High-resolution mapping of sources contributing to urban air pollution using adjoint sensitivity analysis: Benzene and diesel black carbon

LAJ Bastien, BC McDonald, NJ Brown… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
The adjoint of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model at 1 km horizontal
resolution is used to map emissions that contribute to ambient concentrations of benzene …

Speciated PM composition and gas and particle emission factors for diesel construction machinery in China

Q Hu, C Huang, L Qiao, Y Ma, Q Yang, W Tang… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2019 - aaqr.org
On-board emission measurements were performed on nine diesel construction machines
operated under real-world conditions in China. The emission factors (EFs) for NOx, CO, the …

Variation of air pollutants during COVID-19 lockdown phases in the mega-city of Lahore (Pakistan); Insights into meteorological parameters and atmospheric …

F Qayyum, S Tariq, H Nawaz, Z ul-Haq, U Mehmood… - Acta Geophysica, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out in 2019 and spread rapidly to
the whole world. Lockdown policies were adopted by Pakistan to control the rapid …

Sources and composition of PM2.5 in the Colorado Front Range during the DISCOVER‐AQ study

MJ Valerino, JJ Johnson, J Izumi… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of particulate matter (PM2. 5) chemical composition were carried out in
Golden, CO, during the Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and …

Four-dimensional variational inversion of black carbon emissions during ARCTAS-CARB with WRFDA-Chem

JJ Guerrette, DK Henze - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning emissions of atmospheric aerosols, including black carbon, are growing
due to increased global drought, and comprise a large source of uncertainty in regional …

Assessing the impact of wildfires on the use of black carbon as an indicator of traffic exposures in environmental epidemiology studies

SE Martenies, L Hoskovec, A Wilson… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Epidemiological studies frequently use black carbon (BC) as a proxy for traffic‐related air
pollution (TRAP). However, wildfire smoke (WFS) represents an important source of BC not …

Evaluating SOA formation from different sources of semi-and intermediate-volatility organic compounds from the Athabasca oil sands

JM Sommers, CA Stroud, MG Adam, J O'Brien… - Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
As an important component of particulate matter (PM), organic aerosols (OA) have a
complex and uncertain effect on climate and health. The Athabasca oil sands in Canada are …

Spatio-temporal patterns and trends in MODIS-retrieved radiative forcing by snow impurities over the Western US from 2001 to 2022

AS Jensen, K Rittger, MS Raleigh - Environmental Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The seasonal mountain snowpack of the Western US (WUS) is a key water resource to
millions of people and an important component of the regional climate system. Impurities at …

[PDF][PDF] On-Road Remote Sensing of Automobile Emissions in the Tulsa Area: Fall 2019

GA Bishop - 2020 - digitalcommons.du.edu
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The University of Denver conducted a five-day remote sensing
study in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area in September of 2019. The remote sensor used in this …

Constraining a historical black carbon emission inventory of the United States for 1960–2000

T Sun, L Liu, MG Flanner… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present an observationally constrained United States black carbon emission inventory
with explicit representation of activity and technology between 1960 and 2000. We compare …