The state of science on severe air pollution episodes: Quantitative and qualitative analysis

The state of science on severe air pollution episodes: Quantitative and qualitative analysis

Severe episodic air pollution blankets entire cities and regions and have a profound impact on humans and their activities. We compiled daily fine particle (PM2.5) data from 100 cities in five continents, investigated the trends of number, frequency, and duration of pollution episodes, and compared...

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Main Authors: Lidia Morawska, Tong Zhu, Nairui Liu, Mehdi Amouei Torkmahalleh, Maria de Fatima Andrade, Benjamin Barratt, Parya Broomandi, Giorgio Buonanno, Luis Carlos Belalcazar Ceron, Jianmin Chen, Yan Cheng, Greg Evans, Mario Gavidia, Hai Guo, Ivan Hanigan, Min Hu, Cheol H. Jeong, Frank Kelly, Laura Gallardo, Prashant Kumar, Xiaopu Lyu, Benjamin J. Mullins, Claus Nordstrøm, Gavin Pereira, Xavier Querol, Nestor Yezid Rojas Roa, Armistead Russell, Helen Thompson, Hao Wang, Lina Wang, Tao Wang, Aneta Wierzbicka, Tao Xue, Celine Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Environment International
Subjects:
Severe air pollution events
Pollution episodes
Urban air pollution
Pollution emissions
Formation of secondary pollutants
Mitigating air pollutants
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021003573

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