Functional traits of urban trees: air pollution mitigation potential

R Grote, R Samson, R Alonso… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In an increasingly urbanized world, air pollution mitigation is considered one of most
important issues in city planning. Urban trees help to improve air quality by facilitating …

In situ secondary organic aerosol formation from ambient pine forest air using an oxidation flow reactor

BB Palm, P Campuzano-Jost, AM Ortega… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
An oxidation flow reactor (OFR) is a vessel inside which the concentration of a chosen
oxidant can be increased for the purpose of studying SOA formation and aging by that …

[HTML][HTML] Unexpected seasonality in quantity and composition of Amazon rainforest air reactivity

AC Nölscher, AM Yáñez-Serrano, S Wolff… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The hydroxyl radical (OH) removes most atmospheric pollutants from air. The loss frequency
of OH radicals due to the combined effect of all gas-phase OH reactive species is a …

Contribution of post-harvest agricultural paddy residue fires in the NW Indo-Gangetic Plain to ambient carcinogenic benzenoids, toxic isocyanic acid and carbon …

BP Chandra, V Sinha - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
In the north west Indo-Gangetic Plain (NW IGP), large scale post-harvest paddy residue fires
occur every year during the months of October–November. This anthropogenic perturbation …

Molecular composition of organic aerosols in central Amazonia: an ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry study

I Kourtchev, RHM Godoi, S Connors… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The Amazon Basin plays key role in atmospheric chemistry, biodiversity and climate change.
In this study we applied nanoelectrospray (nanoESI) ultra-high-resolution mass …

Emission of Volatile Compounds from Apple Plants Infested with Pandemis heparana Larvae, Antennal Response of Conspecific Adults, and Preliminary Field Trial

V Giacomuzzi, L Cappellin, I Khomenko… - Journal of Chemical …, 2016 - Springer
This study investigated the volatile emission from apple (Malus x domestica Borkh., cv.
Golden Delicious) foliage that was either intact, mechanically-damaged, or exposed to larval …

Global atmospheric budget of simple monocyclic aromatic compounds

D Cabrera-Perez, D Taraborrelli… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The global atmospheric budget and distribution of monocyclic aromatic compounds is
estimated, using an atmospheric chemistry general circulation model. Simulation results are …

Anthropogenic and biogenic influence on VOC fluxes at an urban background site in Helsinki, Finland

P Rantala, L Järvi, R Taipale, TK Laurila… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
We measured volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon dioxide (CO 2) and carbon
monoxide (CO) at an urban background site near the city centre of Helsinki, Finland …

Observations of atmospheric monoaromatic hydrocarbons at urban, semi-urban and forest environments in the Amazon region

SL Paralovo, GC Borillo, CGG Barbosa… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Amazon region is one of the most significant natural ecosystems on the planet. Of
special interest as a major study area is the interface between the forest and Manaus city, a …

Measuring rapid changes in plant volatiles at different spatial levels

PK Misztal - Deciphering chemical language of plant …, 2016 - Springer
The majority of volatile chemical measurements related to plant communication processes
have been conducted at relatively small spatial scales. Relatively little is known about how …