Measurements of Stable Isotopes in Atmospheric Pollutants and Their Applications
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 358
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Dear Colleagues,
Air pollutoin is a globally environmental problem. Due to its adverse effects on air quality, visibility, human health and Earth’s climate, emission sources, formation mechanisms and atmospheric processes of certain air pollutants have attracted more attention over the last decades. Isotopic compositions, such as C, N, S, Pb, Sr etc., have their own unique signatures and ratios from different emissions and source regions, leading to understand potential sources and originated regions of air pollutants. In addition, oxygen isotopic composition usually provides insights to explore formation pathways of air pollutants. Therefore, isotope techniques have tended to be a good tool to track origins, formation mechanisms and cyces of gaseous pollutants and aerosols in the atmosphere.
Manuscripts solicited in this special issue are in research areas including, but not limited to, the following topics: (1) developments of novel methods for isotope analysis/monitoring in air pollutants, (2) isotopic compositions constrain on formation mechanisms, source apportionments and atmospheric processes of air pollutants, (3) long-term trends of isotopic compositions and their implications, (4) fractionation effects of isotopes on secondary air pollutants and (5) estabilishements of isotope signatures in air pollutants from emission sources. We encourage the scientists, who focus on or are interested in the research topics, to submit the manuscript before 31 March 2022.
Prof. Dr. Yu Chi Lin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Isotopic composition
- Application of isotope
- Fractionation effect on isotope
- Isotopic analytical method
- Isotope signature
- Long-term trend of isotope
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