2025 December - 102 articles
Accurate characterization of aircraft turbulence is vital for aviation safety and efficiency. This study leverages 2021 data from nationwide Pilot Reports (PIREPs) and China Eastern Airlines’ in situ Eddy Dissipation Rate (EDR) measurements to...
Understanding outdoor thermal environments at fine spatial scales is essential for developing climate-responsive urban and building design strategies. This study investigates the determinants of local air temperature deviations in Seoul, Korea, using...
Over the past decade, China’s industrialization and urbanization have accelerated rapidly, leading to the extensive consumption of fossil fuels and the accumulation of atmospheric pollutants, which pose significant health risks to the populatio...
With the increasing volatility and extremity of global climate change, the frequency, intensity, and associated impacts of compound extreme climate events have escalated substantially. To investigate the temporal trends and characteristics of such ev...
Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) are urbanized areas that experience significantly higher temperatures than their surroundings, contributing to thermal discomfort, increased air pollution, heightened public health risks, and greater energy demand. In Bhutan...
Methane emissions at oil and gas facilities can be measured in real time with continuous monitoring systems that alert operators of upset conditions, including fugitive emissions. We report on extensive operator field testing of a continuous laser mo...
This study investigates five catastrophic historical floods of the Tripero stream, a small tributary of the Guadiana River that flows through Villafranca de los Barros (Extremadura, Spain), occurring between 1865 and 1952. Despite their devastating i...
Evapotranspiration (ET) is challenging to measure directly, motivating the use of remote sensing products as alternatives. We evaluated five high-resolution (≤1 km) global ET products (SSEBop, MOD16, ETMonitor, PMLv2, and FAO’s WaPOR) agains...
In recent years, the discussion around air quality has shifted from a technical concern to a central theme in environmental and public health policy [...]
Accurately modelling surface solar radiation (SSR) is essential for environmental research but remains a significant challenge in topographically complex regions like Lake Baikal, where ground measurements are sparse. This study evaluates the perform...
Despite recent improvements in particulate matter (PM) pollution, haze events still frequently occur in many regions of China. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as key precursors in atmospheric photochemistry, play a crucial role in haze formation....
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) can rapidly predict urban environmental performance. However, most existing studies focus on a single target and lack cross-performance comparisons under unified conditions. Under unified urban-form inputs and t...
Landfills are vital waste management techniques in South Africa but are significant sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and air pollutants that can threaten nearby communities. This study provides a novel integrated assessment approach by combining hi...
The East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) is a critical component of the boreal winter global climate system, exerting profound influences on weather and climate anomalies across East Asia. This study systematically evaluates the capability of 15 Coupled...
Urban heat islands intensify heat stress and degrade air quality in densely built areas, yet the physical processes governing near-surface thermal variability remain poorly quantified. This study applies the coupled MOLOCH and PALM model system 6.0 (...
The source region of the Yellow River on the Tibetan Plateau constitutes a critical ecological security barrier and a key water-conservation region, where permafrost dynamics exercise primary control over ecosystem stability and hydrological processe...
This study investigates the influence of land use and land cover (LULC) on the distribution of extreme rainfall in the tropical coastal city of Natal, Brazil. Hourly precipitation data from eight automatic rain gauges (2014–2023) were quality-c...
Air pollution constitutes a major environmental determinant of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. Western Macedonia, Greece, has historically hosted the largest lignite mining and combustion complex in Southeastern Europe, creating a u...
Open-pit coal mining is characterized by multiple pollution sources, diverse types, and extensive affected areas, leading to complex air pollution with wide diffusion. Traditional fixed monitoring methods cannot address these limitations. Taking a co...
Large-scale climatic oscillations (COs) modulate extreme climate events (ECEs) globally and can trigger the Indian summer monsoons and associated ECEs. In this study, we introduced a Time-dependent Intrinsic Correlation (TDIC) analysis to quantify te...
Research on historical climate plays a crucial referential role in understanding the climate and its variation patterns in specific regions and periods, as well as in predicting future climate change. This study focuses on woody plants recorded in Xi...
Net Primary Productivity (NPP) stands as a crucial metric for evaluating the condition and performance of terrestrial ecosystems. This study focuses on northern Xinjiang, China, as the research site. By employing the Carnegie Ames Stanford Approach (...
Typhoon-induced hazards in South Korea exhibit strong spatial heterogeneity, requiring localized assessments to support impact-based early warning. This study develops a district-level typhoon hazard framework by integrating high-resolution meteorolo...
The causes of Arctic surface air temperature rise and the corresponding sea ice decline in the early 20th century are still a matter of debate. One hypothesis, considering the major contribution of the internal variability to the early warming event,...
In the context of global warming, hydroclimatic conditions in the monsoon marginal zone are governed by two primary drivers: the East Asian monsoon and the westerly winds. As a sensitive indicator of climatic change, this region experiences dispropor...
The projected climate change in Slovakia is expected to have a significant impact on temperature and moisture conditions in agricultural production, as well as on phenological patterns and soil properties. These alterations have the potential to dimi...
The variation in the maximum usable frequency (MUF) during geomagnetic disturbances is a key parameter for high-frequency (HF) radio communications. This study investigates MUF variability and related ionospheric parameters during the first geomagnet...
The weighted mean temperature (Tm) is a critical parameter for converting zenith wet delay (ZWD) to precipitable water vapor (PWV) in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) meteorology. Unlike conventional approaches, this study develops a novel h...
Heavy snowfall events in the Ural region have drawn significant attention due to their substantial frequency, the region’s relatively high population density and its developed network of roads and power lines. This study summarizes the main cha...
The FY-4A satellite represents a new generation of geostationary platforms, providing high-temporal-resolution observations over China. However, challenges remain in effectively leveraging the FY-4A satellite data for high-temporal-resolution PM2.5 c...
The 27-day oscillation in total electron content (TEC) is analysed by means of world maps of TEC. The TEC maps are derived from measurements of the ground receiver network of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and are provided by the Inter...
The Lenghu site has emerged as a prominent candidate for future large telescopes, making a detailed understanding of its meteorological environment essential as it directly determines telescope performance, observational efficiency, and data quality....
The Earth functions as an integrated system in which the ocean, land, and atmosphere are connected through complex exchanges of matter and energy [...]
Stratocumulus clouds are cloud systems composed of stratiform clouds with embedded convective clouds, possessing strong catalytic potential and serving as key target cloud systems for weather modification operations. In this study, the parameterizati...
This study investigates inflow turbulence strategies for large-eddy simulations (LES) of urban boundary layers under time-varying atmospheric conditions. A combined approach integrating a digital-filter-based synthetic turbulence generator (STG) with...
Substantial black carbon (BC) emissions in China have raised serious concerns owing to their significant influence on climate change and health. However, knowledge around the relative contributions of emissions and meteorological conditions to BC dyn...
We analyze the relation between maximum tropospheric ozone concentration and surface temperature in Mexico City between 2000 and 2021. Changes in ozone levels over the decades appear to respond to public strategies aimed at reducing its precursors. T...
Widespread residential wood burning in southern Chile combined with cold climate conditions cause severe episodes of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) pollution. In this study, we used logistic regression to predict daily exceedances of fine (PM2.5...
The prediction accuracy of the General Circulation Model (GCM) is influenced by the effectiveness of gravity wave activity parameterization. Although research focuses on small-scale horizontal gravity wave activity as a carrier for energy and momentu...
This study utilizes backward trajectory cluster analysis, the Potential Source Contribution Function (PSCF), Concentration Weighted Trajectory (CWT), and a random forest model to investigate the pollution characteristics of PM2.5 and PM10 in the &ldq...
This paper investigates wind speed, wind shear (
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) represents the dominant atmospheric mode governing climate variability across the Northern Hemisphere, particularly influencing precipitation regimes in regions such as northern Algeria. This study investigates th...
A series of multi-parameter, multi-layer observations was conducted to study possible electromagnetic precursors associated with the M 6.7 earthquake that struck Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan, at 18:07:59 UT on 5 September 2018. The most significant observa...
The influence of tropical oscillations on the thermodynamics of the middle and upper atmosphere at high latitudes was studied using a nonlinear model of the general circulation of the middle and upper atmosphere (MUAM). The observed oscillations incl...
Air pollution, a critical environmental threat, has worsened alongside urbanization and industrialization, particularly in rapidly developing economies like India. Despite efforts to curb emissions, the concurrent rise in energy consumption, industri...
Using the Ministry of Environment’s fixed-site air quality monitoring network, we analyzed multiple hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)—including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heavy metals&mda...
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in coastal areas has a significant impact on water nutrients, with increasing emission of atmospheric nitrogen-containing pollutants. Clarifying the characteristics, source, and nutrient impact of atmospheric inorganic...
Shrinking cities are generally experiencing decreases in population, economic activity, and spatial expansion. However, whether this “low-growth” trajectory leads to an actual reduction in carbon emissions or is constrained by carbon lock...
Operational ensemble numerical weather prediction models are typically underspread near the land surface, with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s (BoM) global system being a typical example. In this study, land surface fraction values, repr...
Nitrated aromatic compounds (NACs) are critical toxic components of PM2.5, and accurately identifying their sources is vital for effective urban air quality improvement. However, the lack of real-world emission data for construction machinery has int...
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