Air Pollution from Shipping: Measurement and Mitigation
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 June 2026 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editors
Interests: shipping; marine pollution; remote sensing; air pollution monitoring
Interests: air quality modeling; air quality management and policy; emission inventories; HAP emission inventories; ship and harbor emissions; urban air quality; atmospheric chemistry; air quality monitoring network; climate change and air quality; SLCPs; air quality impact of volcanic eruptions; international cooperation for air quality and climate change; air environment education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that the scientific journal Atmosphere is now inviting submissions for a Special Issue entitled “Air Pollution from Shipping: Measurement and Mitigation.” This issue aims to address key environmental and regulatory challenges related to air pollution from maritime transport, with a focus on both established and emerging methods for monitoring and reducing emissions from ships.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
- Quantification and analysis of ship emissions, including sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOX), particulate matter (PM), black carbon (BC), methane (CH4), and dinitrogen oxide (N2O).
- Assessment of compliance with international maritime regulations, notably MARPOL Annex VI.
- Evaluation and effectiveness of emission abatement technologies, such as Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (scrubbers) and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems.
- Innovations in remote emission measurements using technologies such as Remotely Piloted Airborne Systems (RPAS), Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS), Tunable Infrared Laser Direct Absorption Spectroscopy (TILDAS), and Mid-Infrared Direct Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (MIR-DLAS).
- Advancements in on-board monitoring solutions, including Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS).
- Regulatory developments and future compliance strategies, particularly within international and domestic Emission Control Areas (ECAs).
- Investigation into the use, benefits, and environmental implications of alternative marine fuels, such as biofuels, LNG, ammonia, and hydrogen.
This Special Issue aims to collect interdisciplinary contributions that advance scientific insight, inform regulatory policy bodies, and promote innovative solutions to help the maritime sector transition towards a cleaner and more sustainable future.
We warmly welcome submissions from researchers, monitoring agencies, technical experts, and policymakers in the field.
Dr. Ward Van Roy
Prof. Dr. Young Sunwoo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ship emissions
- emission abatement systems
- exhaust gas cleaning systems
- selective catalytic reduction systems
- remote emission measurements
- Marpol Annex VI
- emission control areas
- sulfur dioxide emissions
- nitrogen oxides emissions
- black carbon emissions
- particulate matter emissions
- methane emissions
- dinitrogen oxide emissions
- alternative marine fuels
- DOAS
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