The coastal aerosol represents a complex mixing between sea spray aerosols locally generated at the sea surface and a component generated by natural and/or anthropogenic sources on the nearby land. The aim of this paper is to study the atmospheric concentrations of carbonaceous compounds as measured in the coastal zone of the Northern Adriatic Sea between April 2017 and April 2018. The results show

The climate, topography, high population and associated emissions of California pose unique challenges in attaining the ozone (O3) National Ambient Air Quality Standard. California's Sierra Nevada Mountains are situated east, and downwind of, the San Joaquin Valley (SJV), which has some of the worst air quality in the US. This work reports surface and vertical O3 observations over the Sierra Nevada

Speciated air quality data informs health studies and quantitates impacts. However, monitoring is concentrated around populated regions whilst, large remote and rural regions remain unmonitored despite risks of dust-storms or wild-fires. Sub-hourly, infrared, geostationary data, such as the 10-min data from Himawari 8, could potentially be used to quantify regional air quality continually. Monitoring

As a much finer particle, particulate matter less than 1 μm (PM1) plays an important role on the haze formation and human health. However, the capability of mapping PM1 concentration is severely impaired by coarse temporal resolution and low estimation accuracy, largely due to the neglect of spatial or temporal autocorrelation of PM1. In order to improve the estimation of high-resolution PM1, here

China's government has announced the mandatory, nationwide use of ethanol blended gasoline fuels (E10, namely, 10% ethanol blend) by 2020. It is necessary to assess the air quality and health impacts of E10 gasoline in China. This study compares two E10 gasoline fuels, ELA (lower content of aromatics) and ELO (lower content of olefins), assuming 100% utilization in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) and

Since 1850 the atmospheric mixing ratio of methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse gas, has doubled. This increase is directly linked to an escalation in emissions from anthropogenic sources. An inexpensive means to identify and monitor CH4 emission sources and evaluate the efficacy of mitigation strategies is essential. However, sourcing reliable, low-cost, easy-to-calibrate sensors that are fit for purpose

Machining plants are often highly polluted indoor environments with dense oil mist generated from metalworking fluids. Workers exposed to oil mist may suffer serious health problems. General ventilation is often used to dilute the oil mist level below the threshold of health risk. However, it is not easy to organize the flow for ventilating a large machining plant with hundreds of machines in order

Anthropogenic emissions in East Asia have changed dramatically in recent years. To measure these changing emissions in support of air-quality modeling, we developed a top-down emission update system using surface observations and a geographical information system spatial-allocation technique. We deploy a data-processing system to construct adjustment factors to prefecture-level SO2 emissions by comparing

Terrestrial biogenic emissions of organic matter can affect the optical properties of atmospheric aerosols and thus impact the radiation budget. To investigate this, the chemical parameters of submicrometer water-soluble aerosols (WSA) collected on filters were compared to optical properties measured by a sky radiometer at a cool-temperate forest site in northern Japan. From June to December 2015,

Wildfire smoke aerosols, once emitted, can transport over long distances and affect surface air quality in downwind regions. In New York State (NYS), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration continues to decrease due to anthropogenic emission reductions and regulatory initiatives in recent years. Smoke aerosols, however, are projected to increase, making them the dominant source of PM2.5. Thus

Brown carbon (BrC) is known as a light-absorbing organic aerosol which affects the visibility and radiative forcing budget in the troposphere. The optical properties were studied for filter-based PM2.5 samples collected from the winter of 2015 to the summer of 2016 at one rural and three urban sites in the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) region, China. The average light absorption coefficient for BrC

Air pollution, such as PM2.5 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic equivalent diameter of less than 2.5 μm), PM10 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic equivalent diameter of less than 10 μm), NOx, and SOx, is a global concern because it may cause many chronic and fatal diseases, especially in developing countries. To better address air pollution problems, an important step is the timely and accurate

The lack of reference ground-based PM2.5 observation leads to large gaps in air quality information, particularly in many areas of the developing world. This study investigated a new solution for urban air-quality monitoring in regions with limited reference ground-based monitoring. We developed an observation-based method by combining satellite remote-sensing techniques and a newly established low-cost

High concentrations of PM2.5 in China have an adverse impact on human health and present a major problem for air quality control. Here we evaluate premature deaths attributable to chronic and acute exposure to ambient PM2.5 at different scales in China over 2013–2017 with an air quality model at 5 km resolution and integrated exposure-response methods. We estimate that 1,210,000 (95% Confidence Interval:

Field observations in a marine atmospheric environment imply the occurrence of significant concentrations of dimethylamine (DMA) and diethylamine (DEA) as well as methanesulfonic acid (MSA) in particulate formation.1 Among these particulates, studies on the interaction of MSA with DMA are well known; however, fundamental studies relating to the environmental impact of DEA on aerosol formation and its

Size-resolved Particle Activation Ratio (SPAR), defined as the size-dependence of CCN activity of aerosol particles, is generally parameterized by a scheme that neglects the contribution of nearly-hydrophobic particles. In this paper, it was found that nearly-hydrophobic particles can contribute up to 20% to the CCN activity for large particles and the estimation of particle hygroscopicity would be

In Low- and Middle-Income Countries, rapid urbanization has led to poorer air quality, yet pollution monitoring networks are often sparse or non-existent. Few previous studies have sought to understand the unique predictors of air pollution exposure in Indian urban environments. Our study monitored and modeled nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in Mysore, a rapidly urbanizing city in India. NO2 sampling was conducted

Air quality in future will change in response to anthropogenic emission change as well as climate change. In this study, an advanced online coupled Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) and Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model was applied to the Continental Southeast Asia. The targets were to investigate the impacts of projected change in future anthropogenic emissions and its impacts in

As the development of megacities, combined air pollution has been of increasing concern in China, which is composed by primary pollution, such as Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and the followed secondary pollution under certain meteorology circumstances and high concentration of precursors, such as tropospheric ozone, formaldehyde (HCHO) and fine particles. During PRIDE-GBA 2018 Campaign (Particles, Radicals

The spatial-temporal pattern of N deposition has an important ecological impact on terrestrial ecosystems, providing a scientific background for the study of global changes. Based on the analysis method of spatial ellipse, we establish the standard deviation ellipse (SDE) center migration method to quantify the transport of regional deposition, and discuss the uncertainty of this method, which proves

Unexpectedly high daytime concentrations of nitrous acid (HONO) measured by field observations cannot be explained by theoretical calculations, implying that there may be a missing source of HONO in the daytime (Pmissing). The value of Pmissing near the ground (PGmissing) is different from that measured higher in the atmosphere (PHmissing) according to previous field studies, but the contribution of

The interest on the impact of vehicle automation and connectivity in the future road transport networks is very high, both from a research and a policy perspective. Results in the literature show that many of the anticipated advantages of connected and automated vehicles or automated vehicles without connectivity (CAVs and AVs respectively) on congestion and energy consumption are questionable. Some

Winter Fog over the Indo Gangetic Basin (IGB) has drawn great attention during the recent decades due to its intense and prolonged episodes and having severe impact on the socio-economic aspects of the Indian sub-continent. In this study a simple methodology is used to retrieve day time fog, aerosol and Red-Blue Ratio (RBR) at a high temporal resolution of 1 min using the surface shortwave irradiance

Globally, particulate matter (PM) emissions are a growing cause of concern due to the potential impact on human health and environment. The agricultural sector is responsible of the 17% of the total anthropogenic emission of PM10 and the agricultural operations (tilling, harvesting, residue burning etc.) have been recognized as one of the main drivers of this contribution. This topic has been addressed

Henan province, the most populous province in China, is facing serious particulate matter (PM) pollution problem. In this study, a provincial emission inventory of total suspended particles (TSP), particulate matter 10 (PM10) and particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) from dust source of the year 2016 was established on a grid of 3 km × 3 km resolution using the RS and GIS technology. The Results show that

The health burden from exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is disproportionately concentrated in low- and middle-income countries. To evaluate strategies to reduce PM2.5 exposure, the contribution of different sources, both indoor and outdoor, to overall personal PM2.5 exposure needs to be identified. Despite this, exposure to PM2.5 from indoor and outdoor origin are most often considered separately

As the capital of China, Beijing is the subject of great concern regarding atmospheric pollution, especially that of fine particulate matter (PM2.5). In winter 2017 (i.e., November 2017 to February 2018), PM2.5 concentration in Beijing decreased to its lowest value in the past ten years. In this study, we sought to investigate the impacts of meteorology and emission control on this abnormally low pollution

Humic-like substances (HULIS) constitute a significant fraction of the water-soluble organic compounds in the environment and influence many properties of atmospheric aerosols. In this study, three solid phase extraction (SPE) methods that involve the use of hydrophilic/lipophilic balanced (HLB) resin with pure methanol (HLB-M), HLB resin with 2% (v/v) ammonia/methanol (HLB-N), and Bond Elut PPL (Priority

Coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) install wet electrostatic precipitators (WESPs) or/and demisters as end control devices along with wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) systems to meet the ultra-low emission standards of China. This study comprehensively explores the influence of these end control devices on filterable particulate matter (FPM) and condensable particulate matter (CPM) emissions, based

Despite frequent haze pollution in China in recent years, our knowledge of regional pollution episodes associated with air transport and synoptic weather systems is limited. In this study, we conducted two intensive campaigns simultaneously to measure the highly time-resolved chemical composition of fine particles (PM2.5) in suburban Shanghai and Nanjing during the winter of 2017 and the summer of

The ozone (O3) concentration usually exhibits a secondary maximum at night in Beijing. To investigate the characteristics and reasons behind this nocturnal O3 increase (NOI), surface O3 and meteorological parameters, combined with wind profile data at the Haidian and Daxing stations were utilized and analyzed in this study. We identified 35 city-wide NOI episodes during the summertime (May to September)

Land use regression (LUR) models for Ultrafine Particles (UFP) have been developed to assess health effects of long-term average UFP exposure in epidemiological studies. Associations between LUR modeled residential outdoor and measured long-term personal exposure to UFP have never been evaluated, adding uncertainty in interpretation of epidemiological studies of UFP. Our aim was to assess how predictions

The objective of this study was to determine the population exposure to PM2.5, and to quantify the effect of eliminating short-term pollution peaks on the number of cause-specific deaths, the number of years of life lost (YLL), and economic losses attributed to exposure to PM2.5 in 25 Iranian cities with available air quality data. Number of deaths and YLL were estimated with AirQ + software tool using

Methanesulfonate, formed in atmospheric oxidation of dimethyl sulfide, is abundant in marine aerosols; however, its hygroscopic properties have not been well understood. In this work, two complementary techniques (a vapor sorption analyzer and a humidity tandem differential mobility analyzer) were employed to investigate hygroscopic properties of CH3SO3Na, CH3SO3K and (CH3SO3)2Ca at different relative

Both water-soluble and insoluble components of ambient particulate matter (PM) have been shown to contribute to the oxidative potential (OP) of PM. In this study, we used the dithiothreitol (DTT) assay to assess the water-soluble (OPWS−DTT) and total OP (OPtotal−DTT) of ambient fine particles (PM2.5), with water-insoluble OP (OPWI−DTT) determined by difference. Ambient PM2.5 filter samples were collected

Previous studies have contributed to the understanding on the impacts of weather on air pollution. Most of these investigations focused primarily on future climate scenarios, laboratory experiments, or weather trends-related air pollution at regional scale. In particular, an important limitation of the trends studies is that the estimated weather impact on air pollution may be underestimated or overestimated