Air Quality in the Indian Subcontinent: Emissions, Monitoring, and Modeling
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2022) | Viewed by 520
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ozone; aerosols; meteorology; tropospheric chemistry; regional modeling
Interests: aerosol cloud climate interactions; aerosol; monsoon and climate change; urban climate; air pollution and climate
Interests: earth system modeling; atmospheric chemistry; trace gases; aerosols
Interests: aerosol radiation interactions; aerosol-cryosphere interactions; radiative transfer modeling; satellite remote sensing of aerosols; development of aerosol measurement techniques; multi-platform atmospheric observation
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Dear Colleagues,
Air pollution is the leading cause of ill health and is estimated to be the fourth leading cause of premature mortality globally. The negative impacts of air pollution on health and the environment correspond to high economic costs. The Indian subcontinent is experiencing rapid economic growth and urbanization with particulate matter pollution exceeding the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines for healthy air. Under climate change, ozone and PM2.5 are expected to increase in this part of the world. Ozone and PM2.5 are formed from anthropogenic emissions as well as natural emissions that are controlled by meteorology. The emission control policies need to be tailored to local conditions and take air pollutants’ chemistry and global flows into account. Therefore, knowledge of ozone and PM concentrations at a location requires information about local and distant sources. Furthermore, because of multiple contributions, the types and quantities of different precursor sources need to be understood to explore the emission mitigation strategy to meet the WHO standard.
This Special Issue invites original research studies, reviews, and perspective articles that aim to assess air pollution at local to regional levels over the Indian subcontinent using laboratory experiments, field measurements, remote sensing, and modeling aspects. Subject areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Observations and modeling of air pollutants;
- Physical and chemical characterization of air pollutants;
- Impact of meteorology and emission reduction at local to regional scales;
- Source apportionment of aerosols and ozone, their trends, and long-range transport;
- Impacts on human health, crop yields, and economic burden.
Dr. Liji David
Dr. V. Vinoj
Dr. Narendra Ojha
Dr. Mukunda Gogoi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- PM2.5
- aerosols
- ozone
- emissions
- monitoring
- modeling
- exposure
- remote sensing
- long-range transport
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