Air Pollution during Winter Heating Season: Pollution Characteristics, Toxic Components, and Impact Factors
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 263
Special Issue Editors
Interests: air pollution; particulate matter
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Air pollution tends to increase due to winter heating using fossil fuels in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in Northern China. The worsening air quality poses potential health risks to humans and ecosystems. Compared to the non-heating season, higher air pollutant concentrations including fine particles, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide are observed during the winter heating season. Moreover, adverse meteorological factors and atmospheric diffusion conditions further induce the frequent occurrence of air pollution. Recent relevant studies have provided a general understanding of air pollution characteristics and potential impact factors during the winter heating season. Our understanding of the complex impacts of pollutant emission, potential sources, meteorological conditions, and regional transmission characteristics is still far from complete. To further update our current knowledge of air pollution during the winter heating season, and to understand the complex impacts, this Special Issue invites manuscripts mainly focusing on air pollution during winter heating season: pollution characteristics, toxic components, and impact factors in Asia. Relevant topics may include but are not limited to:
- Air quality characteristics based on field observation, remote sensing, and models.
- Air pollution source apportionment and pollutants–meteorology–policy interactions.
- Secondary fine particulate matters formation, chemical transformation, and regional transport.
- Toxic components in PM2.5, including chemical compounds and potential pathogens.
- Pollution characteristics, sources, and potential hazards of volatile organic compounds.
- Pollution characteristics, sources, and health effects of new air pollutants.
- Health risks of toxic components to humans and ecosystems.
Dr. Min Wei
Prof. Dr. Xuan Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- air quality
- PM2.5
- VOCs
- toxic components
- health risks
- long-distance transport
- meteorological factors
- emissions
- modeling
- new air pollutant
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