Advances in Urban Air Quality Monitoring: From High-Resolution Sensors to Source Apportionment
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 186
Special Issue Editors
Interests: air pollution management; sources and monitoring; nanoparticles
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: atmospheric measurements; aerosol science; source apportionment; greenhouse gases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Air pollution is an important environmental, health and climate challenge at present. Understanding the complex structure of the atmosphere, monitoring air pollutants, and identifying their sources are fundamental research areas for clean air quality. As the populations of urban areas increase, the air pollution problem also increases. The most fundamental area in air quality management is monitoring widespread temporal and spatial changes in air pollutant concentrations and identifying their sources. In many cities, urban air quality has not been adequately represented because it is monitored using a limited number of reference stations. For this reason, sensor technology has rapidly emerged as a key area in air pollution monitoring in recent years. Although there is no standard measurement method yet, it enables widespread temporal and spatial measurements. The most decisive factors in the preference for sensors are their low cost, portability, ability to operate with renewable energy, etc. There are many scientific studies in the field of monitoring air pollutants with sensors, but there is still a strong need for advance studies to ensure the most accurate use of sensors in real atmospheric areas and to improve their use in identifying sources of air pollution.
Therefore, this Special Issue of Atmosphere is titled, “Advances in Urban Air Quality Monitoring: From High-Resolution Sensors to Source Apportionment,” and we aim to publish high-quality papers which focus on the subject of air pollution all over the world. The Special Issue covers all local, regional, global, natural and anthropogenic sources; the transformations and transport of air pollutants; and the effect on climate change and human health using advanced monitoring technologies and sensors.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Ülkü Alver Şahin
Dr. Panayiotis Kalkavouras
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- air pollution
- air pollutant monitoring
- sensors
- particulate matter monitoring
- gas pollutant monitoring
- greenhouse gas monitoring
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