Air pollution scenario over Pakistan: Characterization and ranking of extremely polluted cities using long-term concentrations of aerosols and trace gases

M Bilal, A Mhawish, JE Nichol, Z Qiu, M Nazeer… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pakistan ranks third in the world in terms of mortality attributable to air pollution, with aerosol
mass concentrations (PM 2.5) consistently well above WHO (World Health Organization) air …

A critical review of NO2 and AOD in major Asian cities: challenges, mitigation approaches and way forwards

MMMF Jion, ARMT Islam, M Shahrier… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2024 - Springer
Atmospheric aerosols and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are a global concern, especially in major
Asian cities, because of their multiple impacts on climate, health, ecology, and the …

RETRACTED: Seasonal correlation of aerosols with soil moisture, evapotranspiration, and vegetation over Pakistan using remote sensing

U Basharat, S Tariq, MN Chaudhry, M Khan… - 2023 - Elsevier
Post-publication, the editor discovered suspicious changes in authorship between the
original submission and the revised version of this paper. In summary, the paper was …

Remote sensing of nighttime air quality over the megacity of Lahore, Pakistan

S Tariq, F Qayyum, Z Ul-Haq, U Mehmood - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, air quality is deteriorating which causes severe impacts on the climate
system, and human health, particularly in the mega-cities of Pakistan. As we enter an era of …

Defining the role of renewable energy, economic growth, globalization, energy consumption, and population growth on PM2.5 concentration: evidence from South …

Z Ul-Haq, U Mehmood, S Tariq, A Mariam - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Rapid industrialization and economic development in South Asia (SA) caused serious air
pollution–related issues. Air pollutants, particularly fine particulate matter (PM2. 5), have …

Analysis of aerosol optical depth and relation to covariates during pre-monsoon season (2002–2019) over Pakistan using ARIMAX model and cross-wavelet analysis

Y Sun, P Gao, S Tariq, H Shahzad, U Mehmood… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The pre-monsoon season heavily influences the precipitation amount in Pakistan. When
hydrometeorological parameters interact with aerosols from multiple sources, a radiative …

Knowledge Mapping of Cloud-Aerosol LIDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Aerosol Research: A Visual Analysis Using CiteSpace

C Hu, R Zhang, HS Lim, Y Zhang… - Ocean-Land-Atmosphere …, 2024 - spj.science.org
The Cloud-Aerosol LIDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite
was launched in 2006 and concluded its mission in August 2023 after 17 years of dedicated …

Characteristics and optical properties of atmospheric aerosols based on long-term AERONET investigations in an urban environment of Pakistan

B Zeb, K Alam, R Khan, A Ditta, R Iqbal, MF Elsadek… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Radiative balance, local climate, and human health are all significantly influenced by
aerosol. Recent severe air pollution over Lahore, a city in Pakistan calls for more thorough …

Long-Term Variability of Atmospheric Visual Range (1980–2020) over Diverse Topography of Pakistan

S Javed, MI Shahzad, S Abbas, M Nazeer - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
A substantial drop in atmospheric visibility or visual range (VR) is documented in several
parts of the world. We examined the long-term spatiotemporal variability in ground-based …

Analysis of aerosol cloud interactions with a consistent signal of meteorology and other influencing parameters

K Anwar, K Alam, Y Liu, Z Huang, J Huang, Y Liu - Atmospheric Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantifying the impact of aerosols on cloud micro/macro physical properties and estimating
the signature of Aerosol Cloud Interactions (ACI) is one of the challenging tasks in …