Over the past few decades, due to human activities, industrialization, and urbanization, air
pollution has become a life-threatening factor in many countries around the world. Among …

The fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) problem has attracted much scientific and public
attention, due to its effects on visibility, human health, and global climate. There are three …

Outdoor air pollution costs millions of premature deaths annually, mostly due to
anthropogenic fine particulate matter (or PM2. 5). Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, is no …

This paper presents analysis and interpretation of diurnal, weekly and seasonal cycles of 1–
h average particulate matter (PM 10, PM 2.5 and PM 1) concentrations measured near an …

Mineral matter is an important component of airborne particles in urban areas. In northern
cities of the world, mineral matter dominates PM10 during spring because of enhanced road …

In the dry season, the north of Thailand always experiences reduced air quality, reduced
visibility, and public health exposure from the burning of biomass domestically and in …

A large fraction of urban PM10 concentrations is due to non-exhaust traffic emissions. In this
paper, a mobile measurement system has been used to quantify the relative importance of …

We utilized a long-term data set of aerosol particle number size distributions (8–400nm) in
the urban background air of Helsinki during 1998–2000. We analyzed the number …

Traffic related emissions have been recognised as one of the main sources of air pollutants.
In the research study discussed in this paper, variability of atmospheric total suspended …

Air quality issue such as particulate matter pollution (PM2. 5 and PM10) has become one of
the biggest environmental problem in China. As one of the most important industrial base …