Vertical evaluation of air quality improvement by urban forest using unmanned aerial vehicles
Urban forest is considered an effective strategy for mitigating urban air pollution via deposition, absorption and dispersion processes. However, previous studies had focused mainly on the deposition effect or removal capacity near the ground, while the net effect of the urban forest on air quality...
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| author | Chunping Miao Chunping Miao Aiwei Cui Zaiping Xiong Yuanman Hu Wei Chen Wei Chen Wei Chen Xingyuan He Xingyuan He Xingyuan He |
| author_facet | Chunping Miao Chunping Miao Aiwei Cui Zaiping Xiong Yuanman Hu Wei Chen Wei Chen Wei Chen Xingyuan He Xingyuan He Xingyuan He |
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| description | Urban forest is considered an effective strategy for mitigating urban air pollution via deposition, absorption and dispersion processes. However, previous studies had focused mainly on the deposition effect or removal capacity near the ground, while the net effect of the urban forest on air quality is rarely evaluated in the vertical dimension. In this study, PM2.5 (particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5), PM10 (particulate matter with diameter less than 10 μm), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) concentrations, air temperature, relative humidity, and atmospheric pressure at 0, 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, and 100 m in urban forest, street, and community areas were collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with Sniffer4D V2 on overcast and sunny days. The PM, CO, NO2, and O3 concentrations increased with height below 20 m and then slightly decreased with height on an overcast day, whereas SO2 concentrations decreased with height within 20 m. The urban forest increased PM concentrations in the morning of an overcast day, whereas it decreased PM concentrations in the afternoon of the overcast day. The forest obstructed PM dispersion from the canopy when PM concentrations grew lower in the morning, but it hindered PM from deposition when PM concentrations grew higher in the afternoon. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cead56e677ba4530b6ec81164867e2152022-12-22T03:39:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2022-11-011010.3389/fevo.2022.10459371045937Vertical evaluation of air quality improvement by urban forest using unmanned aerial vehiclesChunping Miao0Chunping Miao1Aiwei Cui2Zaiping Xiong3Yuanman Hu4Wei Chen5Wei Chen6Wei Chen7Xingyuan He8Xingyuan He9Xingyuan He10CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, ChinaShenyang Arboretum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, ChinaShenyang Arboretum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, ChinaShenyang Arboretum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaUrban forest is considered an effective strategy for mitigating urban air pollution via deposition, absorption and dispersion processes. However, previous studies had focused mainly on the deposition effect or removal capacity near the ground, while the net effect of the urban forest on air quality is rarely evaluated in the vertical dimension. In this study, PM2.5 (particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5), PM10 (particulate matter with diameter less than 10 μm), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) concentrations, air temperature, relative humidity, and atmospheric pressure at 0, 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, and 100 m in urban forest, street, and community areas were collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with Sniffer4D V2 on overcast and sunny days. The PM, CO, NO2, and O3 concentrations increased with height below 20 m and then slightly decreased with height on an overcast day, whereas SO2 concentrations decreased with height within 20 m. The urban forest increased PM concentrations in the morning of an overcast day, whereas it decreased PM concentrations in the afternoon of the overcast day. The forest obstructed PM dispersion from the canopy when PM concentrations grew lower in the morning, but it hindered PM from deposition when PM concentrations grew higher in the afternoon.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1045937/fullair pollutantsurban forestvertical dispersionUAVs platformPM |
| spellingShingle | Chunping Miao Chunping Miao Aiwei Cui Zaiping Xiong Yuanman Hu Wei Chen Wei Chen Wei Chen Xingyuan He Xingyuan He Xingyuan He Vertical evaluation of air quality improvement by urban forest using unmanned aerial vehicles Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution air pollutants urban forest vertical dispersion UAVs platform PM |
| title | Vertical evaluation of air quality improvement by urban forest using unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title_full | Vertical evaluation of air quality improvement by urban forest using unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title_fullStr | Vertical evaluation of air quality improvement by urban forest using unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vertical evaluation of air quality improvement by urban forest using unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title_short | Vertical evaluation of air quality improvement by urban forest using unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title_sort | vertical evaluation of air quality improvement by urban forest using unmanned aerial vehicles |
| topic | air pollutants urban forest vertical dispersion UAVs platform PM |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1045937/full |
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