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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Urban air quality."”.
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Decision support tools for urban air quality management
… the gap between available data and action for urban air quality management, focusing on strategies to reduce particle concentrations. One of the principal thesis contributions is a Bayesian method to exploit the asymmetry between the rich aerosol dataset and the relatively poor dataset on …
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Studies of urban air quality using electrochemical based sensor instruments
Poor air quality has been projected to be the world’s top cause of environmental premature mortality by 2050 surpassing poor sanitation and dirty water (IGBP / IGAC press release, 2012 ). One of the major challenges of air quality management is how to adequately quantify both the spatial and …
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New Opportunities in Crowd-Sourced Monitoring and Non-government Data Mining for Developing Urban Air Quality Models in the US
Ambient air pollution is among the top 10 health risk factors in the US. With increasing concerns about adverse health effects of ambient air pollution among stakeholders including environmental scientists, health professionals, urban planners and community residents, improving air quality is a …
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Investigating regional climate drivers, wildfire mitigation, and air quality responses.
… wildfire activity in many regions, amplifying air pollution impacts in densely populated areas. This dissertation studies climate drivers, wildfire mitigation, and urban air quality responses to better inform integrated environmental management. Using observations from the Greenhouse Gases …
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A transportation approach to urban diffusion modeling
… and future transportation policy impact on urban air quality. The Transportation Air Pollution Analysis Procedure (TAPIP) combines a versatile traffic assignment computer program model with an urban diffusion computer program model. TAPAP assesses the air quality impact of transportation …
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Spatial trends in surface-based carbonaceous aerosol measurements during DISCOVER-AQ in Houston, TX.
… and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality) in Houston, TX during September 2013. Four ground-based sampling sites were chosen to represent the Houston metropolitan area: primary sites Moody Tower (downtown; urban) and Manvel Croix (southern; suburb) and supplementary sites …
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An evaluation of meteorological data needs for urban pollution modelling
… in the United Kingdom as part of their urban air quality management programmes. Output from dispersion models now forms a vital part of any environmental impact assessment, road improvement or traffic management scheme or environmental health study. This study is centred primarily on …
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The politics of consensus-building : case study of diesel vehicles and urban air pollution in South Korea
… public disputes over diesel passenger cars and urban air quality management in South Korea. this dissertation explores the main obstacles in nascent democracies to meeting the necessary conditions for successful dispute resolution prescribed by Western scholars of consensus-building theory and …
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CHARACTERIZATION OF AIR POLLUTION AND AIR QUALITY USING INNOVATIVE SAMPLING METHODS AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR REGULATED AND NON-REGULATED POLLUTANTS
Air pollution is a critical global health and environmental issue, with major health risks associated with pollutants such as particulate matter (PM), ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen oxides (NOx). Despite advancements in air quality regulations, many pollutants remain unregulated, …
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Application of GIS in Visualization and Assessment of Ambient Air Quality for SO2 in Lima Ohio
The deterioration of urban air quality due to industrialization or other anthropogenic reasons is of great concern because it poses serious threats to environment and human health. EPA regulates and monitors air quality to protect public health and welfare at stations located throughout USA. …
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Investigating volatile organic compound composition in Houston, Texas amidst an atmospheric regime shift.
… ~ 7 million premature deaths per year to poor air quality, underscoring the importance of understanding air pollution sources. Urban areas, with dense populations and diverse activities, significantly impact air quality and, consequently, public health. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a …
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Investigating volatile organic compound composition in Houston, Texas amidst an atmospheric regime shift.
… ~ 7 million premature deaths per year to poor air quality, underscoring the importance of understanding air pollution sources. Urban areas, with dense populations and diverse activities, significantly impact air quality and, consequently, public health. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a …
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Physics-guided inference from gas emission data for source characterization and air pollution mapping
… and the economy. Fine-scale monitoring of air pollution and efforts to characterize the impact of the local environment on pollutant concentrationshave led to great developments in sensor technology and the generation of a staggering amount of new data. While the advent of large datasets …
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From government-led behaviour change to bottom-up understanding: the transition to low-carbon transport on motorcycles in Taipei, Taiwan.
… usage has been widely discussed in relation to urban air quality. As Taiwan's policy-makers seek to reduce mobile pollution sources in cities, the large number of petrol-powered motorcycles within cities have become a major target to be addressed. In addition to promoting public transport usage, …
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Metalloporphyrin-decorated semiconducting oxides for gas sensing applications
The air quality and environmental problems have attracted more and more researchers’ attention in the past few decades. Since Taguchi released the first practical semiconductor gas sensor applied to the market, more and more researchers have invested in the research on the improvement and …
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Accelerating bus electrification : enabling a sustainable transition to low carbon transportation systems
… gas emissions, they have a larger impact on urban air quality, have commercially available in-service electric models, and have historically commercialized clean technologies that enabled deployment in the rest of the heavy duty vehicle sector. This thesis seeks to understand what factors …
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An operational method for assessing traffic-related air pollution in urban streets
Urban air quality has been a topic of major public concern and scientific research in recent years. Several theoretical and experimental studies have focused on the assessment of air quality within street canyons and other microenvironments (intersections, motorways, parking spaces, etc.), where …
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Measurements and analysis of ozone production in Houston and Los Angeles
… 15.7 million live in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin non-attainment area. The work presents the results and analysis of measurements collected during several field campaigns in Houston, TX between 2006 and 2012, as well as in Pasadena, CA (CalNex) in the summer of 2010. Part one focuses on …
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