Air quality modeling in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil: A review

M Gavidia-Calderón, D Schuch, A Vara-Vela… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have used air quality models to estimate pollutant concentrations in the
Metropolitan Area of São Paulo (MASP) by using different inputs and assumptions. Our …

Changes in South American surface ozone trends: exploring the influences of precursors and extreme events

RJ Seguel, L Castillo, C Opazo… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
In this study, trends of 21st-century ground-level ozone and ozone precursors were
examined across South America, a less-studied region where trend estimates have rarely …

Ubiquity of anthropogenic terpenoids in cities worldwide: Emission ratios, emission quantification and implications for urban atmospheric chemistry

A Borbon, P Dominutti, A Panopoulou… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Terpenoids (isoprene and monoterpenes) are highly reactive Volatile Organic Compounds
(VOCs) known for decades for their biogenic origin. Here, we discuss the nature and …

Determination of heavy-duty vehicle emission factors from highway tunnel measurements in India: Laboratory vs. real-world study

N Raparthi, S Debbarma, HC Phuleria - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study develops the real-world heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) emission factors (EFs) for
regulated and unregulated pollutants from highway tunnel measurements─ a first in India …

Particulate matter fingerprints in biofuel impacted tunnels in South America's largest metropolitan area

GM Pereira, T Nogueira, LY Kamigauti… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study characterized the chemical composition of particulate matter (PM) from light-
(LDV) and heavy-duty (HDV) vehicles based on two traffic tunnel samplings carried out in …

Health Risk Assessment of Exposure to Air Pollutants Exceeding the New WHO Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) in São Paulo, Brazil

CFH Wikuats, T Nogueira, R Squizzato… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
We applied the AirQ+ model to analyze the 2021 data within our study period (15 December
2020 to 17 June 2022) to quantitatively estimate the number of specific health outcomes …

Assessing socioeconomic bias of exposure to urban air pollution: an autopsy-based study in São Paulo, Brazil

J da Motta Singer, CDS de André… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The characterisation of individual exposure to air pollution in urban scenarios is
a challenge in environmental epidemiological studies. We investigated if the city's pollution …

[HTML][HTML] Pollutant concentration prediction from traffic data analysis for concrete durability studies in Madrid Calle 30 urban tunnels

L López-de Abajo, MG Alberti, JC Gálvez - Tunnelling and Underground …, 2024 - Elsevier
The possibility of assessing and predicting the concrete damage is essential in order to
apply an adequate and accurate maintenance and reparation policy for infrastructure …

Emission factors for a biofuel impacted fleet in South America's largest metropolitan area

GM Pereira, LY Kamigauti, T Nogueira… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Metropolitan Area of São Paulo (MASP) is among the largest urban areas in
the Southern Hemisphere. Vehicular emissions are of great concern in metropolitan areas …

Carbonaceous fraction in PM2. 5 of six Latin American cities: Seasonal variations, sources and secondary organic carbon contribution

L Dawidowski, JG Constantin, JH Murillo… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Latin American (LatAm) cities are grappling with elevated levels of gaseous and
particulate pollutants, which are having detrimental effects on both the local ecosystem and …