New look at BTEX: are ambient levels a problem?

AL Bolden, CF Kwiatkowski… - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) are retrieved during fossil fuel
extraction and used as solvents in consumer and industrial products, as gasoline additives …

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality in Chandigarh, India: understanding the emission sources during controlled anthropogenic activities

S Mor, S Kumar, T Singh, S Dogra, V Pandey… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The variation in ambient air quality during COVID-19 lockdown was studied in Chandigarh,
located in the Indo-Gangetic plain of India. Total 14 air pollutants, including particulate …

Spatial and seasonal variation and source apportionment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a heavily industrialized region

Y Dumanoglu, M Kara, H Altiok, M Odabasi… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Source apportionment is generally applied to a time series of pollutant concentrations
measured at a single site. However, in a complex airshed having multiple pollutant sources …

Fine and ultrafine particles in the vicinity of industrial activities: a review

V Riffault, J Arndt, H Marris, S Mbengue… - Critical Reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This review synthesizes the existing knowledge on the characteristics of PM2. 5 at sites
under the direct influence of industrial emissions, with a specific focus on their morphology …

Creating national air pollution models for population exposure assessment in Canada

P Hystad, E Setton, A Cervantes… - Environmental …, 2011 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Population exposure assessment methods that capture local-scale pollutant
variability are needed for large-scale epidemiological studies and surveillance, policy, and …

Real-time monitoring of air pollutants in seven cities of North India during crop residue burning and their relationship with meteorology and transboundary movement …

K Ravindra, T Singh, S Mor, V Singh, TK Mandal… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Air pollutants emissions due to the burning of crop residues could adversely affect human
health, environment, and climate. Hence, a multicity campaign was conducted during crop …

Volatile and intermediate volatility organic compounds in suburban Paris: variability, origin and importance for SOA formation

W Ait-Helal, A Borbon, S Sauvage… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Measurements of gaseous and particulate organic carbon were performed during the
MEGAPOLI experiments, in July 2009 and January–February 2010, at the SIRTA …

High-resolution mapping of regional VOCs using the enhanced space-time extreme gradient boosting machine (XGBoost) in Shanghai

B Lu, X Meng, S Dong, Z Zhang, C Liu, J Jiang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The accurate estimation of highly spatiotemporal volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is of
great significance to establish advanced early warning systems and regulate air pollution …

Atmospheric BTEX concentrations in the vicinity of the crude oil refinery of the Baltic region

P Baltrėnas, E Baltrėnaitė, V Šerevičienė… - Environmental monitoring …, 2011 - Springer
Among chemical industries, petroleum refineries have been identified as large emitters of a
wide variety of pollutants. Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) form an …

Chemical source profiles of particulate matter and gases emitted from solid fuels for residential cooking and heating scenarios in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

J Sun, Z Shen, B Zhang, L Zhang, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Incomplete combustion of solid fuels (animal dung and bituminous coal) is a common
phenomenon during residential cooking and heating in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) …