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

M Gavidia-Calderón, D Schuch, A Vara-Vela… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - 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 …

Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018

WJ Requia, H Amini, R Mukherjee, DR Gold… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We quantified the impacts of wildfire-related PM2. 5 on 2 million hospital admissions records
due to cardiorespiratory diseases in Brazil between 2008 and 2018. The national analysis …

Validation of high‐resolution MAIAC aerosol product over South America

VS Martins, A Lyapustin… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Multiangle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) is a new Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) algorithm that combines time series …

Intercomparison of MODIS, MISR, OMI, and CALIPSO aerosol optical depth retrievals for four locations on the Indo-Gangetic plains and validation against AERONET …

H Bibi, K Alam, F Chishtie, S Bibi, I Shahid… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study provides an intercomparison of aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals from
satellite-based Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Multiangle …

The impact of wildfires on air pollution and health across land use categories in Brazil over a 16-year period

I Cobelo, FJ Castelhano, R Borge, HL Roig… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forest fires cause many environmental impacts, including air pollution. Brazil is a very fire-
prone region where few studies have investigated the impact of wildfires on air quality and …

Characterizing and quantifying African dust transport and deposition to South America: Implications for the phosphorus budget in the Amazon Basin

JM Prospero, AE Barkley, CJ Gaston… - Global …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Soils in the Amazon Basin are deficient in phosphorus, essential to soil fertility.
Previous studies suggested that African mineral dust deposited to Amazonian soils served …

Seasonal and interannual assessment of cloud cover and atmospheric constituents across the Amazon (2000–2015): Insights for remote sensing and climate analysis

VS Martins, EMLM Novo, A Lyapustin… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The quantitative assessment of cloud cover and atmospheric constituents improves our
ability to exploit the climate feedback into the Amazon basin. In the 21st century, three …

Increased preterm birth following maternal wildfire smoke exposure in Brazil

WJ Requia, S Papatheodorou, P Koutrakis… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Preterm birth (PTB) complications are the leading cause of death among children under 5
years of age, responsible for approximately 1 million deaths in 2015, according to the World …

Fires increase Amazon forest productivity through increases in diffuse radiation

A Rap, DV Spracklen, L Mercado… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric aerosol scatters solar radiation increasing the fraction of diffuse radiation and
the efficiency of photosynthesis. We quantify the impacts of biomass burning aerosol (BBA) …

Key challenges for tropospheric chemistry in the Southern Hemisphere

C Paton-Walsh, KM Emmerson, RM Garland… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
This commentary paper from the recently formed International Global Atmospheric
Chemistry (IGAC) Southern Hemisphere Working Group outlines key issues in atmospheric …