Trends in urban air pollution over the last two decades: A global perspective

P Sicard, E Agathokleous, SC Anenberg… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ground-level ozone (O 3), fine particles (PM 2.5), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) are
the most harmful urban air pollutants regarding human health effects. Here, we aimed at …

Outdoor air pollution and cancer: An overview of the current evidence and public health recommendations

MC Turner, ZJ Andersen, A Baccarelli… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Outdoor air pollution is a major contributor to the burden of disease worldwide. Most of the
global population resides in places where air pollution levels, because of emissions from …

[LLIBRE][B] WHO global air quality guidelines: particulate matter (PM2. 5 and PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide

World Health Organization - 2021 - books.google.com
The main objective of these updated global guidelines is to offer health-based air quality
guideline levels, expressed as long-term or short-term concentrations for six key air …

Short-Lived Climate Forcers (Chapter 6)

S Szopa, V Naik, B Adhikary, P Artaxo, T Berntsen… - 2021 - cambridge.org
Short‑lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term trends in urban NO2 concentrations and associated paediatric asthma incidence: estimates from global datasets

SC Anenberg, A Mohegh, DL Goldberg… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Combustion-related nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) air pollution is associated with
paediatric asthma incidence. We aimed to estimate global surface NO 2 concentrations …

Global fine-scale changes in ambient NO2 during COVID-19 lockdowns

MJ Cooper, RV Martin, MS Hammer, PF Levelt… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is an important contributor to air pollution and can adversely affect
human health,,,,,,,–. A decrease in NO2 concentrations has been reported as a result of …

The view from above: Applications of satellite data in economics

D Donaldson, A Storeygard - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016 - aeaweb.org
The past decade or so has seen a dramatic change in the way that economists can learn by
watching our planet from above. A revolution has taken place in remote sensing and allied …

Disentangling the Impact of the COVID‐19 Lockdowns on Urban NO2 From Natural Variability

DL Goldberg, SC Anenberg, D Griffin… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
TROPOMI satellite data show substantial drops in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) during COVID‐19
physical distancing. To attribute NO2 changes to NOx emissions changes over short …

Assessing NO2 Concentration and Model Uncertainty with High Spatiotemporal Resolution across the Contiguous United States Using Ensemble Model Averaging

Q Di, H Amini, L Shi, I Kloog, R Silvern… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
NO2 is a combustion byproduct that has been associated with multiple adverse health
outcomes. To assess NO2 levels with high accuracy, we propose the use of an ensemble …

Inferring Changes in Summertime Surface Ozone–NOx–VOC Chemistry over US Urban Areas from Two Decades of Satellite and Ground-Based Observations

X **, A Fiore, KF Boersma, ID Smedt… - Environmental science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Urban ozone (O3) formation can be limited by NO x, VOCs, or both, complicating the design
of effective O3 abatement plans. A satellite-retrieved ratio of formaldehyde to NO2 …