Smoke from vegetation fires affects air quality, atmospheric cycling, and the climate in the
Amazon rain forest. A major unknown has remained the quantity of long-range transported …

This review study aimed to determine the relationship between exposure to smoke from
biomass burning in the Amazon rain forest and its implications on human health in that …

Fires are a fundamental part of the Earth System. In the last decades, they have been
altering ecosystem structure, biogeochemical cycles and atmospheric composition with …

São Paulo, Brazil, is the greatest pesticide consumer, and associated health problems in
local population have already been described. PM 2.5 samples were collected in three sites …

Air pollution in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo (MASP), Brazil, is a serious problem and
is strongly affected by local sources. However, atmosphere column composition in MASP is …

Este estudo de revisão teve como objetivo determinar a relação entre a exposição à fumaça
da queima de biomassa na Floresta Amazônica e suas implicações para a saúde humana …

This work presents the use of two elastic lidar systems to assess the horizontal variation of
the PBL height (PBLH) and aerosol layer aloft in the São Paulo Megacity. These two lidars …

Biomonitoring can be essential for air pollution assessment since active sampling methods
might be costly and involve complicated logistics. In this context, the study focused on …

Numerous studies globally have centered on atmospheric air pollution due to its profound
health and climate effects. NASA's AERONET (National Aeronautics and Space …

An intercomparison of four regional air quality models is performed in the tropical megacity
of São Paulo with the perspective of developing a forecasting system based on a model …