Air quality indices: a review

A Plaia, M Ruggieri - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2011 - Springer
National directives on air quality oblige nations to monitor and report on their air quality,
allowing the public to be informed on the ambient pollution levels. The last is the reason for …

A critical evaluation of air quality index models (1960–2021)

P Kumar - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022 - Springer
The formulation of an adequate and practical Atmospheric Air Quality Management Plan at
different spatial scales at local (micro), city (medium), national (macro)), and temporal (short …

Urban air quality forecasting based on multi-dimensional collaborative Support Vector Regression (SVR): A case study of Beijing-Tianjin-Shijiazhuang

BC Liu, A Binaykia, PC Chang, MK Tiwari, CC Tsao - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Today, China is facing a very serious issue of Air Pollution due to its dreadful impact on the
human health as well as the environment. The urban cities in China are the most affected …

Development of an aggregate Air Quality Index for an urban Mediterranean agglomeration: Relation to potential health effects

G Kyrkilis, A Chaloulakou, PA Kassomenos - Environment international, 2007 - Elsevier
It is very useful for the authorities and the people to have daily easy understandable
information about the levels of air pollution and the proper measures to be taken for the …

Atmospheric particulate pollutants and their relationship with meteorology in Ahmedabad

BV Bhaskar, VM Mehta - Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2010 - aaqr.org
ABSTRACTUrban air pollution is rapidly becoming an environmental problem of public
concern worldwide. It can influence public health and local/regional weather and climate. In …

A comparative study of air quality index based on factor analysis and US-EPA methods for an urban environment

B Bishoi, A Prakash, VK Jain - Aerosol and air quality research, 2009 - Springer
There are many different air quality indexes, which represent the global urban air pollution
situation. Although the index proposed by USEPA gives an overall assessment of air quality …

Measuring air quality over large urban areas: development and application of an air pollution index at the urban area of Naples

F Murena - Atmospheric Environment, 2004 - Elsevier
A daily air pollution index (PI) has been developed and implemented at the urban area of
Naples (Italy). Data gathered from nine monitoring stations during 2001–2002 have been …

Synoptic and local scale atmospheric circulation associated with air pollution episodes in an urban Mediterranean area

H Flocas, A Kelessis, C Helmis, M Petrakakis… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2009 - Springer
Air pollution episodes in urban coastal areas follow certain pre-determined patterns, being
associated with certain local meteorological conditions and emission of primary pollutants …

Climatology of discomfort index and air quality index in a large urban mediterranean agglomeration

A Poupkou, P Nastos, D Melas, C Zerefos - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2011 - Springer
The paper studies the climatology of the Discomfort Index (DI) and the Common Air Quality
Index (CAQI) in a large Mediterranean urban center (Greater Thessaloniki Area), examines …

Particulate matter and black smoke concentration levels in central Athens, Greece

A Chaloulakou, P Kassomenos, G Grivas… - Environment …, 2005 - Elsevier
This study presents the statistical analysis of PM10 and PM2. 5 concentrations (measured at
a central site, in the Athens area), along with black smoke (BS) data, for a 2-year period. The …