Recent Advances in Air Quality Monitoring, Mitigation, and Modeling for Agricultural Environments

Dear Colleagues,

In many countries, including the United States, agricultural activities are largely exempt from air quality laws and regulations. However, such exemptions will likely be removed given the growing public scrutiny regarding the impact of agriculture on air environments. Although numerous efforts have been made to monitor and mitigate air pollutants from agricultural activities, several gaps and challenges still exist. They include but are not limited to (i) limited data availability concerning air pollutant concentrations and emissions, (ii) lack of affordable mitigation technologies widely accepted by agricultural producers, (iii) disconnects between the reality and the public perception of agricultural air quality issues, and (iv) lack of systemic analysis (e.g., life cycle assessment) concerning aerial emissions and mitigation technologies. A compilation of recent research advances in this area is therefore of great importance.

This Special Issue aims to provide a timely platform for researchers to share recent developments in agricultural air quality monitoring, mitigation, and modeling. Any agricultural environments (e.g., animal facilities, grasslands, croplands, forests, and food processing units) will fit the scope of the Issue. Specifically, we invite studies on the following themes:

• New air quality monitoring data that fill the knowledge gap;
• Regional and national air emission inventories;
• Novel air monitoring technologies or systems for agricultural environments;
• Innovative air mitigation technologies for animal facilities and food processing units;
• Application of the Internet of Things, edge computing, and big data analytics (e.g., machine learning) for agricultural air quality management;
• Producer-friendly modeling tools and information systems;
• Systemic analysis (e.g., life cycle assessment and industrial ecology) of agricultural production systems regarding their impacts on air environments;
• Efforts to bridge the disconnects between reality and public perception.

Dr. Gary A. Anderson
Dr. Xufei Yang
Guest Editors

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• Agricultural environment
• Air quality
• Monitoring
• Mitigation
• Modeling
• Systemic analysis