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Research article
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11 Jan 2024
Research article |
| 11 Jan 2024
| 11 Jan 2024
Impact of urbanization on fine particulate matter concentrations over central Europe
Department of Atmospheric Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, 18000, Prague 8, Czech Republic
Alvaro Patricio Prieto Perez
Department of Atmospheric Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, 18000, Prague 8, Czech Republic
Lukáš Bartík
Department of Atmospheric Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, 18000, Prague 8, Czech Republic
Jan Karlický
Department of Atmospheric Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, 18000, Prague 8, Czech Republic
Anahi Villalba-Pradas
Department of Atmospheric Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, 18000, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Air pollution hotspots in the European Union: A city-level risk assessment A. Szeberényi et al. https://doi.org/10.18686/cest622
- Exposure patterns of PM2.5 and CO concentrations in residential and commercial buildings: factors influencing indoor air quality D. Nibagwire et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-025-01740-5
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- Ambient coarse particulate matter pollution and hospital admissions for schizophrenia Y. Ma et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2025.01.004
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Short summary
Urbanization transforms rural land into artificial land, while due to human activities, it also introduces a great quantity of emissions. We quantify the impact of urbanization on the final particulate matter pollutant levels by looking not only at these emissions, but also at the way urban land cover influences meteorological conditions, how the removal of pollutants changes due to urban land cover, and how biogenic emissions from vegetation change due to less vegetation in urban areas.
Urbanization transforms rural land into artificial land, while due to human activities, it also...
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