar, Manish Naja, Priyanka Srivastava, R.K. Tiwari, S. Venkataramani, Shyam Lal
Studies pertaining to non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) are very limited in South Asia, particularly at high-mountain sites. Therefore, online in-situ observations of light NMHCs (C–C) were conducted in the Central Himalayas (Nainital, 1958 m) from January 2017 to December 2020. Additionally, air samples were collected from an Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) site (Haldwani, 554 m), located about 18 km and
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Source-specific risks assessment of size-resolved PM bound multiple toxicants: Variation of source-specific risks in respiratory tracts Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Bin Jia, Yixuan Li, Bohan Zhang, Yingze Tian, Qianqian Xue, Shanshan Tian, Yinchang Feng
Inhalation risks depend on the size distribution of ambient particulate matter (PM) bound toxicants, which are influenced by various sources. This study explored variations in source-specific risks across different respiratory tract regions and their association with size-resolved toxicants. Potentially toxic elements contribute significantly, accounting for over 93% of the inhalation risk, followed
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Chemical composition and source apportionment of PM2.5 in Seoul during 2018–2020 Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Min Jae Jeong, Seung-On Hwang, Hee-Jung Yoo, Sang Min Oh, Junhyuk Jang, Younjun Lee, Taeyun Kim, Seongheon Kim
Air pollution, particularly high ambient particulate matter (PM) concentrations, poses a serious public health concern in South Korea. This study analyzed 139 daily PM samples collected from an urban site in Seoul between March 2018 and January 2020. This study aimed to quantify the chemical composition of PM and identify the source characteristics. The average PM mass concentration for the entire
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Comprehensive study on air-quality impacts from chemical plant flare emissions under planned or emergency shutdown operations† Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Sijie Ge, Qiang Xu, Jinsong Zhao, Sujing Wang, Thomas Ho, Xiaoxiu Lun, Qiang Wang
Chemical plant shutdown (CPS) operations will employ a flare system to combust waste, unwanted, and off-spec gases dumped from process units to protect the plant safety and the local community. However, the incomplete combustion of flare source under CPS operations including plant planned shutdown (PPS) and plant emergency shutdown (PES) will cause considerable air pollution events. Hitherto, quantitative
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Radiative effect of atmospheric Brown clouds over the Indo-Gangetic plain Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Manish Jangid, Tanerao Singh Sankhla, Sachchidanand Singh, Amit Kumar Mishra
Atmospheric brown clouds (ABCs) are widespread hazy accumulation of particles and gases dominant with absorbing nature impacting the air quality, hydrology and climate. The Indo-Gangetic plain (IGP) being an ABCs hotspots is prone to extreme pollution episodes due to anthropogenic activities. However, there is a scarcity of studies that specifically compare episodes of absorbing aerosols (ABCs) and
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MnOx Nanoparticle-loaded polyacrylonitrile fibers for efficient catalytic ozonation of toluene Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Wenjie Duan, Keyong Tang, Liang Zhao, Zhenbang Tian, Jing Wang, Yadi Hu, Jinbao Huang, Xinxin Xu
Catalytic ozonation stands out as a promising technology for volatile organic compounds (VOCs)degradation. Two polyacrylonitrile (PANF) fiber-supported catalysts, MnO/APANF and MnO/CPANF, were synthesized by depositing MnO nanoparticles onto amino-rich and carboxylic-rich fibers, respectively. The catalytic activity of these catalysts in toluene ozonation was systematically examined. MnO/APANF exhibited
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Extinction coefficient of dry and deliquescent chemical components of PM_(2.) 5 in urban areas and their impacts on visibility deterioration Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Chien-Hao Lin, Shao-En Sun, Chung-Te Lee, Ting-Yu Chiang, Shih-Yu Chang, Tzu-Shuan Wu, Hsin-Yu Wei, Ling-Ya Chen, Hao-Wei Liu, Sally C.W. Tai
The chemical composition of PM and RH (relative humidity) significantly affected the atmospheric visibility. RH can lead to an increase in aerosol size and mass, enhancing the extinction coefficients (B), resulting in a rapid deterioration of visibility. This study conducted simultaneous observations of PM chemical compositions, meteorological factors, and B at commercial and industrial urban areas
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Forest structural traits influence concentrations of snow deposited particulate matter and metal elements in urban forests in NE China: Implications for winter air pollution control in high-latitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Donghui Han, Wenjie Wang, Lixin Chen, Enheng Wang
High-latitude Northern Hemisphere cities face serious wintertime particulate matter (PM) pollution, but the amounts and compositions of tree-species-specific PM and metal deposition remain poorly defined. This study analyzed snow samples (snow depth, snow water equivalents (SWE), PM content (W, W, W), metal concentrations (Ca, K, Mg, Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, Ni, Cr, Pb, Cd) and tree characteristics (tree height
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Role of sources of NMVOCs in O3, OH reactivity, and secondary organic aerosol formation over Delhi Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Pooja Yadav, Shyam Lal, Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Vaishali Jain, Tuhin Kumar Mandal
Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) play a crucial role in atmospheric chemistry of ozone formation potential (OFP), secondary organic aerosol formation potential (SOAFP), and reactivity of OH ion (L). We have estimated L, OFP, and SOAFP of 25 ambient NMVOC species measured at the CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi from February 2022 to February 2023. Alkenes contributed the
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Origins and health risk assessment of PAHs/APAHs/NPAHs/OPAHs in PM2.5 at a background site in North China Plain: Implications for crude oil emissions Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Xiongfei Zhang, Hongliang Gao, Anan Qi, Shengfei Duan, Wan Zhang, Yan Zhang, Qi Huang, Tong Zhao, Guangxuan Han, Wenxing Wang, Lingxiao Yang
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Seasonal quantification of Zn, Pb and Cu in urban dusts in a semiarid city in northwest Mexico Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Efrain Vizuete-Jaramillo, Agustin Robles-Morua, Diana Meza-Figueroa, Benedetto Schiavo, Belem Gonzalez-Grijalva
Arid and semi-arid cities are of especial interest due to the high amount of dusts that are deposited daily. Dust particles contain heavy metals that are considered potentially toxic elements (PTEs). High concentrations of PTEs in dust particles can result in risks to human health. Few studies have documented accumulation rates of atmospheric deposition and the influence of the North American Monsoon
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Vertical variation in magnetic particles within atmospheric PM in indoor dustfall in industrial cities of northern China Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Rui Zhang, Mingrui Li, Duo Wu, Xueping Ren, Zhao Wang, Yuhan Ou
Magnetic particles greatly contribute to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) pollution. The concentration, particle size, and component changes in different functional areas of a city and during different seasons can be detected by environmental magnetic indicators. However, the regularity of changes in magnetic particles and their sources with increasing height indoors are unclear, and whether magnetic
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Prediction and correlation study of dioxin emissions classifications from municipal solid waste incinerators Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Wenhua Yin, Chaojun Wen, Lijun Liu, Danping Xie, Jinglei Han, Xiaoqing Lin
Existing studies on the correlation of dioxins mainly focus on dioxin indicators such as chlorobenzenes and phenols. To investigate the correlation between dioxin emissions and conventional pollutants as well as incineration conditions, this study compares the performance of decision trees, random forests, gradient boosting trees, and artificial neural networks for dioxin emissions classification based
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Ambient volatile organic compounds concentration variation characteristics and source apportionment in Lanzhou, China during the COVID-19 lockdown Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Dandan Li, Xuemei Tao, Xia Song, Shuo Liu, Kai Yuan, Fulin Deng, Yongtao Guo
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Characteristics of atmospheric ammonia and its impacts on SNA formation in PM2.5 of Nanchang, China Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Yue Liang, Hong Jiang, Xiaozhen Liu
Atmospheric NH3 is the only alkaline inorganic gas, and plays a important role to the formation of secondary inorganic aerosols (SNA). The high-time resolution of NH3 levels were measured throughout a year in Nanchang city in central China. Combined with the conversion rates of SO2/NO2/NH3 and the water-soluble inorganic ions in fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the effect of NH3 on SNA formation were
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Analysing the impact of day-night road traffic variation on ultrafine particle number size distribution and concentration at an urban site in the megacity Delhi Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Vignesh Mohan, Vijay Kumar Soni, Rajeev Kumar Mishra
Air quality is the biggest threat in many urban cities globally. This study measured and analyzed aerosol number size distribution between 10 to 1090 nm in the megacity Delhi during 2022. The study examined the particle number concentration in the ultrafine (<100 nm) and accumulation (100–1000 nm) ranges during day and night in terms of source's intensity, emission patterns and local meteorological
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Evaluating traditional versus ensemble machine learning methods for predicting missing data of daily PM10 concentration Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Elham Kalantari, Hamid Gholami, Hossein Malakooti, Mahdi Eftekhari, Poorya Saneei, Donya Esfandiarpour, Vahid Moosavi, Ali Reza Nafarzadegan
The aim of this study was to predict the missing data of PM10 for the city of Zabol using various traditional learning methods, Lazy Learning, and Ensemble Learning. In this study, daily minimum, average, and maximum data of weather variables were collected, along with daily PM10 concentration from the Zabol airport weather station during the years 2013–2022. To compare the performance of the predictive
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Optimization of temperature protocol for carbonaceous aerosol thermal-optical analysis using the TLLP approach Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Jing Wang, Wenyu Bai, Yingying Liu, Xueyan Zhao, Wen Yang, Zhipeng Bai, Handong Liang, Wenge Zhang
Thermal-optical analysis (TOA) is a widely used method for assessing the organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) collected on atmospheric aerosol filters. Currently, there is no uniform or standardized temperature protocol for determining the carbon components. Different temperature protocols can cause significant discrepancies of up to 35.8 % in OC and EC measurements for the same filter, resulting
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Impact of real-world traffic and super-emitters on vehicular emissions under inter-city driving conditions in Maharashtra, India Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Sohana Debbarma, Nagendra Raparthi, Chandra Venkataraman, Harish C. Phuleria
Motor vehicles emit particles and other gaseous pollutants that adversely affect human health and the climate. This study investigates the impact of traffic characteristics on vehicular emissions under real-world inter-city highway driving conditions by examining vehicles that release disproportionately high level of air pollutants (super-emitters). Real-time pollutant concentrations from a heterogenous
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Enhancing ozone nowcasting over East Asia using a data-to-data translation approach with observations from a geostationary environment monitoring spectrometer Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Seong-Taek Oh, Jeong-Eun Park, Jaehoon Jeong, Sungwook Hong
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Exploring the effect of coatings and ethanol-blended fuels on emission reduction: Experimental study and neural network approach Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Idris Cesur, Beytullah Eren
This article highlights the detrimental impact of vehicle emissions on the environment and explores using new technologies and alternative fuels to reduce this impact. One such technology is thermal barrier-coated pistons, which decrease heat absorption by the engine and reduce emissions. Ethanol is also explored as a cleaner-burning alternative to traditional gasoline. Experimental studies were conducted
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Assessment of equivalent black carbon variations and its source apportionment over Varanasi, Indo-Gangetic Basin Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Prashant Kumar Chauhan, Shani Tiwari, Dileep Kumar Gupta, Akhilesh Kumar, Vineet Pratap, Abhay Kumar Singh
In this study, the temporal variation of Equivalent Black Carbon (eBC) and its source apportionment is studied using a yearlong (Dec. 2020–Nov. 2021) multiwavelength Aethalometer (AE-33 model) measurements over Varanasi, located in the central Indo-Gangetic Basin (IGB). Results suggest that mean mass concentrations of eBC vary in the range between 0.46 ± 0.13 to 11.22 ± 5.09 μg m−3 with an annual mean
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A mapping method for emission inventory and its application in air quality modeling Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Jin Fan, Mengying Shen, Tingyu Yan, Kaicheng Zhang, Tongge Zhang, Chen Gong, Xinyun Tian, Yanan Shang, Xianyu Yang, Ping Shao, Wei Tang, Maoshan Li, Shigong Wang
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Study of PM2.5 particles in the Gucheng, North China Plain: Morphology, mixing state, and source apportionment Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 M. Ihsan Danish, Xudong Wu, Fange Yue, Xiawei Yu, Zhouqing Xie
The PM2.5 samples were collected at regular intervals from April to October 2017 at a meteorological station in Gucheng (GC) (39.08。 N, 115.44。E), Hebei Province, China. An important site in the North China Plains (NCP). The internal composition, mixing state, and elemental mapping were determined by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Transmission electron microscope in scanning mode (STEM). Several
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The impact of urban mobility on air pollution in Kampala, an exemplar sub-Saharan African city Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Omid Ghaffarpasand, Deo Okure, Paul Green, Saba Sayyahi, Priscilla Adong, Richard Sserunjogi, Engineer Bainomugisha, Francis D. Pope
This paper analyses the impact of urban mobility (UM) on air pollution by studying the effects of an intervention on local air quality. The study focuses on the PM2.5 levels in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and considers COVID-19 as an unintentional intervention. The PM2.5 level of the city was obtained from a network of low-cost calibrated sensors, while UM is characterized by open-access Google
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Concentration levels of anthropogenic organic compounds in suspended particulates matter and indoor settled from Algiers, Algeria Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Lyes Rabhi, Nabila Cherifi, Angelo Cecinato, Abdelkader Lemou, Catia Balducci, Paola Romagnoli, Riad Ladji, Noureddine Yassaa
Total suspended particles (TSP) and indoor settled dust (ISD) were collected at an annual religious event in November 2019. Fifteen outdoor TSP and forty-one ISD samples (at two hospitals, university laboratories, and research centers) were collected in two Algerian urban areas. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) was used to look for solvent-extractable organic chemicals comprising alkanes
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Estimating the impact of short-term sulfur dioxide exposure on the COVID-19 incidence: A spatiotemporal study in the continental United States Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Shiyi Liu, Shuming Ji, Jiahe Liu, Donghao Lu, Luqian Yang, Rong Ma
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Comparison of ammonia volatilization in paddy and field soils fertilized with urea and ammonium sulfate during rice, potato, and Chinese cabbage cultivation Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Yeon-Jin Lee, Eun-Chae Im, Gyesik Lee, Sung-Chang Hong, Chang-Gu Lee, Seong-Jik Park
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Particle size, carbon composition and sources of indoor dust in Nanchang, China Atmos. Pollut. Res. (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Changwei Zou, Xinpeng Liao, Hong Huang, Yuan Tang, Zhijie Li, Jianlong Li, Chenglong Yu, Fangxu Zhu