Meteorological Phenomena Driving Extreme Air Pollution

Dear Colleagues,

Atmospheric processes influence the chemistry, transport, and accumulation of air pollution worldwide. Meteorological phenomena create conditions that lead to extreme air pollution events or poor air quality episodes, with concentrations that are harmful to human health and the environment. Understanding the meteorological processes, on all scales, that create these extreme air pollution events is important for effective air quality forecasting and air pollution mitigation strategies. We invite original research articles, as well as review articles, that investigate the meteorological phenomena associated with extreme air pollution events. Contributions from field experiments; numerical modeling, including artificial intelligence and machine learning; or data science investigations are all welcome. Some suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Wintertime high-pressure subsidence leading to temperature inversions;
• Meteorological and land/sea interface influences on ozone concentrations;
• Wind direction patterns from mid-latitude cyclones that increase pollutant concentrations;
• Meteorological conditions driving land surface and wind conditions for wildland fires;
• Dust storms causing elevated coarse particulate matter concentrations.

Dr. Heather A. Holmes
Dr. Pius Lee
Guest Editors

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