Atmosphere's Oxidation Chemistry
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 November 2023) | Viewed by 181
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Iraq
Interests: aerosols; chemical composition of particulate matter; ultrafine particles (UFPs); laboratory studies; field measurements; sources and sinks for atmospheric oxidants; sources and transformations of air pollutants in urban areas, and gaseous pollutants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Alongside climate change, air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health. The WHO estimates that 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide in 2019 were the result of ambient air pollution. The link between the ambient air quality and changing transient weather is crucial to our understanding of the air chemistry in the lower atmosphere, and further investigations are required to clarify these broader peaks. Hydroxyl (OH) radicals, radicals, nitrate (NO3) radicals, chlorine atoms and ozone (O3) play central roles in the troposphere, controlling the lifetimes of many trace gases with anthropogenic and biogenic origins. To estimate and understand the air chemistry, the atmospheric reactivity and oxidation capacity must be determined.
The atmospheric oxidation capacity is the basis for converting freshly emitted substances into secondary products and is dominated by reactions involving hydroxyl radicals (OH) during the daytime. Radical chemistry provides insights into key processes regarding the formation of secondary pollutants. In the planetary boundary layer, high concentrations of primary pollutants, such as carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from both biogenic and anthropogenic origins, are transformed by reactions with atmospheric oxidants, such as hydroxyl (OH) radicals, nitrate (NO3) radicals, chlorine atoms and ozone (O3) on local to global scales.
Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Topics may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Aerosol chemistry;
- Ambient air quality;
- Indoor chemistry;
- Oxidation chemistry;
- Ozone chemistry;
- Radical chemistry.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Sarkawt Hama
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aerosol chemistry
- ambient air quality
- indoor chemistry
- oxidation chemistry
- ozone chemistry
- radical chemistry
