Advances in Atmospheric Dynamics Remote Sensing and Its Impact on Air Pollution
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2022) | Viewed by 334
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Lidar; remote sensing; atmospheric boundary layer; meteorology; air quality; wind; aerosols; sea breeze; atmospheric dynamics; Low Level Jet; wind energy; turbulence
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Atmospheric dynamics may strongly influence air quality and lead to important effects on human health. Air pollutants (gas and aerosols) are greatly dependent on their sources and vary geographically as a function of processing and transport, mostly driven by meteorological conditions (stagnation, recirculation, ventilation). Local meteorological phenomena, such as sea breeze, nocturnal low level jet, or slope wind, may have a significant influence on quality through their ability to modify the structure of the atmospheric boundary layer and to efficiently mix different types of pollutants. The spatial/temporal heterogeneity of the local dynamics requires a multiscale vision of the studied environment to better understand these dynamics’ impact on pollutant variability. Remote sensing techniques (lidar, radar, sodar) have the advantage of multiscale spatial coverage, which offers a wide range of applications in air quality in combination with multiple measurement stations distributed in the air quality network. In this context, laser remote sensing is a powerful tool for sounding the atmosphere, providing a wide spectrum of information. Such information is useful to better understand various phenomena occurring in the atmosphere, affecting air quality.
This Special Issue, entitled Advances in Atmospheric Dynamics Remote Sensing and Its Impact on Air Quality, invites research articles related (but not limited) to the following topics:
- Investigation of atmospheric dynamics and air quality using remote sensing techniques;
- Remote sensing research including wind measurements and atmospheric boundary layer detection in combination with in situ measurements to characterize air masses;
- Integrated studies of satellites, numerical modeling, and in situ mobile or stationary measurements;
- Advances in remote sensing, retrieval algorithms, and data processing to analyze the atmospheric dynamics and its impact on air quality;
- Recent advances in lidar technologies that enable a better understanding of aerosol distribution and air quality.
Dr. Patrick Augustin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- remote sensing
- sea breeze
- Low level Jet
- meteorology
- atmospheric boundary layer
- wind
- aerosols
- air quality
- stagnation
- recirculation
- ventilation
- turbulence
- thermal internal boundary layer
- air pollution
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