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A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 May 2023) | Viewed by 2269

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Dr. Michał Posyniak

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Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Ksiecia Janusza 64, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: air pollution monitoring methods; remote sensing; black carbon; aerosol optical properties; lidars; solar radiation

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Dear Colleagues,

Aerosol particles play a significant role both in the climate system and in air quality. Depending on the physical and chemical properties and reflectance of the Earth’s surface, aerosol particles may have a warming or cooling effect on the climate. On the regional scale, the aerosol–climate effect may be completely different from the global one. Aerosol particles may also significantly affect the air quality due to high emissions, and specific weather and topographic conditions. In addition, the regional influence of aerosols on climate and weather tends to be stronger than the global average impact due to their relatively short atmospheric lifetimes and inhomogeneity in sources, transport and deposition.

This Special Issue will be devoted to aerosol pollution in Central Europe. In this region, particularly during the autumn–winter season, emissions from residential heating and transport are the main sources of aerosol pollution. Nowadays, we observe that smog forms as a result of high concentrations of particulate matter. Although in recent years a slow reduction in the level of air pollution has been observed, the air quality in many regions remains poor.

Original research papers dealing with subjects such as ambient air quality, aerosol pollutant emissions, aerosol pollution modelling, and measurements are welcome.

Dr. Michał Posyniak
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ambient air quality
particulate matter air pollution
aerosol pollution emissions
aerosol pollution modelling
aerosol pollution measurements
air quality
air quality impact on health
modern measurement techniques

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Comparison of 24 h Surface Ozone Forecast for Poland: CAMS Models vs. Simple Statistical Models with Limited Number of Input Parameters

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Aleksander Pietruczuk

Atmosphere 2023, 14(4), 670; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14040670 - 31 Mar 2023

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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 on measurements of only surface ozone and several weather parameters. This low-cost configuration can increase the number of locations that provide short-term surface ozone forecast important to local communities. 24 h prediction of the 1-h averaged concentration of surface ozone were presented for rural (Belsk, 20.79° E, 51.84° N) and suburban site (Racibórz, 18.19° E, 50.08° N) in Poland for the period 2018–2021 via simple statistical models dealing with a limited number of predictors. Multiple linear regression (MLR) and artificial neural network (ANN) models were examined separately for each season of the year using temperature, relative humidity, an hour of the day, and 1-day lagged surface ozone values. The performance of ANN (with R² = 0.81 in Racibórz versus R² = 0.75 at Belsk) was slightly better than the MLR model (with R² = 0.78 in Racibórz versus R² = 0.71 at Belsk). These statistical models were compared with advanced chemical–transport models provided by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. Despite the simplicity of the statistical models, they showed better performance in all seasons, with the exception of winter. Full article

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Association between PM_2.5 Exposure and Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospital Admissions Using Spatial GIS Analysis

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Atmosphere 2022, 13(11), 1797; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13111797 - 30 Oct 2022

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Particulate Matter (PM) air pollution is a serious concern in the northern Moravia region of the Czech Republic. This study aimed to evaluate the association between the risk of acute hospital admissions for cardiovascular (CVD) and respiratory diseases and PM_2.5 concentrations using a geographic information system (GIS). The data on acute hospital admissions for cardiovascular (I00-99 according to ICD-10) and respiratory (J00-99) diseases was assigned to 77 geographical units (population of 601,299) based on the residence. The annual concentrations of PM_2.5 in the period from 2013–2019 were assigned to these units according to the respective concentration iso-shapes. The Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated for each concentration category and then compared with the reference category. Statistical analyses were performed using SW STATA v.15. In 2013, approx. half of the population (56%) belonged to the PM_2.5 category 34–35 µg·m⁻³, and 4% lived in PM_2.5 concentrations ≥ 38 µg·m⁻³. During the analysed period, the average concentrations decreased from 30.8 to 21.4 µg·m⁻³. A statistically significant risk of acute hospitalization for CVD causes was identified in categories ≥ 36 µg·m⁻³, and for respiratory causes from 34–35 µg·m⁻³. With increasing concentrations, the risk of both acute cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations increased. Full article

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Towards a Multi-Instrumental Approach to Closing Aerosol Optical Extinction Profiles

Artur Szkop

Alnilam Fernandes

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Aleksander Pietruczuk

Atmosphere 2022, 13(9), 1443; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13091443 - 06 Sep 2022

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A novel methodology is formulated and investigated on test cases for the reconstruction of complete vertical aerosol extinction profiles in which a synergy of remote, in-situ, and airborne measurements is utilized. The GRASP Open aerosol retrieval algorithm is supplied with remote LIDAR and sunphotometer data to obtain aerosol extinction profiles within the LIDAR’s operation range for coarse and fine aerosol modes separately. These are supplemented with ground-based in-situ measurements of particle size distribution that are translated to coarse and fine aerosol extinction coefficients with the use of Mie theory. UAV-based observations with optical particle counters are included to add information on vertical aerosol variability in the near-surface region. The profiles are closed with an analytical interpolation that is fine-tuned to produce continuous and smooth extinction profiles throughout the whole troposphere that are in agreement with columnar aerosol optical depth measurements. We present the possibility of reconstructing a complete and calibrated aerosol extinction profile, based on the case studies at a Central European background station. We include data-denial experiments to show that the inclusion of UAV-based measurements improves such reconstructions by providing crucial information on aerosol profiles near the ground. The proposed methodology can prove to be a potent tool for studies of aerosol concentration and evolution, especially when the majority of the pollution resides near the surface. Such conditions are prevalent in many highly industrialized regions, including central and southern Poland. Full article

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