Measurement, Attribution, and Control of Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: VOCs; source apportionment; source profile; environmental stress
Interests: transportation; environmental protection; macroeconomic policies
Interests: VOCs; ozone; emission inventory; biogenic emission
Interests: source apportionment; aerosol extinction; model simulation; air pollution
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
VOCs, as key precursors of ozone and secondary organic aerosols, are very important in urban air quality, public health, and regional climate. This Special Issue focuses on the measurement, attribution, and control of atmospheric VOCs, covering emissions from natural (e.g., vegetation, soil) and anthropogenic sources (e.g., industry, transportation, residential), trends in ambient VOCs, source apportionment, and the impact of extreme weather on VOCs emission and transformation, as well as novel monitoring techniques. Of special interest are efforts to quantify the emission characteristics of biogenic and anthropogenic VOCs; assess source contributions to ambient VOCs; analyze the feedback effects of extreme heatwaves on VOC emissions; evaluate the synergistic effects of photochemical reaction rates and deposition processes.
The scope of this Special Issue includes biogenic and anthropogenic VOC emissions, their role in atmospheric chemistry, tropospheric ozone and particulate pollution, air quality measurements and modeling, and measurement techniques. It aims to elucidate air pollution, its sources, and the formation mechanisms. This includes field observation techniques, source apportionment methods, emission inventory development, and photochemical modeling, with a focus on case studies in city clusters, forested areas, and industrial zones. Through interdisciplinary research, this initiative seeks to explain the environmental behavior of VOCs under complex meteorological conditions, thereby providing a scientific basis for precise emission reduction strategies.
Dr. Yisheng Zhang
Dr. Weiwei Gong
Dr. Lingyu Li
Dr. Jiao Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ozone
- emission characteristic
- emission inventory
- source apportionment
- biogenic VOCs
- air pollution
- heatwaves
- extreme weather
- pollution event
- model simulation
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