Dry deposition of atmospheric aerosols: Approaches, observations, and mechanisms

DK Farmer, EK Boedicker… - Annual review of physical …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Aerosols are liquid or solid particles suspended in the atmosphere, typically with diameters
on the order of nanometers to microns. These particles impact air quality and the radiative …

Managing Mediterranean forests for multiple ecosystem services: research progress and knowledge gaps

S Nocentini, D Travaglini, B Muys - Current Forestry Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Forests provide multiple ecosystem services (ES) to society, and
the demand for ES is growing at the global level. However, how to manage forests for the …

Relationships between air particulate matter capture efficiency and leaf traits in twelve tree species from an Italian urban-industrial environment

G Sgrigna, C Baldacchini, S Dreveck, Z Cheng… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Air pollution in the urban environment is widely recognized as one of the most harmful
threats for human health. International organizations such as the United Nations and the …

Comparing i-Tree eco estimates of particulate matter deposition with leaf and canopy measurements in an urban mediterranean Holm Oak Forest

R Pace, G Guidolotti, C Baldacchini… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Trees and urban forests remove particulate matter (PM) from the air through the deposition
of particles on the leaf surface, thus helping to improve air quality and reduce respiratory …

A spatially-explicit method to assess the dry deposition of air pollution by urban forests in the city of Florence, Italy

F Bottalico, D Travaglini, G Chirici, V Garfì… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban forests (UF) provide a range of important ecosystem services (ES) for human well-
being. Relevant ES delivered by UF include urban temperature regulation, runoff mitigation …

Testing removal of carbon dioxide, ozone, and atmospheric particles by urban parks in Italy

S Fares, A Conte, A Alivernini, F Chianucci… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cities are responsible for more than 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Sequestration of air pollutants is one of the main ecosystem services that urban forests …

Deposition and resuspension mechanisms into and from tree canopies: A study modeling particle removal of conifers and broadleaves in different cities

R Pace, R Grote - Frontiers in forests and global change, 2020 - frontiersin.org
With increasing realization that particles in the air are a major health risk in urban areas,
strengthening particle deposition is discussed as a means to air-pollution mitigation …

Effect of spatial heterogeneity of plant communities on air PM10 and PM2. 5 in an urban forest park in Wuhan, China

C Zhu, A Przybysz, Y Chen, H Guo, Y Chen… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the associations between plant community characteristics and their effects
on ambient particulate matter (PM) is a central theme of urban forest park management and …

Urban vegetation and particle air pollution: Experimental campaigns in a traffic hotspot

FJ Gómez-Moreno, B Artíñano, ED Ramiro… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work presents the main results of two experimental campaigns carried out in summer
and winter seasons in a complex pollution hotspot near a large park, El Retiro, in Madrid …

Particle resuspension from leaf surfaces: effect of species, leaf traits and wind speed

Y Li, X Zhang, M Li, S Yin, Z Zhang, T Zhang… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Particles deposited on leaf surfaces can be resuspended back into the atmosphere, thus
generating pollution diffusion and hazarding to human health. The net amount of particles …