Bioaerosol Detection, Analysis and Impacts on Health and Climate Change
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerosols".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2020) | Viewed by 26098
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atmospheric chemistry; aerobiology; photochemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The need to monitor the occurrence, transport and transformation of aerosols in our atmosphere has increased dramatically over recent years. The necessity is based on the undesirable effects that they can have on our health and the role they play in climate change. An important component of the global budget, both outdoors and indoors, are bioaerosols (often termed primary biological atmospheric particles or PBAP). These are comprised of materials such as viruses, bacteria, fungal spores, pollen, sub-pollen, and plant fragments. Therefore, we invite you to consider submitting your research for publication in this Special Issue of the journal, focusing on “Bioaerosol Detection, Analysis and Impacts on Health and Climate Change”. The aim is to communicate a selection of papers on the current state of field, laboratory and computer modelling studies relevant to atmospheric bioaerosol loading.
Relevant current issues include real-time pollen and fungal spore monitoring and networking systems; the development of novel bioaerosol sensors; indoor sensing for occupational purposes (e.g., hospitals) and “smart” homes; surface phenomena and reactions; the relevance of real-time measurements to ice nucleation, cloud condensation nuclei and other climate change issues; bioaerosol monitoring in the polar regions.
Prof. Dr. John R. Sodeau
Dr. David O’Connor
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pollen
- fungal spores
- bacteria
- real-time detection and analysis
- climate change
- health
- sensor networks
- surface reactivity