Children's well-being at schools: Impact of climatic conditions and air pollution

T Salthammer, E Uhde, T Schripp, A Schieweck… - Environment …, 2016 - Elsevier
Human civilization is currently facing two particular challenges: population growth with a
strong trend towards urbanization and climate change. The latter is now no longer seriously …

Traffic and nucleation events as main sources of ultrafine particles in high-insolation developed world cities

M Brines, M Dall'Osto, DCS Beddows… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Road traffic emissions are often considered the main source of ultrafine particles (UFP,
diameter smaller than 100 nm) in urban environments. However, recent studies worldwide …

Airborne particle number concentrations in China: A critical review

Y Zhu, ID Sulaymon, X Xie, J Mao, S Guo, M Hu… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Particle number concentration (PNC) is an important parameter for evaluating the
environmental health and climate effects of particulate matter (PM). A good understanding of …

Towards comprehensive air quality management using low-cost sensors for pollution source apportionment

D Bousiotis, G Allison, DCS Beddows… - npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
Successful air quality management and control not only requires measurements of air
pollution levels. It also requires information on the sources of air pollution, and their relative …

Effects of exposure to ambient ultrafine particles on respiratory health and systemic inflammation in children

S Clifford, M Mazaheri, F Salimi, WN Ezz… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
It is known that ultrafine particles (UFP, particles smaller than 0.1 μm) can penetrate deep
into the lungs and potentially have adverse health effects. However, epidemiological data on …

Meteorological and chemical controls on surface ozone diurnal variability in Beijing: A clustering-based perspective

Z Liao, Y Pan, P Ma, X Jia, Z Cheng, Q Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to reveal the dominant, recurring patterns of surface ozone diurnal cycles
in Beijing, their quantitative characteristics, namely, occurrence frequency and transition …

Seasonal variability of nitroaromatic compounds in ambient aerosols: Mass size distribution, possible sources and contribution to water-soluble brown carbon light …

S Frka, M Šala, H Brodnik, B Štefane, A Kroflič, I Grgić - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitroaromatic compounds (NACs) as important constituents of atmospheric humic-like
substances (HULIS) and brown carbon (BrC) affect the Earth's climate and pose a serious …

Sources of sub-micrometre particles near a major international airport

M Masiol, RM Harrison, TV Vu… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
The international airport of Heathrow is a major source of nitrogen oxides, but its contribution
to the levels of sub-micrometre particles is unknown and is the objective of this study. Two …

Impact of urban aerosols on the cloud condensation activity using a clustering model

F Rejano, JA Casquero-Vera, H Lyamani… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The indirect effect of aerosols on climate through aerosol-cloud-interactions is still highly
uncertain and limits our ability to assess anthropogenic climate change. The foundation of …

Source apportionment of fine and ultrafine particle number concentrations in a major city of the Eastern Mediterranean

P Kalkavouras, G Grivas, I Stavroulas, K Petrinoli… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ultrafine particles (UFP) are recognized as an emerging pollutant able to induce serious
health effects. However, quantitative information regarding the contributions of UFP sources …