A critical review and prospect of NO2 and SO2 pollution over Asia: Hotspots, trends, and sources

MMMF Jion, JN Jannat, MY Mia, MA Ali… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and sulfur dioxide (SO 2) are two major atmospheric pollutants that
significantly threaten human health, the environment, and ecosystems worldwide. Despite …

The Ozone Monitoring Instrument: overview of 14 years in space

PF Levelt, J Joiner, J Tamminen… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
This overview paper highlights the successes of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on
board the Aura satellite spanning a period of nearly 14 years. Data from OMI has been used …

Monthly global estimates of fine particulate matter and their uncertainty

A Van Donkelaar, MS Hammer, L Bindle… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Annual global satellite-based estimates of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) are widely relied
upon for air-quality assessment. Here, we develop and apply a methodology for monthly …

COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines

ZS Venter, K Aunan, S Chowdhury… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The lockdown response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an
unprecedented reduction in global economic and transport activity. We test the hypothesis …

Trends in China's anthropogenic emissions since 2010 as the consequence of clean air actions

B Zheng, D Tong, M Li, F Liu, C Hong… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
To tackle the problem of severe air pollution, China has implemented active clean air
policies in recent years. As a consequence, the emissions of major air pollutants have …

Drivers of improved PM2.5 air quality in China from 2013 to 2017

Q Zhang, Y Zheng, D Tong, M Shao… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
From 2013 to 2017, with the implementation of the toughest-ever clean air policy in China,
significant declines in fine particle (PM2. 5) concentrations occurred nationwide. Here we …

Long-term historical trends in air pollutant emissions in Asia: Regional Emission inventory in ASia (REAS) version 3

J Kurokawa, T Ohara - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
A long-term historical emission inventory of air and climate pollutants in East, Southeast, and
South Asia during 1950–2015 was developed as the Regional Emission inventory in ASia …

A global anthropogenic emission inventory of atmospheric pollutants from sector-and fuel-specific sources (1970–2017): an application of the Community Emissions …

EE McDuffie, SJ Smith, P O'Rourke… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
Global anthropogenic emission inventories remain vital for understanding the sources of
atmospheric pollution and the associated impacts on the environment, human health, and …

Delayed emergence of a global temperature response after emission mitigation

BH Samset, JS Fuglestvedt, MT Lund - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
A major step towards achieving the goals of the Paris agreement would be a measurable
change in the evolution of global warming in response to mitigation of anthropogenic …

Nitrate dominates the chemical composition of PM2. 5 during haze event in Beijing, China

Q Xu, S Wang, J Jiang, N Bhattarai, X Li… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water-soluble inorganic ions (WSI), a major component of PM 2.5, often increased rapidly
during the haze event in Beijing. Sulfate (SO 4 2−), Nitrate (NO 3−), and Ammonium (NH 4+) …