Atmosphere, Volume 16, Issue 2

This study proposes a flow field modeling analysis of kitchen environments with air-conditioning range hoods. The substructure approach is applied to resolve the challenges of low computational efficiency and convergence difficulties associated with...

This study explores how the variation of Gravity Waves (GWs) is modified and intensified during tropical cyclones using high-resolution ERA5 reanalysis data. GWs play a vital role in understanding tropical cyclone dynamics due to their connection wit...

Background: In end-stage HF, interventional therapy is the treatment of choice, including mechanical circulatory support and heart organ transplantation. Acute cellular rejection is considered a major impediment to the long-term survival of cardiac a...

Climate change and global warming have been shown to increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Concurrently, substantial efforts are being directed toward fostering the transition to a low-carbon economy. These concurrent trends...

Environmental particulate pollution is a major global environmental health risk factor, which is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes, negatively impacting public health in many countries, including China. Despite the implementation of st...

This study introduces a novel artificial intelligence (AI) modeling framework that combines machine learning algorithms optimized through metaheuristics with explainable AI to capture complex interactions among pollutant concentrations, meteorologica...

Stone mill operations contribute significantly to air pollution and increase health risks not only for workers but also for nearby communities. This study aimed to assess the health impacts of stone mill industries on nearby residents. The research w...

Climate projections based on global climate models (GCMs) are generally subject to large uncertainties, as the models only reflect the local climate in the past to a limited extent. Statistical downscaling is the most cost-effective approach to ident...

The Amazon region is becoming more vulnerable to wildfires occurring in the dry season, a crisis amplified by climate change, which affects biomass burning across a wide range of forest environments. In this study, we examined the impact of seasonal...

The Western Cape province is among the best wine-producing regions; however, the province has been facing environmental challenges due to the rapidly changing climate. This study analyses the projected changes in temperature and precipitation pattern...

A pre-operational test started in mid-July 2024 to demonstrate the capability of the ECMWF’s ensemble (ECEPS) to predict western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones (TCs) lifecycle tracks and intensities revealed new forecasting challenges for four...

Cadmium (Cd) is a pervasive environmental and industrial toxin that poses significant health risks. It readily moves through soil–plant systems, leading to global contamination and human exposure through diet, smoking, and pollution. The main p...

This research evaluates the quality of high-impact rainfall forecasts across Vietnam and its sub-climate regions. The 3-day rainfall forecast products evaluated include the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) High-Resolution In...

Disturbance of urban and regional nitrogen cycles due to urbanization have resulted in the greenhouse effect, acid rain, eutrophication, and reductions in biodiversity [...]

The continuous understanding of extreme weather events in the Amazon is fundamental due to the importance of this biome for the regional and planetary climate system. Climate characterization and the identification of changes in the current climate c...

A numerical simulation of Perkins instability in the midlatitude F-region ionosphere is developed in this study. The growth of nighttime plasma density perturbation excited by Perkins instability was successfully reproduced. The simulated results sho...

Particulate matter (PM) negatively impacts brain health, while exercise training can mitigate these effects and promote brain health. However, the effect of the interaction between PM exposure and exercise on brain health remains insufficiently explo...

Protecting people with various diseases from the adverse effects of space weather factors requires an understanding of their effects on healthy people who participate in heliobiological research as a ‘control group’. This study aimed to i...

A geomagnetic storm occurred on 3 March 2024, with the minimum SYM-H reaching −127 nT. Although this geomagnetic storm was not very strong, the ionospheric irregularities on this day resulted in a strong ionospheric scintillation. The amplitude...

In the context of rapid urbanization and extreme climate change globally, balancing ecological resources and economic development for land spatial planning has become one of the pressing issues that need to be addressed. This study proposes a composi...

Precipitation data from 104 meteorological stations in Inner Mongolia from 1960 to 2018 were analyzed to examine the regionalization and characteristics of precipitation variations. Using rotated empirical orthogonal function (REOF) analysis and K-me...

A method was developed to estimate the average annual indoor radon activity concentration from three-week short-term measurements using active radon-222 measuring devices, taking into account the relevant influencing parameters (season, temperature d...

This paper presents a space-based limb-imaging spectrometer (LIS) for detecting atmospheric O₂ airglow; it scans the atmosphere with a vertical range of 10–100 km and has a vertical resolution of 2 km. The LIS’s detection performance need...

Rainfall–runoff models are crucial tools for managing water resources. The absence of reliable rainfall data in many regions of the world is a major limitation for these models, notably in many African countries, although some recent global rai...

Concentrations of PM₁₀, PM_2.5, and the BTEX chemical group were studied in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The occupational health risk for workers (security guards and printing machine operators) was estimated against exposure to these pollutants. The aver...

Accurate air quality forecasting is important in pollution prevention and risk reduction. Effective short-term and long-term forecasting models are needed. This study investigated the need for a new model to forecast air pollution concentrations in t...

LiDAR, as a novel detection system, has found extensive applications across diverse industries. However, when lasers propagate through the atmosphere, the energy undergoes significant attenuation due to various environmental factors, thereby impeding...

This study reconstructed the annual lake surface area (LSA) and absolute lake water storage (LWS) changes of Lake Sarez, the world’s largest high-altitude landslide-dammed lake, from 1992 to 2023 using multi-source remote sensing data. All avai...

Volcanic eruptions, as a natural phenomenon, can generate electric field disturbances that may interfere with the ionosphere, potentially impacting communication systems and electronic devices. This paper conducts identification and classification an...

Soil temperature (ST) plays an important role in the surface heat energy balance, and an accurate description of soil temperatures is critical for numerical weather prediction; however, it is difficult to consistently measure soil temperatures. We de...

This study investigated the bioaccumulation of PTEs in the 22 districts of the Tehran metropolis using the lichen Anaptychia setifera collected from Kalpoosh unpolluted area in Semnan province and exposed for 4 months in the study area using the lich...

The Taihang Mountains serve as a critical geographical barrier in northern China, delineating two major 2.5-micrometer particulate matter (PM_2.5) pollution hotspots in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region and the Fenwei Plain. This study exam...

Lightning rod configuration is crucial in radar stations. With widespread application of dual-polarisation technology, lightning rods have a significant impact on radar differential reflectivity, particularly for X-band radars with shorter wavelength...

Atmospheric aerosols significantly influence climate systems and hydrological processes, but their impacts on evapotranspiration remain insufficiently understood, particularly in tropical savanna regions. This study investigates the direct and indire...

Climate change and increasing water demand are causing supply problems in Mexico City and the State of Mexico. The lack of complete and up-to-date meteorological information makes it difficult to understand and analyze climate phenomena such as droug...

Over the past 70 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, urban development has achieved remarkable progress but also encountered severe atmospheric pollution, which has become a significant obstacle to high-quality urban dev...

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To advance the global sustainable development agenda and uphold the emission reduction commitments of the Paris Agreement, this study is dedicated to exploring the potential of digital infrastructure construction in fostering carbon emission reductio...

The adverse effects of short-term exposure to pollutants are the focus of many epidemiological studies. Little is known about the modification effects of season and temperature on the association between pollutants and the acute onset of circulatory...

The effect of decreased mobility on air quality due to the COVID-19 period was analysed from 2018 to 2022 in Debrecen city, Hungary. The PM₁₀ concentrations were analysed at three sampling sites. We compared PM₁₀ concentrations from 2018 to 2022 duri...

Climate change and related events such as temperature increase over time and more frequent extreme weather events constitute a risk to the population and wellbeing. This study contributes to the knowledge on this subject by analyzing changes in morta...

This study investigates the effects of different washing methods and intake concentrations on the removal efficiency of odor gases and particulate matter. Odor concentration (OU value) was used as the evaluation criterion, with three concentration gr...

Evaluating cooling effects within local climate zones (LCZs) is vital for urban planning, especially in countering urban heat islands and enhancing thermal comfort. While prior research has primarily focused on the influence of land cover type LCZs o...

Over 80% of corn on Mexico’s eastern side is sown under rainfed conditions. Therefore, drought represents a constant challenge for local producers. This study aims to determine the effects of drought on rainfed corn grain production on Mexico&r...

The ascorbic acid (AA) assay is a widely recognized tool for assessing the oxidation potential (OP) of atmospheric particulate matter (PM), including PM_2.5. OP quantified through the cell-free AA assay can be used to study the association between che...

The variogram function is a crucial tool for quantifying spatial correlation and a key component of Kriging interpolation, directly influencing the accuracy of interpolation results. However, traditional variogram fitting methods, such as least squar...

Under low-load cycles (LLCs), the issue of high NOx emissions from diesel engines is attracting widespread attention. Through a combination of experimental and simulation approaches, the NOx emission behavior under LLC conditions was investigated. Fu...

Agricultural productions are deeply affected by the phenological changes, especially in Shanxi Province, where Southern Shanxi is the main production area of winter wheat. Studying the phenological changes of this region and clarifying the effects of...

This work concerns the Taylor formula for the turbulence kinetic energy dissipation rate in the stable atmospheric boundary layer. The formula relates the turbulence kinetic energy dissipation rate to statistics at large scales, namely, the turbulenc...

Emissions from domestic coal burning are generally recognized as the cause of the lung cancer epidemic in Xuanwei City, Yunnan Province, China. To examine the physicochemical characteristics of airborne particles emitted from burning this locally sou...