Atmosphere, Volume 17, Issue 2

The momentum transport and scale-dependent motion characteristics within vegetation canopies play a crucial role in shaping near-surface turbulent structures and exchange processes, yet the interactions among different turbulent scales and their stat...

Understanding the upper-ocean thermal response during and between typhoons is critical for accurate prediction of typhoon intensity and for evaluating air–sea interactions. Previous studies have primarily focused on ocean cooling induced by ind...

The hydrogenation of CO₂ to methanol is a crucial route for achieving carbon recycling. Among the extensively studied catalysts, copper-based catalysts suffer from insufficient activity and stability, while noble metal catalysts are limited by prohib...

Mosses (Bryophyta) are well-established biomonitors of atmospheric deposition, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and microplastics (MPs). Using German Moss Survey 2020 data, this study identified factors influencing POPs and MPs in mosse...

For the appropriate evaluation of environmental odours, it is necessary to develop a reliable odour measurement scale. Odour intensity is one of the main odour characterisation parameters and a remarkably common and important sensory indicator of env...

In the context of accelerating climate change and increasing urbanisation, the private housing sector is becoming a significant source of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, which contribute to anthropogenic pressure on the urban atmosphere and require d...

The Yellow River Great Bend Urban Agglomeration is a key area in the ecological protection and high-quality development strategy of the Yellow River Basin. In the process of coordinated regional development, the contradiction between economic develop...

Urban wetlands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau are increasingly recognized as potentially important components of city-scale carbon budgets; however, their CO₂ flux dynamics and associated environmental drivers remain insufficiently quantified,...

Low-level jets (LLJs) are important mesoscale features in the Arctic and are highly relevant for the atmospheric transport of heat, moisture, and air pollutants, as well as for wind energy and aircraft operations. In this paper, LLJs at the Tiksi obs...

This study investigates the characteristics of water and sediment evolution under the influence of the Datengxia Water Control Hub Project by analyzing its affected area, with a focus on the driving mechanisms of human activities on these processes....

The intensification of large-scale wildfires, driven by climate change, presents a critical threat to agricultural ecosystems, specifically during the vulnerable sowing season in March. Departing from the prevailing focus on urban air quality, this s...

Gridded meteorological data sources, such as reanalysis datasets, are increasingly used to estimate evapotranspiration, a key variable for surface water-budget analyses at regional and national scales and for assessing plant water requirements for ir...

A shipborne campaign was conducted in China’s southeastern coastal waters (21° N–32° N) from 14 to 31 January 2024 to investigate atmospheric CO₂ and CH₄ concentrations and their offshore gradients. Advanced instrumentation enable...

Dust activity is controlled by multiple environmental factors and exhibits substantial spatiotemporal and interannual variability. In spring 2025, China experienced unusually frequent dust storms. Surface meteorological observations and PM₁₀ levels s...

This study evaluates the feasibility of continuous indoor pollutant monitoring as an indirect method for assessing extended ventilation performance in residential buildings. This research addresses key limitations of conventional short-term tracer-ga...

The design of thermal strategies applied in buildings based on the use of renewable energies can play an important role in the development of a built environment that is better adapted to the climate. This paper is focused on the application of a ren...

Understanding the Holocene environmental history of desert landscapes in northern China contributes to elucidating the mechanisms driving desertification in the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere (NH). Based on a systematic and comparative anal...

Air pollution remains a major environmental challenge, with severe impacts on human health and ecosystems. Recent advances in satellite technology have transformed air quality monitoring by enabling global, continuous observations of atmospheric poll...

This study uses a globally coupled climate framework to examine how regional differences in sulfate emissions, through both direct and indirect aerosol effects, regulate interactions between clouds and radiation and drive nonlinear thermodynamic and...

Meteorological drought is a major natural hazard in semi-arid regions, where high climate variability and strong dependence on precipitation intensify pressure on water resources and socio-economic systems. This study examined the spatiotemporal char...

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Ultrafine particles (UFPs) are particles which can penetrate deeply into the respiratory system due to their small size and can translocate into the bloodstream, where they are linked to oxidative stress, inflammation, and adverse cardiovascular outc...

Coordinated mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and air pollutants (APs) offers an effective strategy to address climate and air quality challenges, yet systematic evaluations in medium-sized industrial cities remain limited, despite their coal-dep...

This study investigated the effects of a high-fat diet (HFD), particulate matter (PM) exposure, and resistance exercise training on circulating lipid profiles, adipokines, inflammatory responses, neurotrophic factors, and blood–brain barrier (B...

Case studies of low-level windshear and turbulence encountered by aircraft with actual pilot reports under all sky conditions are conducted for the first time at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for late autumn to early winter (October to Decem...

Four Euro-Atlantic (EA) circulation regimes are identified using cluster analysis applied to 500 hPa geopotential heights from the ERA-Interim (ERAI) reanalysis. These are the positive and negative phases of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO+, NAO&...

Fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) formation mechanisms in fragile highland ecosystems remain inadequately constrained, particularly regarding thermodynamic non-linearities (aerosol pH, liquid water content) and their interaction with geochemical modula...

Although the organic fraction of PM_2.5 has been extensively studied, there is a considerable gap in understanding the organic fraction of coarse particles with diameters between 2.5 and 10 µm. We investigate the composition of coarse organic ae...

Psoriasis is a common, chronic skin disorder that has negative impacts on patients’ quality of life, and is triggered by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. However, epidemiological evidence about the effect of air pollution on...

To advance marine thunderstorm forecasting and enhance the operational utility of lightning data, this study developed a novel very low-frequency (VLF) lightning data assimilation scheme for the South China Sea region. The three-dimensional graupel m...

This study assesses the suitability of ERA5 reanalysis data for representing heat sources over the southern Tibetan Plateau (STP). The results show strong agreement between ERA5 sensible heat flux (SH), atmospheric heat source (AH), and independent o...

Severe linear convective windstorms (SLCWs) account for 66% of the total windthrow area in Northern Eurasian forests. However, in many cases, these events do not result in forest damage. The aim of this study is to reveal the features of storms that...

Global Solar Radiation (Rs) is essential for ecological and climatic modeling, yet its spatialization is often hampered by sparse observation networks. Conventional methods demand a well-distributed set of stations with global representativeness&mdas...

The increasing occurrence of unfavorable meteorological conditions under global warming has significantly impacted urban atmospheric environments, particularly ozone (O₃) and fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) pollution in densely populated cities. Usin...

The Schumann resonance (SR) signal has attracted much attention as a potential earthquake precursor indicator. To enable rapid identification of these signals from massive volumes of China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) data, this paper pres...

Air pollution has become a pressing global challenge that threatens ecological security, public health, and sustainable socioeconomic development, prompting extensive academic and policy attention on air pollution control and environmental governance...

Viticulture is a vital sector of agriculture and economy exhibiting susceptibility to climate change, particularly in the Mediterranean regions. The present investigation examines the climatic suitability for vineyards development in Greece by exploi...

This study investigates the temporal and latitudinal variability of the ionosphere over the Indian longitude region during the intense geomagnetic storm from 1 to 3 June 2025, using GNSS receiver observations and magnetometer recordings, along with s...

The impact of ammonia (NH₃) emissions from animal agriculture on the secondary formation of inorganic fine particulate matter (i.e., iPM_2.5) has become of great public concern. The formation of iPM_2.5 from NH₃ is known as the gas–particle parti...

Air quality in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) often fails to meet Environmental Protection (EPA) Standards for particulate matter (PM) ≤ 2.5 microns. The San Joaquin Valley Center for Air Injustice Reduction (SJV-CAIR) at the University of Californi...

The spatial heterodyne spectrometer, used in gas and mineral detection, requires phase error correction for data accuracy. Traditionally, this needs ground-based system calibration. In space, however, environmental changes can alter instrument parame...

Estimating the population-level mortality burden attributable to exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter $\left(P{M}_{2.5}\right)$ requires characterizing both the magnitude and shape of the relative risk function that mathematically models how exposure af...

This study presents a hybrid digital twin system designed for real-time indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring and filtration optimization within a residential environment. Using a network of low-cost sensors, physics-based simulations, and machine lear...

Using satellite data products across 41 years, this study explores the combined effect of summer (15 May–15 September) ambient temperatures and relative humidity on the exposure to excessive heat of people living in northern Israel. Specificall...

This work systematically evaluates the combustion and emission characteristics of n-butanol–diesel blends to clarify load-dependent trade-offs. A single-cylinder diesel engine was operated under low (25%)- and high (75%)-load conditions using c...

The Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region is one of the most complex and heterogeneous regions in China, where differences in marginal abatement costs across cities jointly shape the effectiveness of regional air quality management. This stu...

The X1.59 solar flare on 3 July 2021, was the first X-class flare of Solar Cycle 25 and the first since the X-class flare on 10 September 2017. This event was notable for producing a rare geomagnetic crochet, a temporary and localized perturbation in...

This study presents an in-depth analysis of ground-level ozone (O₃) episodes in Shenyang from May to July 2019, utilizing advanced source apportionment modeling techniques: Ozone Source Apportionment Technology (OSAT), Geographic Ozone Assessment Tec...

Under the context of global warming, accelerated glacier melting poses a severe threat to regional water security, necessitating systematic quantification of the spatiotemporal evolution of glacier mass balance (GMB) and its impacts on runoff. This s...

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