Air Quality
A section of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433).
Section Information
Air quality has become one of the greatest environmental issues of modern times, following improved access to fresh water in many parts of the world. Each year, both outdoor and indoor air pollution are thought to contribute to millions of premature deaths worldwide. Despite increased awareness of the hazards associated with air pollution, there remain significant gaps in our understanding of the science of air quality. Future research will lead to a better understanding of the sources of key atmospheric pollutants, including precursors and the chemistry that leads to production of atmospheric toxins. Improvements are needed in our understanding of the epidemiology of air quality and our understanding is also limited by a lack of comprehensive atmospheric composition measurements in the heterogeneous urban air-shed. Advances in air quality modelling techniques are also needed, as is an understanding of how to bridge the scales between atmospheric models and atmospheric observations. This section aims to publish research that contributes to a better understanding of all these aspects of air quality.
Keywords
- Sources of atmospheric pollutants;
- Hazardous and toxic substances;
- Air quality modelling;
- Air quality management;
- Sampling and analysis, measurement of air pollution;
- Atmospheric dispersion and transport;
- Air-surface (soil, water, and vegetation) exchange of pollutants;
- Indoor air quality;
- Air pollution meteorology;
- Air pollution climatology;
- Atmospheric impact assessment;
- Dry and wet deposition;
- Atmospheric chemistry;
- Greenhouse gases;
- Pollution control technologies;
- Energy and air pollution;
- Exposure assessment of air pollution.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Urban Airflow and Pollutant Dispersion: Monitoring, Modeling, Challenges, and New Perspectives (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Atmospheric Pollution and Air Quality Monitoring: Bioindication and Bioaccumulation (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Shipping Emissions and Air Pollution (Deadline: 3 February 2023)
- Source and Transport of Ozone (Deadline: 10 February 2023)
- Odour in Ambient Air (Deadline: 10 February 2023)
- Air Pollution and Climate Issues in the Coastal Atmosphere of China (Deadline: 15 February 2023)
- Data Driven Analysis of Complex Atmospheric Environment (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Application of Deep Learning in Ambient Air Quality Assessment (Deadline: 24 February 2023)
- Air Quality in Metropolitan Areas and Megacities (Deadline: 27 February 2023)
- Recent Advances in Tropospheric Air Pollution (Deadline: 27 February 2023)
- Greenhouse Gas Emission: Sources, Monitoring and Control (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Industrial Combustion Emissions (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Improving Air Quality and Public Health While Reducing Carbon Emission (Deadline: 1 March 2023)
- Numerical Simulations of Building Thermal and Indoor Air Quality (Deadline: 10 March 2023)
- The Michigan-Ontario Ozone Source Experiment (MOOSE) (Deadline: 16 March 2023)
- Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2nd Volume) (Deadline: 29 March 2023)
- Contributions of Emission Inventory to Air Quality (Deadline: 30 March 2023)
- Anthropic Activities and Greenhouse Gas Emission (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Haze Episodes: Characteristics, Sources, Transmission, and Predictions (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Air Quality Assessments and Management (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Atmospheric Shipping Emissions and Their Environmental Impacts (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Measurement and Modeling of Road Transport Emissions: Recent Trends, Current Progress, and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Current Issues in Traffic-Related Air Quality and Associated Inequity Problems (Deadline: 10 April 2023)
- Road Emission: Recent Trends, Current Progress and Future Direction (Deadline: 15 April 2023)
- Biomonitoring - an Effective Tool for Air Pollution Assessment (Deadline: 18 April 2023)
- Mercury in Atmosphere (Deadline: 19 April 2023)
- Haze and Related Aerosol Air Pollution in Remote and Urban Areas (Deadline: 20 April 2023)
- Satellite Observation and Assessment of Air Quality in China: Recent Trends, Current Progress and Future Directions (Deadline: 20 April 2023)
- Evaluation of Anthropogenic Emissions into the Atmosphere: Regional Scale Approach, Trends, and Large-Scale Mitigation (Deadline: 28 April 2023)
- Recent Advances in Mobile Source Emissions (Deadline: 28 April 2023)
- Air Pollution in Urban Agglomerations (Deadline: 28 April 2023)
- Observations and Management of Livestock Production Emissions (Deadline: 28 April 2023)
- Urban and Regional Nitrogen Cycle and Risk Management (Deadline: 28 April 2023)
- Monitoring and Modelling Air Pollution and Thermal Environment through Applications in Urban Areas (Volume 2) (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Particulate Matter in the Mediterranean Basin: Trends and Physicochemical Properties (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Remote Sensing and Multiple Observations of Air Quality in China (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Air Pollution in Urban and Regional Level: Sources, Sinks and Transportation (2nd Volume) (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Urban Air Quality Modelling (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Aerosol Pollution in Central Europe (Deadline: 1 May 2023)
- Atmospheric Emissions in Coastal Area (Deadline: 10 May 2023)
- Measurement and Application of Isotopes and Organic Tracers in Atmosphere (Deadline: 10 May 2023)
- Environmental Degradation and Transport Emissions in Times of Energy Crisis (Deadline: 13 May 2023)
- Smart Homes and Buildings and Indoor Air Quality: Ideas and Solutions (Deadline: 15 May 2023)
- New Insights into Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions from Anthropogenic Sources (Deadline: 19 May 2023)
- Plants and Organisms, as New Frontiers in Biomonitoring of Environmental Contamination (Deadline: 19 May 2023)
- Improving Air Quality Predictions and Assessment across Scales (Deadline: 20 May 2023)
- Recent Advances in Air Quality Management (Deadline: 25 May 2023)
- Nature-Based Countermeasures in Air Quality and Climate Research (Deadline: 29 May 2023)
- Air Quality in Spain and the Iberian Peninsula (Deadline: 29 May 2023)
- PM Sensors for the Measurement of Air Quality (Deadline: 30 May 2023)
- Engine Emissions and Air Quality Effects (Deadline: 30 May 2023)
- The Effect of Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality on Energy Consumption (Deadline: 30 May 2023)
- Atmospheric Particulate Matter Hazard Mapping (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Integrated Air Quality and Climate Change Assessments (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Gas Detection and Energy Storage (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Impacts of Wildfires on Air Quality (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Challenges and Advances in the Preparation, Management, and Review of Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollutant Emission Inventories (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Urban Traffic Emissions (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Industrial Air Pollution: Emission, Management and Policy (Deadline: 9 June 2023)
- Data Analysis of Atmospheric and Air Quality Process (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
- Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Particulate Matter (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Monitoring and Forecasting of Dust Storms (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Future Prospects for Air Quality Management in the 21st Century (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Atmospheric Dispersion of Pollutants: From Regulatory to Emergency Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- AI Technology and Computer Vision in the Face of Air Pollution and Urban Flood (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Advances in Urban Air Pollution Observations and Simulations (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Source Apportionment of Regional Ozone Pollution (Deadline: 1 August 2023)
- Quantifying Atmospheric Ammonia and Its Impacts: Measurements, Modeling and Mitigation (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- Facing Air Pollution in Chile and Latin America: Present and Future Challenges (Deadline: 25 August 2023)
- Applying Deep Learning Technology for Spatiotemporal Prediction of Air Pollution from Urban Mobile Sources (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Atmospheric Radon Measurements, Control, Mitigation and Management Vol.2 (Deadline: 28 September 2023)
- Chemical Analysis and Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Particulate Matter (Deadline: 28 September 2023)
- Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Interactions with Meteorological Factors (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
