Atmosphere  

Guanghui Yuan, Lei Zhang, Jiening Liang, Xianjie Cao, Hui Liu and Zhaohong Yang

To investigate the mechanism of available energy partitioning to sensible and latent heat fluxes over semi-arid regions, data from the Semi-Arid Climate and Environment Observatory of Lanzhou University (SACOL) were analyzed to assess the effects of soil ... see more

Shoji Kusunoki

We conducted global warming projections using the Meteorological Research Institute-Atmospheric General Circulation Model Version 3.2 with a 60-km grid size (MRI-AGCM3.2H). For the present-day climate of 21 years from 1983 through 2003, the model was forc... see more

Pingping Liu, Yali Lei, Huarui Ren, Jinjin Gao, Hongmei Xu, Zhenxing Shen, Qian Zhang, Chunli Zheng, Hongxia Liu, Renjian Zhang and Hua Pan

In this study, 24 h PM2.5 (particles with an equivalent diameter equal to or below 2.5 µm) samples were collected in winter and summer in Xi’an, Northwestern China to characterize the seasonal variations of eleven elements (As, Cd, Cr, Fe, K, Mn, Mo, Pb, ... see more

Antonio Ricchi, Mario Marcello Miglietta, Francesco Barbariol, Alvise Benetazzo, Andrea Bergamasco, Davide Bonaldo, Claudio Cassardo, Francesco Marcello Falcieri, Giancarlo Modugno, Aniello Russo, Mauro Sclavo and Sandro Carniel

In November 2011, an Atlantic depression affected the Mediterranean basin, eventually evolving into a Tropical-Like Cyclone (TLC or Mediterranean Hurricane, usually designated as Medicane). In the region affected by the Medicane, mean sea level pressures ... see more

Jianming Liang, Kevin Robert Gurney, Darragh O’Keeffe, Maya Hutchins, Risa Patarasuk, Jianhua Huang, Yang Song and Preeti Rao

The ‘Hestia Project’ uses a bottom-up approach to quantify fossil fuel CO2 (FFCO2) emissions spatially at the building/street level and temporally at the hourly level. Hestia FFCO2 emissions are provided in the form of a group of sector-specific vector la... see more

Dimitra Karali, Spyridon Rapsomanikis and Achilleas Christoforidis

The decomposition kinetics of non-volatile n-alkanes that were collected in an urban environment were studied. The quartz filters that they were collected on were exposed in two reactors, in dark and natural light conditions, for four days. Ambient air th... see more

Hongmei Zhao, Xuelei Zhang, Shichun Zhang, Weiwei Chen, Daniel Q. Tong and Aijun Xiu

Burning agricultural straw before and/or after harvest is a common farming practice. Regional and extensive agricultural open field straw burning can cause serious air pollution events. This paper looks at the effects of biomass burning emission on region... see more

Sonia Castillo, Andrés Alastuey, Emilio Cuevas, Xavier Querol and Anna Avila

This study considers the role of distance to the African source on the amount of deposition. To this end, dry and wet deposition was measured at a site close to Africa (Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, SCO) and at a distant site located in NE... see more

Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi, Mphethe Isaac Tongwane and Mitsuru Tsubo

Methane (CH4) from enteric fermentation is one of the main anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in South Africa. Livestock population data from 1990 to 2014 and emission factors were utilized in estimating CH4 emissions as per the 2006 IPCC (Inter... see more

Liangzhong Cao, Xi Chen, Chi Zhang, Alishir Kurban, Xiuliang Yuan, Tao Pan and Philippe De Maeyer

As the main anthropogenic greenhouse gas that contributes most to global warming, CO2 plays an important role in climate changes in Central Asia. Due to the lack of studies of near-surface CO2 in this region, we first confirmed the applicability of the ne... see more

Astrid C. John, Miriam Küpper, Astrid M.M. Manders-Groot, Bruno Debray, Jean-Marc Lacome and Thomas A.J. Kuhlbusch

In spite of the still increasing number of engineered nanomaterial (ENM) applications, large knowledge gaps exist with respect to their environmental fate, especially after release into air. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge of emissions... see more

Ming Li, Xiawei Yu, Hui Kang, Zhouqing Xie and Pengfei Zhang

During the third China Arctic Research Expedition (July–September 2008), size-resolved measurements of bacteria-containing particles (BCPs) in the marine boundary layer (MBL) air were conducted during a cruise through the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, t... see more

Wei Wei, Zhongjie Shi, Xiaohui Yang, Zheng Wei, Yanshu Liu, Zhiyong Zhang, Genbatu Ge, Xiao Zhang, Hao Guo, Kebin Zhang and Baitian Wang

Based on the daily precipitation data from 53 meteorological stations, 11 extreme precipitation indices were selected, categorized and calculated; the temporal and spatial patterns in these indices and their teleconnections with the large-scale circulatio... see more

José Roberto Rozante, Vinícius Rozante, Débora Souza Alvim, Antônio Ocimar Manzi, Júlio Barboza Chiquetto, Monica Tais Siqueira D’Amelio and Demerval Soares Moreira

Air pollution is an important public health issue. High levels of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere are hazardous to human health. Studies regarding the concentration of this and other gases in the atmosphere allow political actions to manage and reduce t... see more

Guoning Wan, Meixue Yang, Zhaochen Liu, Xuejia Wang and Xiaowen Liang

The variation of precipitation plays an important role in the eco-hydrological processes and water resources regimes on the Tibetan Plateau (TP). Based on the monthly mean precipitation data of 65 meteorological stations over the TP and surrounding areas ... see more