Aerosol Pollution and Severe Weather
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2023) | Viewed by 2317
Special Issue Editors
Interests: air pollution; reactive nitrogen; aerosol chemistry; climate change; transport of air pollution; precipitation chemistry; biomonitoring
Interests: sea-salt aerosol; snow chemistry; atmospheric corrosion
Interests: aerosol chemistry; radiative forcing; atmospheric modeling; crop phenology; climate change; emission modeling; crop/vegetation fires
Interests: air pollution & plant health; aerosol chemistry; reactive nitrogen; climate change; sustainable and nature based solutions for air pollution mitigation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rapid economic progression is often coupled with large scale emissions of primary air pollutants and their secondary conversions to anthropogenic aerosols. It is widely acknowledged that atmospheric aerosols impact the global environment modifying weather leading to challenges for coping with climate change. High air pollution areas are experiencing frequent extreme weather events. Under stagnant meteorological conditions, aerosol loadings may exert several effects in the lower troposphere such as reduction in visibility, changes in precipitation trends, cloud formation, scattering and absorption of terrestrial radiation, dimming of light and poor air quality etc. Apart from physical disturbances, fine aerosols have piqued scientific interest as they are a leading cause of global mortality and morbidity. World Health Organization reported that nearly 4.2 million premature deaths as a result of exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of equal to and less than 2.5 µm. Furthermore, delineation of the complex chemical composition of aerosols helps in effectively understanding the formation and fate of particulate pollution in the atmosphere.
Considering this multifaceted problem, it would be useful to document the physical, chemical and optical properties of aerosols and their origin as indicators of global anthropogenic pollution which can trigger severe weather episodic events. The present knowledge gap regarding aerosol nature and burden in areas grappling with extremely poor air quality needs to be filled through systematic measurements and modelling approaches for accurate budgeting, deposition, transport and transformation predictions. This special issue is dedicated towards identifying the aerosol contributions from a plethora of sources, along with their impact on air quality, weather, ecosystems and human health. The prospective themes of the issue are as given below：
- Aerosol size distribution.
- Aerosols and weather modification.
- Direct and indirect effects of aerosols.
- Mitigation approaches for aerosol scavenging.
- Aerosol modelling and predictions.
- Aerosol chemical composition.
- Aerosol spatial distribution.
- Sustainability and aerosols.
- Visibility impacts of aerosols.
- Radiative forcing of aerosols.
- Reactive nitrogen aerosol species.
- Biomass burning aerosols.
- Aerosol source apportionment.
- Secondary aerosols.
- Heavy metal toxicity and aerosols.
- Aerosol deposition.
- Ecological impacts of aerosols.
- Infectious aerosols in severe weather.
- Urban and rural aerosols.
- Indoor aerosols.
- Chemical characterization of aerosols.
- Regulatory policies and management of aerosol pollution.
Prof. Dr. Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha
Dr. Shin Ohara
Dr. Prasenjit Acharya
Dr. Ankita Katoch
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anthropogenic aerosols
- particulate pollution
- chemical composition of aerosols
- numerical modelling
