Near-surface ozone is a secondary pollutant, and its high concentrations pose significant risks to human and plant health. Based on an Extra Tree (ET) model, this study estimated near-surface ozone concentrations with the high spatiotemporal resoluti...
Ozone (O3) pollution has become one of the most challenging problems in China, and high O3 concentrations have been a major air quality issue in Changchun. Based on continuous observation data of surface ozone concentrations from ten automatic air mo...
This paper presents the development of artificial neural network models for the prediction of the daily maximum hourly mean of surface ozone concentration for the next day at rural and urban locations in central Poland. The models were generated with...
Surface methane (CH4) is a significant precursor of tropospheric ozone (O3), a greenhouse gas that detrimentally impacts crops by suppressing their physiological processes, such as photosynthesis. This relationship implies that CH4 emissions can indi...
Forecasting concentration levels is important for planning atmospheric protection strategies. In this paper, we focus on the daily average surface ozone (O
Tropical sea surface temperature (SST) variability, mainly driven by the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), influences the atmospheric circulation and hence the transport of heat and chemical species in both the troposphere and stratos...
With the intensification of global warming and economic development in China, the near-surface ozone (O3) concentration has been increasing recently, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region, which is the political and economic center of...
21 February 2023
Urban ozone (O3) pollution in the atmosphere has become increasingly prominent on a national scale in mainland China, although the atmospheric particulate matter pollution has been significantly reduced in recent years. The clustering and dynamic var...
Global climate change presents a significant threat to food security. Analyzing the effects of elevated ozone (O3) concentration on photosynthetic fluorescence characteristics and yield addresses the damage of climate change on crops, which would ser...
Hourly and daily variations of ground-level ozone have been analyzed in relation to meteorological parameters, UVB radiation and radon near the Baltic Sea in Lithuania. An atypical situation with respect to wind domination was observed during the exp...
Mexico City frequently experiences high near-surface ozone concentrations, and exposure to elevated near-surface ozone causes harmful effects to the inhabitants and the environment of Mexico City. This necessitates developing models for Mexico City t...
In our paper we present the results of our research, which was carried out by means of semiconductor sensor techniques (SCS), which allowed evaluating heterogeneous death-rate of ozone (γ) Teflon surface. When ozone concentration is near to Ambient A...
26 November 2008
Surface ozone pollution has been a persistent environmental problem in the US and Europe as well as the developing countries. A key prerequisite to find effective alternatives to meeting an ozone air quality standard is to understand the importance o...
Based on real county-level surface ozone and PM2.5 data, an econometric model was constructed to comprehensively consider its impacts on rice yield in China. At the same time, other economic, climate, and regional variables were included in the econo...
Surface ozone is one of six air pollutants designated as harmful by National Ambient Air Quality Standards because it can adversely impact human health and the environment. Thus, ozone forecasting is a critical task that can help people avoid dangero...
Ozone near the surface of the atmosphere directly stimulates the human respiratory tract and affects human health. In recent years, ozone pollution in China has become a serious problem, so controlling ozone pollution is an urgent task. Differential...
A correlation between the near-surface ozone concentration in the urban atmosphere and hospitalizations of community-acquired pneumonia patients has been analyzed based on a long-term (five years) series of observations in the warm season in Moscow,...
With recognized adverse effects on human health and the environment, surface ozone constitutes a major problem within and downwind of urbanized areas. In this work, we first analyzed 5 years of hourly concentrations of ozone measured in two megacitie...
In recent years, ozone pollution has been increasing in some parts of the world. In this study, we used the Beijing–Tianjin–Tangshan (BJ-TJ-TS) urban agglomeration region as a case study and used satellite remotely sensed inversion data a...
The stratospheric airship, a long-term floating vehicle in near-space, has become a new hotspot in aerospace exploration. The airship’s envelope material is vulnerable to ozone exposure in near-space and degrades. This paper used typical Kevlar...
The rapid urbanization in China is accompanied by increasingly serious air pollution. Particulate matter and ozone are the main air pollutants, and the study of their vertical distribution and correlation plays an important role in the synergistic ai...
20 October 2011
Up to now no study has investigated the lag structure of children’s respiratory morbidity due to surface ozone. In the present study, we investigate the lag structure and the general effect of surface ozone exposure on children and adolescents’ respi...
16 July 2022
(1) Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to cause profound health, economic, and social problems worldwide. The management and disinfection of materials used daily in health centers and common workin...
With the ground-level ozone pollution problem increasingly prominent in recent years in China, it is particularly important in basic researches on ozone contamination characteristics. In this study, 13 cities in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) area were...
Ozone is a prospective additive for enhancing and controlling combustion under lean or very lean conditions, and reduces NOx and particulate matter emissions simultaneously. Typically, in studying the effects of ozone on combustion pollutants, the fo...
Due to the gradual increase in the concentration of algae, in general, in continental surface water reservoirs, it is necessary to incorporate advanced technologies in drinking water treatment plants with a view to reduce/eliminate the algae present....
Despite the yearly decline in PM2.5 in China, surface ozone has been rapidly increasing recently, which makes it imperative to coordinate and control both PM2.5 and ozone in the atmosphere. This study utilized the data of pollutant concentrations and...
The paper reports the results of a study on the Ti6Al4V titanium alloy involving the XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) photoelectron spectroscopy method. The position of bands in the viewing spectrum serves as a basis for the qualitative identif...
To evaluate the detection performance of ozone lidars, the first comprehensive vertical ozone observation experiment in China was conducted at the Xilinhot National Climate Observatory in Inner Mongolia from August to December 2023. The ozone profile...
Since the implementation of emission control policies in 1983, the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo (MASP) has experienced a significant decrease in the annual mean concentration of air pollutants, except for ozone, which has remained relatively...
Surface ozone pollution in China has been persistently becoming worse in recent years; therefore, it is of great importance to accurately estimate ozone pollution and explore the spatiotemporal variations in surface ozone in East China. By using S5P-...
This study aims to examine the relationship between meteorological factors, specifically temperature, solar radiation, and ozone concentration levels. Levels of surface ozone were monitored (O3) in Chonburi, Thailand (located at 3.2017° N, 101.25...
Surface ozone is usually measured in national networks, including the monitoring of gaseous components important for determining air quality and the short-term forecast of surface ozone. Here we consider the option of forecasting surface ozone based...
This article analyses the results of year-round automatic ozone monitoring in seven cities of the Baikal region (southeastern Siberia). We reveal that significant differences in the spatiotemporal variability of the average daily ozone concentrations...
Ozone pollution has been prevalent in the El Paso-Juárez Airshed (EPJA), especially in the past few decades, and it has been on the rise recently. The spatial and temporal distribution of the tropospheric ozone and several key meteorological f...
At present, it is urgent to synthesize highly active ozone decomposition catalysts to cope with the ever-increasing ozone concentration in the atmosphere. In this study, a highly porous Cu2O catalyst was prepared by using combined surfactants of trib...
Purifying surface water in moderate-humid climates is challenging due to high levels of organic compounds and diatom algae, which can produce toxic substances. A new method involving chitosan and ferric chloride coagulants, along with pre-ozonation,...
The present paper extrapolates quantitative data for ozone virucidal activity on the basis of the available scientific literature data for a safe and effective use of ozone in the appropriate cases and to explore the safety measures developed under t...
This paper analyses surface ozone measurements at five stations in an urban area (Valladolid) in the upper Spanish plateau over the period 2002–2020. Temporal evolutions, the relationship between ozone and other pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, an...
5 January 2023
The near-surface ozone concentration was evaluated in two typical years with contrasting climatic impacts over the China region induced by El Niño–Southern Oscillation, which had either dry conditions (drought) with intense solar radiati...
Water pollution is a critical environmental issue nowadays. One major problem is the pollution of freshwaters by pollutants of low concentrations (ng/L–μg/L), known as micropollutants. The most promising techniques for micropollutants degradation are...
We examine the change in surface ozone and its precursor behavior over 20 years at four locations in western Peninsular Malaysia which have undergone urban-commercial development. Trend and correlation analyses were carried out on ozone and oxides of...
In2O3 has high electron mobility, strong affinity for oxidizing gases, and abundant tunable surface oxygen species. These features enable efficient charge transfer during ozone adsorption, making In2O3 a promising ozone-sensing material. However, con...
Near-surface ozone is one of the significant issues in the troposphere. Recently, ozone pollution in Lhasa at an altitude of 3600 m has caused attention. The current knowledge of ozone formation in Lhasa city is still minimal. In this work, the profi...
19 May 2022
Klebsiella pneumoniae is an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen that can contaminate hospital surfaces in the form of a biofilm which is hard to remove with standard disinfectants. Because of biofilm resistance to conservative disinfectants, the ap...
10 May 2023
We assessed the disinfection efficacy of an ozone generator prototype in ambulances used to transport patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This research consisted of three stages: in vitro tests using microbial indicators, such as Candida al...
To evaluate the contributions of different forcings to the temperature and atmospheric composition changes between 1980 and 2020, we exploited the chemistry-climate model (CCM) SOCOLv3. The study examined ozone content and atmospheric temperature res...
We analyze the relation between maximum tropospheric ozone concentration and surface temperature in Mexico City between 2000 and 2021. Changes in ozone levels over the decades appear to respond to public strategies aimed at reducing its precursors. T...
Disinfection of surfaces with various functional purposes is a relevant measure for the inactivation of microorganisms and viruses. This procedure is used almost universally, from water treatment facilities to medical institutions and public spaces....
In summertime, eastern China experiences severe ozone pollution. Stratosphere-to-troposphere transport (STT), as the primary natural source of tropospheric ozone, may have a non-negligible contribution to ground-level ozone. Rossby wave breaking (RWB...
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