Seasonal variability of air pollutants and their relationships to meteorological parameters in an urban environment

S Shelton, G Liyanage, S Jayasekara… - Advances in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Air quality in urban areas is deteriorating over time with the increased pollutant distribution
levels mainly caused due to anthropogenic activities. In addition, these pollutant distribution …

Distribution and Meteorological Control of PM2.5 and Its Effect on Visibility in Northern Thailand

T Amnuaylojaroen, P Kaewkanchanawong, P Panpeng - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the dry season, the north of Thailand always experiences reduced air quality, reduced
visibility, and public health exposure from the burning of biomass domestically and in …

Monitoring, Mapping, and Modeling Spatial–Temporal Patterns of PM2.5 for Improved Understanding of Air Pollution Dynamics Using Portable Sensing Technologies

R Hart, L Liang, P Dong - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 µm (PM2. 5) is highly
variable in space and time. In this study, the dynamics of PM2. 5 concentrations were …

The characteristics of hourly wind field and its impacts on air quality in the Pearl River Delta region during 2013–2017

J Xie, Z Liao, X Fang, X Xu, Y Wang, Y Zhang, J Liu… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
The behavior of wind with respect to local features, especially over complex heterogeneous
underlying surfaces, is of particular interest. Studies on objective wind field classification on …

On the two-way interactions of urban thermal environment and air pollution: A review of synergies for identifying climate-resilient mitigation strategies

P Shen, M Wang, H Ma, N Ma - Building Simulation, 2024 - Springer
The urban environment is threatened by urban heat island (UHI) effect and air pollution
events which have been worsened by population increase, heat waves, and wildfire smoke …

Reduction in anthropogenic emissions suppressed new particle formation and growth: Insights from the COVID‐19 lockdown

VP Kanawade, M Sebastian… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To control the spread of the novel 2019 Coronavirus (COVID‐19), the Government of India
enforced nationwide social and transportation restrictions (lockdown) in three phases from …

On the regional aspects of new particle formation in the Eastern Mediterranean: A comparative study between a background and an urban site based on long term …

P Kalkavouras, A Bougiatioti, G Grivas, I Stavroulas… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) is an important source of submicron particles. In
remote background environments where local sources are scarce such processes may …

Changes of air pollutants in urban cities during the COVID-19 lockdown-Sri Lanka

B Pushpawela, S Shelton, G Liyanage, S Jayasekara… - 2023 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Sri Lanka underwent a nationwide
lockdown that limited motor vehicle movement, industrial operations, and human activities …

Emission Source Areas of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

TNT Nguyen, NX Du, NT Hoa - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to determine emission source areas of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) in Ho
Chi Minh (HCM) City, Vietnam, using a conditional bivariate probability function (CBPF) and …

New particle formation (NPF) events in China urban clusters given by sever composite pollution background

Q Zhang, S Jia, L Yang, P Krishnan, S Zhou, M Shao… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract New Particle Formation (NPF) refers to transformation of gaseous precursors in the
atmosphere due to nucleation and subsequent growth process through physicochemical …