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A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling".

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Interests: statistical methodology; atmospheric research; air pollution; health effects; time series analysis; multivariable data analysis; data science

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Dear Colleagues,

The amount of measured and modeled data in atmospheric research is increasing at a quickening pace. All these data need to be analyzed with appropriate methodology. At the same time, complex experimental setups are bringing only small numbers of data for answering specific questions, but traditionally used methods are not suitable for analyzing these data. Currently, researchers in atmospheric sciences are developing new methods for analysis and bringing methodology from other fields to answers questions from big and small data. Atmosphere recognizes that these methods need to be introduced and this Special Issue is a response to that need.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to introduce advanced statistical methodology for the use of atmospheric scientists wrestling with complex data and the research questions related to them. The main emphasis will be given to methods for multivariable data, capable of finding dependencies from a high number of variables, and advanced time series analysis methods, capable of taking into account the autocorrelative structure of data and dealing with nonstationary or heteroscedastic time series.

We seek methodological studies analyzing measured or modeled atmospheric data, as well as studies introducing new and interesting results gained with statistical methods. We also welcome review papers summarizing existing methodology as well as brief communications introducing solutions to specific problems.

Dr. Santtu Mikkonen
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statistical methods
data analysis
aerosols
air pollution
atmospheric measurements
atmospheric models

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Dominance Patterns Specified by the Ideal Gas Equation: Example of Examining Simultaneous Multivariate Relation with Scale Analysis Approach

Juqing Tu

Dian Yuan

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Er Lu

Atmosphere 2023, 14(2), 293; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14020293 - 01 Feb 2023

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Climate science involves various functional relations and needs to investigate the dominance or relative importance of the variables in their relation. In our previous studies, we examined several problems in which causal relations are established, showing how the dependent quantity is affected by two or more independent variables. With linear fitting, the relative contributions of the variables to the variation of the quantity are compared. In this study, we examine constraint relation, which is a simultaneous multivariate relation, with all variables in the relation being equal in position. The relation can generally be nonlinear. To be convenient for examining the dominance, plane equation fitting can be used to linearize the relation. The equation of state for ideal dry air is investigated as a simple case of the relation. For this special case, a linearized relation can be obtained from both the fitting and the derivation. The scale analysis tool used in dynamic meteorology is applied here for the dominance analysis. Through comparing the scales of the terms, we can simplify the equation. The simplified relations correspond, respectively, to Charle’s law, Boyle’s law, and Gay-Lussac’s law. The geographical preferences of the different dominance patterns are exhibited. In addition, when considering the change of the variable that is smallest in scale, we can identify which factor is the dominator. The ideal gas law is intentionally chosen as the example, since the relation is simple in form, and the results of dominance can be deduced analytically. A comparison demonstrates that the methods used here for the dominance analysis are reliable. Full article

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Spatial Patterns in the Extreme Dependence of Ozone Pollution between Cities in China’s BTH Region

Lu Deng

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Siqi Sheng

Atmosphere 2023, 14(1), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14010141 - 08 Jan 2023

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Ozone pollution in China has become increasingly severe in recent years. Considering the damage that extreme ozone pollution may cause and the fact that the occurrence of extreme ozone pollution among different locations may be related, this paper uses hourly ozone concentration data from national monitoring stations to investigate the co-movement of extreme ozone pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) Region. The extreme dependence analysis is adopted to assess such extreme co-movements between different cities. The co-occurrences of extreme ozone pollution at the same time or with certain time differences in the region are analyzed. City groups suffering simultaneous extreme pollution and those where the pollution occurs with certain time differences are identified under certain criteria. Furthermore, the order in which cities experience extreme ozone pollution is determined. With the publication of the New Three-year Action Plan for Winning the Blue Sky War, our results may be important for improving the joint early-warning and emergency response mechanism at city levels in the BTH Region. Full article

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Association between Air Pollution Exposure and Daily Outpatient Visits for Dry Eye Disease: A Time-Series Study in Urumqi, China

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Atmosphere 2023, 14(1), 90; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14010090 - 31 Dec 2022

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The potential effects of air pollution on the ocular surface environment have not been fully evaluated, and even fewer studies have been conducted on the lagged effects of air pollution on dry eye disease (DED). The data of 9970 DED outpatients between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2020, and data for six air pollutants, including PM₁₀, PM_2.5, carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), and ozone (O₃), were obtained from 11 standard urban background stationary air quality monitors in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. Time series analysis design and quasi-Poisson generalized linear regression models combined with distributed lagged nonlinear models (DLNM) were used. Single- and multi-pollutant model results suggest that each additional per 10 μg/m³ of PM₁₀, NO₂, and SO₂ is associated with an increased risk of outpatient DED on lag day 0 and PM_2.5, NO₂, and SO₂ with other cumulative lag days; R software version 4.0.4 (15 February 2021) was used for the analysis. We conducted first time series analysis with a large sample size in northwest China (Xinjiang) and confirmed, for the first time, the impact of air pollution including particulate pollutants (PM₁₀, PM_2.5) and acidic gasses (SO₂, NO₂) on DED risk in the Urumqi region, and suggested the potential lagged effects of PM_2.5, SO₂, and NO₂. Full article

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Atmospheric Conditions for Uplift and Dust Transport in the Latitudinal 10° North–20° North Band in Africa

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Atmosphere 2022, 13(7), 1083; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13071083 - 08 Jul 2022

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Desert aerosols suspended in the atmosphere are a very marked fact in West Africa with estimates of 400 to 1000 million tons produced annually and concentrations exceeding 50 µg·m³ in Burkina. In Bamako, the daily dust concentration can go up to reach 504 µg/m³. The Sahara and the Sahel are recognized as the primary desert aerosol producing regions. Source areas continue to be discovered as the desert advances. Previous studies have mainly focused on the spatial and temporal variability of aerosols. The current question is: What makes an area a source of dust emission? Our study brings together all the climatic parameters of the 10–20 band, as well as the soil types and their characteristics; it reveals 4 soils characteristic of fine sandy semi-arid soils in Chad. The Ouadaï plateau in Chad was identified as a source area for dust emissions. We noted for JFM (January, February, March) that the strongest wind intensities were located mainly towards Chad for average rmaximum temperatures around 34.7 °C. The statistical study reveals a correlation of 66.8% between direct and indirect links between the climatic factors of the 10–20 band and the source area. The presence of vortexes throughout the year and a vertical wind profile that is among the strongest in the 10–20 band, this gradient is strongly localized in the grid “10° North, 20° North and 20° East, 30° East” next to the Kapka massif. The study shows that the AEJ (African Easterly Jet) profile, which is a strong wind, associated with the harmattan circulation, allows the transport of aerosols from Ouadaï to the West African coast. In Senegal, a significant deposition was observed. Full article

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Exploring Non-Linear Dependencies in Atmospheric Data with Mutual Information

Petri Laarne

Emil Amnell

Martha Arbayani Zaidan

Santtu Mikkonen

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Tuomo Nieminen

Atmosphere 2022, 13(7), 1046; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13071046 - 29 Jun 2022

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Relations between atmospheric variables are often non-linear, which complicates research efforts to explore and understand multivariable datasets. We describe a mutual information approach to screen for the most significant associations in this setting. This method robustly detects linear and non-linear dependencies after minor data quality checking. Confounding factors and seasonal cycles can be taken into account without predefined models. We present two case studies of this method. The first one illustrates deseasonalization of a simple time series, with results identical to the classical method. The second one explores associations in a larger dataset of many variables, some of them lognormal (trace gas concentrations) or circular (wind direction). The examples use our Python package ‘ennemi’. Full article

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