Atmosphere, Volume 16, Issue 1

To address the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide implemented mandatory restrictions. As an unintended consequence of these responses, significant air pollution reductions have been recorded across the world. We provide cross-national evidence...

Air quality is becoming an important asset of modern society. Europe is adopting regulations that will enable better air quality for residents and encourage detailed study of emissions sources. Transport is recognized as a flourishing sector with the...

Typhoons rank among the most destructive natural disasters, significantly affecting human activities and daily life. Atmospheric numerical model wind fields, which are widely utilized, often underestimate typhoon intensity. This study proposes a mode...

Temperate glaciers in the Kangri Karpo region of the southeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) have experienced significant ablation in recent decades, increasing the risk of glacier-related hazards and impacting regional water resources. Howeve...

This study introduces a tornado perturbation model utilizing the cyclostrophic wind model, implemented through a shallow-water equation framework. Four numerical experiments were conducted: a single cyclonic wind perturbation (EXP1), a single low-geo...

Background: Epidemiological and toxicological studies have shown that inhalation of particulate matter (PM), a major component of air pollution, is associated with the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Cellular senescence and other aging...

Atmospheric carbonyl compounds have significant impacts on the atmospheric environment and human health, making the selection of appropriate analytical techniques crucial for accurately detecting these compounds in specific environments. Based on ext...

The rising incidence of droughts in specific global regions in recent years, primarily attributed to global warming, has markedly increased the demand for reliable and accurate streamflow estimation. Streamflow estimation is essential for the effecti...

The Mediterranean faces frequent heavy precipitation, deadly heatwaves, and wildfires fueled by its climate. Greece, with its complex topography, experiences severe and extreme weather events that have escalated in recent years and are projected to c...

The industrial emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a major contributor to air pollution in urban areas. Previous studies on VOC emissions in industrial zones have primarily relied on in situ monitoring techniques, which pose significan...

Ship emissions significantly impact air quality, particularly in coastal and port regions, contributing to elevated concentrations of PM_2.5, and PM₁₀, with varying effects observed across different locations. This study investigates the effectiveness...

Between 23 and 25 January 2020, the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (MRBH) in Brazil experienced 32 natural disasters, which affected 90,000 people, resulted in 13 fatalities, and caused economic damages of approximately USD 250 million. This s...

A new meteorological station (DMS) was established at the Morning Glory summit in Zhejiang Province to provide regional background information on atmospheric composition in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region, China. This study investigated the firs...

Oxalic acid is the most abundant low-molecular-weight dicarboxylic acid in the atmosphere, and it plays a crucial role in the formation of new particles and cloud condensation nuclei. However, most observational studies have focused on particulate ox...

In recent years, the surge in air-conditioning ownership and usage has led to significant heat rejection, impacting the surrounding atmosphere. Despite this, studies examining the spatiotemporal effects of air-conditioning heat rejection at a block s...

The geostationary meteorological satellite Fengyun-4A (FY-4A) has rapidly advanced, generating abundant high spatiotemporal resolution atmospheric precipitable water vapor (PWV) products. However, remote sensing satellites are vulnerable to weather c...

The simulations presented here are based on the observational data of lightning electric currents associated with the eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano in January 2022. The response of the lithosphere (Earth)–atmosphere–ionosphere&ndash...

Complex mixtures of air pollutants, including ozone (O₃), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), black carbon (BC), and fine particulate matter (PM_2.5), present significant health risks. To understand the factors influenc...

With the increasingly prominent environmental and energy issues, emission regulations are becoming more stringent. Ammonia diesel dual fuel (ADDF) engine is one of the effective ways to reduce carbon emissions. This study investigated the effect of m...

Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) has emerged as a promising, electricity-free cooling approach that reflects sunlight while radiating heat through the atmospheric transparent window. However, the design and optimization of PDRC materials rema...

In this study, a drone-based measurement system equipped with miniaturized optical and condensation particle counters was deployed to investigate the vertical distribution of particulate matter and meteorological variables up to 2.5 km in altitude. M...

This study investigates cyclone dynamics and impacts in the Southwestern Atlantic, with a focus on their effects on southern Brazil. As climate change intensifies coastal vulnerability, understanding cyclone behavior has become essential. Using the T...

This paper describes the Weather On-Demand (WOD) forecasting framework which is a software stack used to run operational and on-demand weather forecasts. The WOD framework is a distributed system for the following: (1) running the Weather Research an...

The effect of COVID-19 lockdown (LD) on many ambient air pollutants (NO, NO₂, PM_2.5, PM₁₀, O₃ and SO₂) was assessed for the first time in the Western Balkans with an innovative approach that evaluates a variety of factors including the stringency of...

Weather change has a great impact on vegetation growth restoration and ecosystem service function, resulting in significant changes in vegetation net primary productivity (NPP). Therefore, based on MOD17A3 NPP data and meteorological data, this study...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effect of earthquake (EQ) preparation on changes in meteorological parameters. The two physical quantities of temperature (T)/relative humidity (Hum) and atmospheric chemical potential (ACP) have been inves...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a region vulnerable to extreme weather events due to its low level of adaptive capacity. In recent decades, SSA has been punctuated by more intense climatic phenomena that severely affect its population. Therefore, this st...

Airborne dust is an important contaminant affecting the health and the environment, and a crucial concern in many workplaces such as animal facilities and potash mines. One of the techniques used for dust control is electrostatic particle ionization...

Understanding baseline O₃ is important as it defines the fraction of O₃ coming from global sources and not subject to local control. We report the occurrence and sources of high baseline ozone days, defined as a day where the daily maximum 8 h averag...

Salem, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest cities in the United States (1629) and its coastal location on the Atlantic helped create one of the wealthiest cities in America during the late 18th century, but today its coastal location threatens many o...

Biomonitoring based on foliage chemistry was used to study the effects of environmental sulfur (S) pollution on forest stands. The foliage samples were collected in two forest ecosystems exposed to industrial emissions: a zinc (Zn) and lead (Pb) smel...

Weather forecasting, a vital task for agriculture, transportation, energy, etc., has evolved significantly over the years. Comprehensive surveys play a crucial role in synthesizing knowledge, identifying trends, and addressing emerging challenges in...

Peatlands in OKI Regency are highly flammable during extreme dry seasons and experience flooding during extreme rainy seasons. Research related to peatlands is important to be carried out in disaster mitigation efforts on peatlands. In this study, we...

Cities are of wide concern to scholars due to their major share of global carbon emissions. Energy-related carbon emissions differ significantly among cities, especially megacities, due to regional heterogeneity in socioeconomic conditions. To analyz...

Greenhouse gas emissions are primary drivers of climate change, and the intensification of extreme heat and urban heat island effects poses serious threats to urban ecosystems, public health, and energy consumption. This study systematically evaluate...

This study investigates the hypothesis that meteorological anomalies may precede earthquake events. Long-term time series of observations for air temperature, atmospheric pressure and precipitation at a meteorological station in Kamchatka are conside...

Climate change has significantly increased multi-hazard disasters caused by typhoons, exposing the limitations of conventional forecasting systems that often neglect regional socio-economic vulnerabilities. This study develops and validates the Typho...

The widely used low-cost particulate matter (PM) sensors in Thailand, such as the DustBoy, require performance improvements to ensure their data align with the established standards set by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). This study e...

The nonstationarity of extreme precipitation is now well established in the presence of climate change and low-frequency variability. Consequently, the implications for urban flooding, for which there are not long flooding records, need to be underst...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the precursors of ozone and fine particulate matter, are one of the atmospheric pollutants harmful to human health. The emission characteristics of VOCs in Anyang, a typical industrial city in the Central Plains of...

This paper is devoted to the dynamics of the propagation of non-planetary scale internal gravity waves (IGWs) in the stratified atmosphere. We consider the system of equations describing internal gravity waves in three approximations: (1) the incompr...

Atmospheric elements can cause harmful effects on air quality and human health. Despite extensive research on PM_2.5, there remains a limited understanding of the seasonal variations, origins, and associated health risks of specific elements in urban...

Malaria, a severe vector-borne disease, affects billions of people globally and claims over half a million lives annually. Climate change can impact lifespan and the development of vectors. There is a gap in organized, multidisciplined research on cl...

In the context of increasing urbanization, understanding the influence of urban spatial layouts on microclimatic conditions has become crucial, particularly in high-density reclaimed areas like those in the Macao Peninsula, where optimizing thermal c...

The expansion of atmospheric observation networks for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are closely related to climate change and contribute to global warming, significantly impacts our society and daily life. Their emissions are estimated to increase...

The deterioration of stone heritage in urban environments is mainly the product of sources of air pollution like vehicular traffic and domestic heating. The results of these phenomena usually manifest as acid rain and particulate patinas, acting on t...

Rainfall is of vital importance to terrestrial ecosystems and its intermittent characteristics have a profound impact on plant growth, soil biogeochemical cycles, and water resource management. Rainfall frequency, one of the key statistics of rainfal...

Wind speed forecasting is an essential part of weather prediction, with significant value in economics, business, and management. Utilizing multiple meteorological variables can improve prediction accuracy, but existing methods face challenges such a...

Nevertheless, there is a lot to know about air pollutants in Mexico’s largest cities, like San Luis Potosi City, which is one of the 12 most crowded cities and is expected to grow in the next years; however, there is little information about ai...

Icing significantly reduces the electrical performance of insulators, and grid failures caused by insulator icing are common. Currently, most research on the flashover characteristics of insulators under icing conditions focuses on artificially iced...