Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Journal Article - Impact of heatwaves on all-cause mortality in India: a comprehensive multi-city study

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Journal Article - Crop residue burning in China (2019–2021): Spatiotemporal patterns, environmental impact, and emission dynamics

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Journal Article - Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022

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Journal Article - Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

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Journal Article - Meteorological characteristics of extreme ozone pollution events in China and their future predictions

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Journal Article - Overview of the Trajectory-Ensemble Potential Source Apportionment Web (TraPSA-Web) Toolkit for Atmospheric Pollutant Source Identification

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Journal Article - PM2.5 wintertime sensitivity to changes in NOx, SO2, and NH3 emissions in Lombardy Region

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Journal Article - Atmospheric Emissions from Electricity Generation in Southeast Asia: Development Trend and Policy Responses

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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Journal Article - On the formation of biogenic secondary organic aerosol in chemical transport models: an evaluation of the WRF-CHIMERE

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Journal Article - Significant human health co-benefits of mitigating African emissions

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Journal Article - The high-resolution Global Aviation emissions Inventory based on ADS-B (GAIA) for 2019–2021

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Journal Article - Pervasive over-crediting from cookstove offset methodologies

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Journal Article - Applications of Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Satellite Sensor: A Review

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Journal Article - Ambient air pollution and consumer spending: Evidence from Spain

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Journal Article - Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide and Fine Particulate Matter When Cooking with Electricity Compared to Gas, a Randomized Crossover Study in Quito, Ecuador

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Journal Article - Arctic Heatwaves Could Significantly Influence the Isoprene Emissions From Shrubs

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Journal Article - Public Health Benefits From Improved Identification of Severe Air Pollution Events With Geostationary Satellite Data

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Friday, January 26, 2024

Journal Article - A critical review of managing air pollution through airshed approach

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Journal Article - Contribution of intermediate-volatility organic compounds from on-road transport to secondary organic aerosol levels in Europe

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Journal Article - A review of machine learning for modeling air quality: Overlooked but important issues

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Journal Article - Addressing Air Pollution in Ulaanbaatar and Evaluating Indoor Air Quality in Gers with Cooking, Heating, and Insulation Packages (CHIP)

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Journal Article - Reductions in premature deaths from heat and particulate matter air pollution in South Asia, China, and the United States under decarbonization

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Journal Article - Strong increase in mortality attributable to ozone pollution under a climate change and demographic scenario

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Journal Article - The spatial and economic footprint of the coal industry on rural livelihoods in Jharkhand, India

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Journal Article - The impact of urban mobility on air pollution in Kampala, an exemplar sub-Saharan African city

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Journal Article - Historical and future health burden attributable to PM2.5 exposure in China

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Journal Article - Evaluation of modelled versus observed NMVOC compounds at EMEP sites in Europe

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Journal Article - Improving 3-day deterministic air pollution forecasts using machine learning algorithms

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Journal Article - Sources, Variations, and Effects on Air Quality of Atmospheric Ammonia

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Journal Article - Long-Term Dynamics of Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide in Urban and Rural Regions of China

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Journal Article - Air quality and health impacts of the 2020 wildfires in California

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Journal Article - A review of anthropogenic ground-level carbon emissions based on satellite data

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Monday, January 22, 2024

Journal Article - Impact of the implementation of Madrid's low emission zone on NO2 concentration using Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI data

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Journal Article - Identification of source contributions to fine particulate matter at Indian desert-urban mixed region

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Journal Article - Atlas of ozone chemical regimes in Europe

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Journal Article - A model for rapid PM2.5 exposure estimates in wildfire conditions using routinely available data: rapidfire v0.1.3

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Journal Article - Analysis of the GEFS-Aerosols annual budget to better understand aerosol predictions simulated in the model

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Journal Article - Monitoring European anthropogenic NOx emissions from space

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Journal Article - Health effects of carbonaceous PM2.5 compounds from residential fuel combustion and road transport in Europe

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Journal Article - An environmental justice analysis of air pollution emissions in the United States from 1970 to 2010

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Journal Article - Particle Number Emission for Different Toll Collection Systems in India

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Journal Article - Assessing the costs of ozone pollution in India for wheat producers, consumers, and government food welfare policies

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Journal Article - Water, air pollution and carbon footprints of conspicuous/luxury consumption in India

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Journal Article - A comprehensive assessment of yield loss in rice due to surface ozone pollution in India during 2005–2020: A great concern for food security

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Journal Article - Challenges of detecting free tropospheric ozone trends in a sparsely sampled environment

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Journal Article - Weekly derived top-down volatile-organic-compound fluxes over Europe from TROPOMI HCHO data from 2018 to 2021

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Journal Article - Impact of urbanization on fine particulate matter concentrations over central Europe

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Journal Article - Analysis of Ozone Formation Sensitivity in Chinese Representative Regions Using Satellite and Ground-Based Data

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Journal Article - Climate and Tropospheric Oxidizing Capacity

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Journal Article - An Observing System Simulation Experiment Analysis of How Well Geostationary Satellite Trace-Gas Observations Constrain NOx Emissions in the US

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Journal Article - Changes in global DMS production driven by increased CO2 levels and its impact on radiative forcing

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Saturday, January 13, 2024

Journal Article - Five years of Sentinel-5p TROPOMI operational ozone profiling and geophysical validation using ozonesonde and lidar ground-based networks

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Journal Article - On the uncertainty of anthropogenic aromatic VOC emissions: evaluation and sensitivity analysis

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Journal Article - Greenhouse gas emissions trends and drivers insights from the domestic aviation in Thailand

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Journal Article - Air quality, health, and equity impacts of vehicle electrification in India

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Journal Article - Managing urban development could halve nitrogen pollution in China

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Journal Article - Assessment of methane emissions from oil, gas and coal sectors across inventories and atmospheric inversions

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Journal Article - Formation of secondary organic aerosol from wildfire emissions enhanced by long-time ageing

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

Journal Article - A Comprehensive Review of the Development of Land Use Regression Approaches for Modeling Spatiotemporal Variations of Ambient Air Pollution: A Perspective from 2011 to 2023

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Journal Article - Evaluating real-world emissions from in-use buses and taxis using on-road remote sensing

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Journal Article - Dominant contribution of combustion-related ammonium during haze pollution in Beijing

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Journal Article - Predictions of air quality and challenges for eliminating air pollution during the 2022 Olympic Winter Games

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Journal Article - Assessing the impact of shipping emissions on ozone concentrations in East Asia: Insights from KORUS-AQ and SIJAQ 2021 campaign periods

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Journal Article - Trend analysis of measured surface ozone at the megacity of Tehran for the summertime 2007–2021

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Journal Article - A Greenhouse Gas Budget for Mexico During 2000–2019

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Journal Article - A New Urban Built-Up Index and Its Application in National Central Cities of China

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Journal Article - Justice considerations in climate research

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Journal Article - Climate Projections in Next Phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project

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Podcast - Air Pollution Modeling in India (by Atmospheric Tales)

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

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Humor in Pollution - Atmospheric Chemistry in French Comic Books

Click here for more on the atmospheric chemistry in French comic books (Courtesy: Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group, SEAS, Harvard University)


Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Journal Article - Health and economic impact assessment of active travel modes in Tehran megacity

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Journal Article - Global source apportionment of aerosols into major emission regions and sectors over 1850–2017

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Journal Article - Air quality improvements can strengthen China’s food security

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Journal Article - The Fire Inventory from NCAR version 2.5: an updated global fire emissions model for climate and chemistry applications

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Podcast - Weight of the world – the climate scientists who saw the crisis coming (by Science Weekly)

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Saturday, January 06, 2024

Podcast - The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect (by The Lost Women of Science)

Journal Article - Impacts of coal use phase-out in China on the atmospheric environment: (2) public health and global radiative forcing

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Journal Article - Recommendations on benchmarks for photochemical air quality model applications in China — NO2, SO2, CO and PM10

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Journal Article - Past and recent changes in the pollution characteristics of PM10 and SO2 in the largest industrial city in South Korea

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Video - Air Pollution Prevention Under the US Clean Air Act: Module 2 of 5

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Video - Air Quality: A Tale of Three Cities - Beijing, Los Angeles and Atlanta (NASA)

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Wednesday, January 03, 2024

Podcast - Are Firecracker Bans a Pollution Solution? (by All Things Policy)

Podcast - Forecasting 2024 | Special Episode (by All Things Policy)

Podcast - Current State of Electrical Connectivity in India (by Interpreting India)

Podcast - Effective Ways to Achieve Cleaner Transportation in India (by Interpreting India)

Podcast - The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air (by TED Climate)

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Journal Article - Comparing Urban Anthropogenic NMVOC Measurements With Representation in Emission Inventories—A Global Perspective

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Journal Article - Measuring the air pollution benefits of public transport projects

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Video (Hindi) - How Coal is Produced in India? India's Coal Reserves | Types of Coal | Coal India Ltd | Coal Mining

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Journal Article - A chronology of global air quality

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Monday, January 01, 2024

Infograph - How the bottom-up source apportionment process works?

 

More on air pollution @ http://www.urbanemissions.info

Also see a primer on how to conduct source apportionment, steps, and resource material.

Infograph - How the top-down source apportionment process works?

More on air pollution @ http://www.urbanemissions.info

Also see a primer on how to conduct source apportionment, steps, and resource material.

 

Infographic - What is the difference between primary and secondary particulate matter?

 

Primary is a direct emission source and forms a significant portion of the PM pollution, comprising of metals, elemental carbon (also known as black carbon), and organic carbon. Other primary pollutants include sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile hydrocarbons, methane, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. 

Secondary is due to chemical transformation of primary gaseous emissions. In PM, the secondary aerosol components include sulfates from sulfur dioxide emissions, nitrates from nitrogen oxide emissions, organic aerosols from hydrocarbon emissions, and ammonium from ammonia emissions. The path and the quantity of chemical transformation depends on the strength of the pollutant emissions and the mix of the emissions. In an atmospheric chemical mechanism, these interlinkages can run into 300 equations. Other secondary pollutants include ozone – a result of a mix of reactions between nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbon emissions in the presence of sunlight. 

More such questions are answered in SIM-series # 44-2021 - 10 frequently asked questions on particulate matter (PM)

Infographic - What is the difference between fine and coarse particulate matter?

  

There is constant confusion between PM2.5 vs. PM10 and “fine vs. coarse” fractions of particulate matter. The schematic above presents an overview of what is part of each of these fractions and they are broadly defined like this

  • PM2.5 – this is all the particulate matter under 2.5 um
  • PM10 – this is all the particulate matter under 10.0 um
  • Fine PM – this is all the particulate matter under 2.5 um, which is same of PM2.5
  • Coarse PM – this is all the particulate matter between 2.5 and 10 um
More such questions are answered in SIM-series # 44-2021 - 10 frequently asked questions on particulate matter (PM) 

Whats the Difference between Particulate Matter (PM) Sizes?


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