Urban Particulate Matters: Composition, Sources, and Exposure

Dear Colleagues,

Urban air quality is contributed by a mixture of local and regional scale sources of particulate matter, which requires comprehensive monitoring approaches and understanding of its environmental aspects. Knowledge about the physical and chemical characterization of fine and coarse particulate matter (less than 2.5 μm (PM_2.5) and less than 10 μm. (PM₁₀)) in urban environments is necessary to identify air pollution sources and relative contributions and to evaluate important determinant in it health outcomes. The exposure of populations to elevated pollution levels may vary due to the spatial and temporal variability of local urban aerosol. Various field observations are needed to assess important links between sources and exposure in rapidly changing environments. A combination of observation and modeling can be applied to resolve the relative contributions of local and regional aerosol sources and to estimate concentration maps for urban areas. This will help to develop future urban planning and policy for mitigating the potential impact of air pollution on public health.

This Special Issue on " Urban Particulate Matters: Composition, Sources, and Exposure" brings together publications on the characterization of urban PM_2.5 and PM₁₀, source apportionment, implications for exposure. We encourage submissions from all aspects of urban aerosol observations, including PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ composition, health risks of exposure to urban air pollutants, and receptor modeling for sources identification.

Dr. Cheol-Heon Jeong
Guest Editor

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