Gas flaring is a prominent source of VOCs, CO, CO 2, SO 2, PAH, NO X and soot (black
carbon), all of which are important pollutants which interact, directly and indirectly, in the …

Fire has a role in ecosystem services; naturally produced wildfires are important for the
sustainability of many terrestrial biomes and fire is one of nature's primary carbon-cycling …

Ozone holds a certain fascination in atmospheric science. It is ubiquitous in the atmosphere,
central to tropospheric oxidation chemistry, yet harmful to human and ecosystem health as …

The African continent continuously experiences extreme aerosol load conditions, during
which the World Health Organization clean air standard of 10 μg/m3 of PM2. 5 mass is …

The global organic aerosol (OA) budget is highly uncertain and past studies suggest that
models substantially underestimate observed concentrations. Few of these studies have …

The CALIOP (Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization) layer product is used for a
multimodel evaluation of the vertical distribution of aerosols. Annual and seasonal aerosol …

Convective cold pools and the breakdown of nocturnal low‐level jets (NLLJs) are key
meteorological drivers of dust emission over summertime West Africa, the world's largest …

We use 2005–2009 satellite observations of formaldehyde (HCHO) columns from the OMI
instrument to infer biogenic isoprene emissions at monthly 1× 1° resolution over the African …

Air Pollution is the most difficult challenge India is facing today and anthropogenic biomass
burning (ABB) is one of the major and least understood sources leading to serious health …

Sources of airborne particulate matter and their seasonal variation in urban areas in Sub-
Saharan Africa are poorly understood due to lack of long-term measurement data. In view of …