Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Article	Citations
Effect of Wearing Face Masks on the Carbon Dioxide Concentration in the Breathing Zone	46
Analysis of Air Pollution Data in India between 2015 and 2019	36
Aerosol Particles Generated by Coughing and Sneezing of a SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Host Travel over 30 m Distance	31
Health Benefits Due to Reduction in Respirable Particulates during COVID-19 Lockdown in India	29
First Measurements of Ambient PM2.5 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Using Field-calibrated Low-cost Sensors	29
Filtration Performance of Layering Masks and Face Coverings and the Reusability of Cotton Masks after Repeated Washing and Drying	28
Changes in Air Quality from the COVID to the Post-COVID Era in the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Region in China	27
Effect of Lockdown on HCHO and Trace Gases over India during March 2020	27
Assessment of Machine Learning Algorithms in Short-term Forecasting of PM10 and PM2.5 Concentrations in Selected Polish Agglomerations	27
Analysis of Air Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Naples (Italy)	26
Machine Learning Algorithm for Estimating Surface PM2.5 in Thailand	26
Source Identification of VOCs and their Environmental Health Risk in a Petrochemical Industrial Area	26
Particle-bound PAHs and Chemical Composition, Sources and Health Risk of PM2.5 in a Highly Industrialized Area	26
Surprising Changes in Aerosol Loading over India amid COVID-19 Lockdown	25
Impacts of COVID-19 on Air Quality in India	25
Global Air Quality and COVID-19 Pandemic: Do We Breathe Cleaner Air?	23
A Brief Review on Changes in Air Pollution Scenario over South Asia during COVID-19 Lockdown	23
Effects of Rain and Snow on the Air Quality Index, PM2.5 Levels, and Dry Deposition Flux of PCDD/Fs	22
Airborne Microplastics from Waste as a Transmission Vector for COVID-19	22
An Overview: Organophosphate Flame Retardants in the Atmosphere	22
Temporal Analysis of Changes in Anthropogenic Emissions and Urban Heat Islands during COVID-19 Restrictions in Gauteng Province, South Africa	21
A Technical Overview on Beta-Attenuation Method for the Monitoring of Particulate Matter in Ambient Air	21
Prediction of Hourly PM2.5 and PM10 Concentrations in Chongqing City in China Based on Artificial Neural Network	21
Transformation of Air Quality over a Coastal Tropical Station Chennai during COVID-19 Lockdown in India	20
Comparison of Satellite-based PM2.5 Estimation from Aerosol Optical Depth and Top-of-atmosphere Reflectance	20

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Air Pollution in Poland Based on Surface Measurements and Satellite Data	20
Analysis of Air Pollution Migration during COVID-19 Lockdown in Krakow, Poland	19
PM2.5 Forecast System by Using Machine Learning and WRF Model, A Case Study: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	19
A Comparison Study of Chemical Compositions and Sources of PM1.0 and PM2.5 in Hanoi	19
Air Recirculation Role in the Spread of COVID-19 Onboard the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship during a Quarantine Period	19
Measurement of Black Carbon in Delhi: Evidences of Regional Transport, Meteorology and Local Sources for Pollution Episodes	19
Impact of COVID-19 on the Air Quality over China and India Using Long-term (2009-2020) Multi-satellite Data	18
Simulation of SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Emissions in the Infected Population and Resulting Airborne Exposures in Different Indoor Scenarios	18
Evaluation of the WRF-CMAQ Model Performances on Air Quality in China with the Impacts of the Observation Nudging on Meteorology	17
Impact of COVID-19 Control Measures on Trace Gases (NO2, HCHO and SO2) and Aerosols over India during Pre-monsoon of 2020	17
Indoor and Outdoor Exposure to PM2.5 during COVID-19 Lockdown in Suburban Malaysia	17
Spatial-temporal Variation and Local Source Identification of Air Pollutants in a Semi-urban Settlement in Nigeria Using Low-cost Sensors	17
Source Apportionment of Urban Ammonia and its Contribution to Secondary Particle Formation in a Mid-size European City	16
Recent Decreasing Trends in Surface PM2.5 over East Asia in the Winter-spring Season: Different Responses to Emissions and Meteorology between Upwind and Downwind Regions	16
Investigating the Implications of COVID-19 on PM2.5 in Pakistan	16
Air Quality, Atmospheric Variables and Spread of COVID-19 in Delhi (India): An Analysis	16
Rapid and Scalable Fabrication of TiO2@g-C3N4 Heterojunction for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic NO Removal under Visible Light	16
Air Quality Improvement during COVID-19 Lockdown in Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand: Effect of the Long-range Transport of Air Pollutants	16
COVID 19 Lockdown - Air Quality Reflections in Indian Cities	16
Spatiotemporal Distributions of Ambient Volatile Organic Compounds in China: Characteristics and Sources	16
Environmental Surveillance and Transmission Risk Assessments for SARS-CoV-2 in a Fitness Center	15
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Level Changes during the Control of COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand	15
Estimation of the Visibility in Seoul, South Korea, Based on Particulate Matter and Weather Data, Using Machine-learning Algorithm	15
Impact of Climate Change and Air Pollution Forecasting Using Machine Learning Techniques in Bishkek	15
Lockdown to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity to Create a Less Polluted Environment in India	15
Atmospheric Pollutants Assessment during the COVID-19 Lockdown Using Remote Sensing and Ground-based Measurements in Buenos Aires, Argentina	14
Assessing the Relationship between COVID-19, Air Quality, and Meteorological Variables: A Case Study of Dhaka City in Bangladesh	14
Air Quality Assessment by Moss Biomonitoring and Trace Metals Atmospheric Deposition	14
Source Apportionment and Risk Estimation of Heavy Metals in PM10 at a Southern Vietnam Megacity	14
Reduction of NOx and SO2 Emissions by Shore Power Adoption	14
Long-range Transport of Air Pollutants to Taiwan during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Hubei Province	14
Concentrations and Size Distributions of Particle Lung-deposited Surface Area (LDSA) in an Underground Mine	14
Mask Material Filtration Efficiency and Mask Fitting at the Crossroads: Implications during Pandemic Times	13
Toxicity of Low-dose Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles in an in-vivo Wild Type of Caenorhabditis elegans Model	13
Quantitative Performance Analysis of Respiratory Facemasks Using Atmospheric and Laboratory Generated Aerosols Following with Gamma Sterilization	13
The Effect of COVID-19 Lockdowns on the Air Pollution of Urban Areas of Central and Southern Chile	13
Analysis of Air Quality Changes and Influencing Factors in Changchun during the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020	13
What Influences Low-cost Sensor Data Calibration? - A Systematic Assessment of Algorithms, Duration, and Predictor Selection	13
Using Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Fluorescence (SRXRF) to Assess the Impacts of Shipping Emissions on the Variations of PM10-bound Elemental Species	13
Assessing the Filtration Effectiveness of a Portable Ultraviolet Air Cleaner on Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Laden Droplets in a Patient Room: A Numerical Study	13
Source Impact Analysis Using Char-EC/Soot-EC Ratios in the Central Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) of India	13
Lessons from COVID-19 and Seoul: Effects of Reduced Human Activity from Social Distancing on Urban CO2 Concentration and Air Quality	13
How are the Two Most Polluted Metro-cities of India Combating Air Pollution? Way Forward after Lifting of COVID-19 Lockdown	13
Effects of COVID-19 Emergency Response Levels on Air Quality in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China	13
A Meteorology Based Particulate Matter Prediction Model for Megacity Dhaka	13
Growth, Yield and Quality of Maize under Ozone and Carbon Dioxide Interaction in North West India	13
Laboratory and Field Evaluations of the GeoAir2 Air Quality Monitor for Use in Indoor Environments	12
Urban Air Quality Studies in Mongolia: Pollution Characteristics and Future Research Needs	12
Characterization of Particulate Matter (PM1 and PM2.5) from Incense Burning Activities in Temples in Vietnam and Taiwan	12
Impacts of Strategic Mobility Restrictions Policies during 2020 COVID-19 Outbreak on Brazil’s Regional Air Quality	12

A Robot Assisted High-flow Portable Cyclone Sampler for Bacterial and SARS-CoV-2 Aerosols	12
Assessment of PM2.5 Patterns in Malaysia Using the Clustering Method	11
Characteristics of VOCs and their Potentials for O3 and SOA Formation in a Medium-sized City in Eastern China	11
Indoor and Ambient Air Pollution in Chennai, India during COVID-19 Lockdown: An Affordable Sensors Study	11
Effect of Lockdown due to COVID-19 on the Aerosol and Trace Gases Spatial Distribution over India and Adjoining Regions	11
Performance Evaluation of Real-time DustTrak Monitors for Outdoor Particulate Mass Measurements in a Desert Environment	11
Trends in Air Pollutant Concentrations and the Impact of Meteorology in Shandong Province, Coastal China, during 2013-2019	11
A Systematic Literature Review of the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Quality in China	11
Multiple Air Quality Monitoring Evidence of the Impacts of Large-scale Social Restrictions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia	10
Isothermal Evaporation Rate of Deposited Liquid Aerosols and the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Survival	10
Calibration of Low-cost Gas Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring	10
Survival of Expiratory Aerosols in a Room: Study Using a Bi-compartment and Bi-component Indoor Air Model	10
A Performance Evaluation and Inter-laboratory Comparison of Community Face Coverings Media in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic	10
An Overview: PAH and Nitro-PAH Emission from the Stationary Sources and their Transformations in the Atmosphere	10
Filtration of Submicron Soot Particles, Oil Droplets, and their Mixtures on Single- and Multi-layer Fibrous Filters	10
Trends and Variability of PM2.5 at Different Time Scales over Delhi: Long-term Analysis 2007–2021	10
Exhaled Jet and Viral-Laden Aerosol Transport from Nasal Sneezing	10
Particulate Pollution in Korhogo and Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) during the Dry Season	10
The Current Status of Atmospheric Micro/Nanoplastics Research: Characterization, Analytical Methods, Fate, and Human Health Risk	10
Seasonal Patterns and Trends of Air Pollution in the Upper Northern Thailand from 2004 to 2018	10
Multi-type Air Pollutant Emission Inventory of Non-road Mobile Sources in China for the Period 1990-2017	10
Long-term Characterization of Urban PM10 in Hungary	10
Did COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions have an Impact on Biomass Burning Emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa?	10
Modeled Respiratory Tract Deposition of Smoke Aerosol from Conventional Cigarettes, Electronic Cigarettes and Heat-not-burn Products	10
Emission Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds from Typical Coal Utilization Sources: A Case Study in Shanxi of Northern China	10
Changes of Air Pollutants in Urban Cities during the COVID-19 Lockdown-Sri Lanka	10
Chemical Composition, Source Appointment and Health Risk of PM2.5 and PM2.5-10 during Forest and Peatland Fires in Riau, Indonesia	10
On the Filtration Efficiency of Composite Media Composed of Multiple Layers of Electret Media	9
The Dynamics of Exhaled Aerosol Following the Usage of Heated Tobacco Product, Electronic Cigarette, and Conventional Cigarette	9
Influence of Meteorological Conditions and Fire Hotspots on PM0.1 in Northern Thailand during Strong Haze Episodes and Carbonaceous Aerosol Characterization	9
Analysis of Ventilation Efficiency and Effective Ventilation Flow Rate for Wind-driven Single-sided Ventilation Buildings	9
Atmospheric Methane Condition over the South Sumatera Peatland during the COVID-19 Pandemic	9
Validation of SOC Estimation Using OC and EC Concentration in PM2.5 Measured at Seoul	9
Volatile Organic Compounds and Carbonyls Pollution in Mexico City and an Urban Industrialized Area of Central Mexico	9
Seasonal Variation and Sources of Elements in Urban Submicron and Fine Aerosol in Brno, Czech Republic	9
Airborne Transmission Risk in Urban Buses: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study	9
Seasonal Variability of PM10 Chemical Composition Including 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene, Marker of Plastic Combustion and Toxicity in Wadowice, South Poland	9
SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol and Surface Contamination in Health Care Settings: The Moscow Pilot Study	9
Impact of Biomass Burning on Air Quality in Temuco City, Chile	9
Measurement of Density and Shape for Single Black Carbon Aerosols in a Heavily Polluted Urban Area	9
Impact of Nationwide COVID-19 Lockdown on Indian Air Quality in Terms of Aerosols as Observed from the Space	9
Satellite-based Emission Inventory Adjustments Improve Simulations of Long-range Transport Events	8
Ventilation Strategy for Proper IAQ in Existing Nurseries Buildings - Lesson Learned from the Research during COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Bibliometric Analysis on Global Research Trends of Airborne Microorganisms in Recent Ten Years (2011-2020)	8
A Systematic Literature Review of Cleanroom Ventilation and Air Distribution Systems	8
Air Pollutant Levels during the Large-scale Social Restriction Period and its Association with Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19	8
Determining a Commuters’ Exposure to Particle and Noise Pollution on Double-decker Buses	8
Effects of Coronavirus Induced City Lockdown on PM2.5 and Gaseous Pollutant Concentrations in Bangkok	8
Evaluation of Bias in the Measurement of Condensable Particulate Matter with Method 202	8
A Synoptic- and Remote Sensing-based Analysis of a Severe Dust Storm Event over Central Asia	8
The Myth of Air Purifier in Mitigating the Transmission Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Virus	8
Seasonal Characteristics, Sources and Pollution Pathways of PM10 at High Altitudes Himalayas of India	8
Impact of Wildfire Smoke Events on Indoor Air Quality and Evaluation of a Low-cost Filtration Method	8
Retrieval of NO2 Columns by Exploiting MAX-DOAS Observations and Comparison with OMI and TROPOMI Data during the Time Period of 2015–2019	8
Synthesis of Cu-BTC Metal-Organic Framework for CO2 Capture via Solvent-free Method: Effect of Metal Precursor and Molar Ratio	8
Learnings from COVID-19 Forced Lockdown on Regional Air Quality and Mitigation Potential for South Asia	8
Impact of Motor Vehicle Exhaust on the Air Quality of an Urban City	8
The Effects of COVID-19-related Driving Restrictions on Air Quality in an Industrial City	8
A High-throughput, Robotic System for Analysis of Aerosol Sampling Filters	8
Spatial Distribution of Exhalation Droplets in the Bus in Different Seasons	8
Analysis of Aerosol Type and Fine- and Coarse-mode Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing over Regions in East and Southeast Asia Based on AERONET Version 3 Data	8
Diurnal Variation of Chemical Characteristics and Source Identification of Fine Particles in the Kaohsiung Harbor	7
Air Pollution and Respiratory Permeability in Obstructive Sleep Apnea - A Review	7
Characterization of Seasonal Difference of HULIS-C Sources from Water Soluble PM2.5 in Seoul, Korea: Probing Secondary Processes	7
The Microbial Activity in PM2.5 in Indoor Air: As an Index of Air Quality Level	7
Three Years of High Time-resolution Air Pollution Monitoring in the Complex Multi-source Harbor of New York and New Jersey	7
Effects of Precipitation on the Air Quality Index, PM2.5 Levels and on the Dry Deposition of PCDD/Fs in the Ambient Air	7
Utilizing Low-cost Mobile Monitoring to Estimate the PM2.5 Inhaled Dose in Urban Environment	7
Characterizations of Size-segregated Ultrafine Particles in Diesel Exhaust	7
A Spatio-temporal Study of Changes in Air Quality from Pre-COVID Era to Post-COVID Era in Chicago, USA	7
Impacts of COVID-19 on Air Quality over China: Links with Meteorological Factors and Energy Consumption	7
Spatio-temporal Variation of Meteorological Influence on PM2.5 and PM10 over Major Urban Cities of Bangladesh	7
Hourly Ozone and PM2.5 Prediction Using Meteorological Data – Alternatives for Cities with Limited Pollutant Information	7
Assessment of PM2.5 Chemical Composition and Air Quality Monitoring: Implications of Air Pollutants Emissions from a Night Market in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan	7
Aerosol Filtration Testing of Fabrics for Development of Reusable Face Masks	7
Probable Relationship between COVID-19, Pollutants and Meteorology: A Case Study at Santiago, Chile	7
Investigation of Mask Efficiency for Loose-fitting Masks against Ultrafine Particles and Effect on Airway Deposition Efficiency	7
Meteorological Characteristics during Periods of Greatly Reduced PM2.5 Concentrations in March 2020 in Seoul	7
Simultaneous Measurements of PM2.5- and PM10-bound Benzo(a)pyrene in a Coastal Urban Atmosphere in Poland: Seasonality of Dry Deposition Fluxes and Influence of Atmospheric Transport	7
Variations in Sources, Composition, and Exposure Risks of PM2.5 in both Pre-Heating and Heating Seasons	7

Effects of Lockdown due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Air Quality at Latin America’s Largest Open-pit Coal Mine	7
Source Quantification of PM10 and PM2.5 Using Iron Tracer Mass Balance in a Seoul Subway Station, South Korea	7
Fine Particle pH and its Impact on PM2.5 Control in a Megacity of Central China	7
The Impact of Lockdown on eBC Mass Concentration over a Semi-arid Region in Southern India: Ground Observation and Model Simulations	7
Improving Filtration Efficacy of Medical Face Masks	7
Long-term Air Pollution Exposure Impact on COVID-19 Morbidity in China	6
Planetary Boundary Layer and its Relationship with PM2.5 Concentrations in Almaty, Kazakhstan	6
Process-based VOCs Source Profiles and Contributions to Ozone Formation in Typical Organic Solvent-used Industries in Hangzhou	6
Field Tests of Indoor Air Cleaners for Removal of PM2.5 and PM10 in Elementary School Classrooms in Seoul, Korea	6
Characteristics of Water-soluble Inorganic Ions in Aerosol and Precipitation and their Scavenging Ratios in an Urban Environment in Southwest China	6
Continuous Improvements and Future Challenges of Air Pollution Control at an Advanced Semiconductor Fab	6
Year-long Concurrent MAX-DOAS Observations of Nitrogen Dioxide and Formaldehyde at Pune: Understanding Diurnal and Seasonal Variation Drivers	6
Spatial-temporal Characteristics and Source Apportionment of Ambient VOCs in Southeast Mountain Area of China	6
Effects of the Changes of Load and Flue Gas Temperature on the Emission of Particulate Matter from the Coal-fired Unit	6
Numerical Simulation of Condensation of Natural Fog Aerosol under Acoustic Wave Action	6
Chromium and Zinc Speciation in Airborne Particulate Matter Collected in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by X-Ray Absorption Near-edge Structure Spectroscopy	6
Toluene Conversion by Using Different Morphology MnO2 Catalyst	6
Filtration Efficiency of Air Conditioner Filters and Face Masks to Limit Exposure to Aerosolized Algal Toxins	6
Particle-bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (pPAHs) in Merida, Mexico	6
Assessing the Impact of Traffic Emissions on Fine Particulate Matter and Carbon Monoxide Levels in Hanoi through COVID-19 Social Distancing Periods	6
Seasonal Trends, Profiles, and Exposure Risk of PM2.5-bound Bisphenol Analogs in Ambient Outdoor Air: A Study in Shanghai, China	6
Synergy between the Urban Heat Island and the Urban Pollution Island in Mexico City during the Dry Season	6
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Distribution from PCB Waste and Vitrification by Reacting with Flux Agents	6
Assessment of High-resolution Local Emissions and Land-use in Air Quality Forecasting at an Urban, Coastal, Desert Environment	6
Assessing Regional Model Predictions of Wintertime SOA from Aromatic Compounds and Monoterpenes with Precursor-specific Tracers	6
A Simple Method for Aerosol Transport Efficiency Tests in Sampling Tubes	6
Photodegradation of Nitrogen Oxide under Solar Light Using a Facile Synthesis Catalyst	6
Chemical Characteristics and Trends of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall: A Review	6
Assessment of Indoor Air Pollution through Fine Particle Capturing Potential and Accumulation on Plant Foliage in Delhi, India	6
Sources and Health Risks of PM2.5-bound PAHs in a Small City along with the “Clean Heating” Policy	6
Effect of Pollution Level on Size Distributions and Mixing State of Ambient Black Carbon Particles in an Urban Area during Wintertime	6
Effect of a System Air Conditioner on Local Air Quality in a Four-bed Ward	6
Influence of Typhoons on Chemical Makeup of Rainwater in Zhanjiang, China	6
Viable Airborne and Deposited Microorganisms inside the Historical Museum of Crete	6
Multi-model Evaluation and Bayesian Model Averaging in Quantitative Air Quality Forecasting in Central China	6