Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Pollution Monitoring with Sentinel-5P Satellite Imagery over Europe during the Coronavirus Pandemic Outbreak

M Vîrghileanu, I Săvulescu, BA Mihai, C Nistor… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is one of the main air quality pollutants of concern in many urban
and industrial areas worldwide, and particularly in the European region, where in 2017 …

Role of vegetation in deposition and dispersion of air pollution in urban parks

Y Xing, P Brimblecombe - Atmospheric Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban parks have long been considered places of refuge from the bustle, noise and
pollutants of the surrounding city. Parks were labelled the lungs of the city, a metaphor which …

Why is ozone in South Korea and the Seoul metropolitan area so high and increasing?

NK Colombi, DJ Jacob, LH Yang, S Zhai… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Surface ozone pollution in South Korea has increased over the past 2 decades, despite
efforts to decrease emissions, and is pervasively in exceedance of the maximum daily 8 h …

Urban form and air pollution: Clustering patterns of urban form factors related to particulate matter in Seoul, Korea

H Ahn, J Lee, A Hong - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the aggressive emission control efforts in Korea over the past decades, surface-
level particulate matter (PM) concentrations have increased in Seoul since 2012. What …

Combined effects of increased O3 and reduced NO2 concentrations on short-term air pollution health risks in Hong Kong

MS Hossain, HC Frey, PKK Louie, AKH Lau - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
The reduction of NO x emissions in a VOC-limited region can lead to an increase of the local
O 3 concentration. An evaluation of the net health effects of such pollutant changes is …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of obstacles on urban canyon ventilation and air pollutant concentration: An experimental assessment

OS Carlo, S Fellini, O Palusci, M Marro… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Air pollution in cities, intensified by vehicular traffic emissions and reduced ventilation, poses
a significant health risk. Obstacles, like solid or vegetation barriers, are being considered as …

Fine-scale variations in PM2. 5 and black carbon concentrations and corresponding influential factors at an urban road intersection

Z Wang, S Zhong, ZR Peng, M Cai - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Road intersections have the potential to pose an additional exposure risk to surrounding
dwellers or commuters; however, knowledge of fine-scale variations of traffic pollutants …

[HTML][HTML] Linking of built environment inequalities with air quality: A case study

D Agudelo-Castañeda, J Arellana… - … Research Part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
In developing countries, where few air quality stations and studies exist, measuring the
spatial gradient of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) in urban areas is challenging. Our research …

Spatiotemporal distribution of traffic emission based on wind tunnel experiment and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation

DJ Sun, X Shi, Y Zhang, L Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
With the increasing urbanization and motorization, transportation has become one of the
primary sources of carbon emission and air pollution, causing serious diseases to city …

Assessing neighborhood air pollution exposure and its relationship with the urban form

Y Gao, Z Wang, C Liu, ZR Peng - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Previous studies on air pollution exposure have mostly focused on the urban, regional,
national and global scales, but the outcomes cannot well support risk assessments in urban …