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van Hal, Xander (author)This report discusses urban air quality measurements carried out in a park in Aigaleo (Athens), located adjacent to a busy road. The measurements were taken using the Sniffer4D Mini 2 sensor box with a drone to investigate how Urban Air Mobility can aid in measuring urban air quality. CO, NO<sub>2</sub>, O<sub>3</sub>, SO2, PM<sub>2.5</sub> and...master thesis 2024
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Domingos de Azevedo Quadros, F. (author)Global passenger air traffic has doubled in the 13 years prior to 2019, and is expected to double again over the next 20 years or so. Growing demand for aviation is met by a corresponding increase in jet fuel being burned by aircraft, releasing multiple pollutants into the atmosphere. Besides disturbing the Earth’s radiative balance, these...doctoral thesis 2024
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Noorian Najafabadi, S.A. (author), Ding, Er (author), Hobeika, N. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important aspect of maintaining human health and well-being, particularly since people spend most of their time indoors. Carpets, with their large surface area and dense fibre piles, have the potential to significantly impact IAQ by emitting and absorbing volatile organic compounds (VOC) from building materials and...journal article 2024
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Nguyen-Phuoc, Duy Quy (author), Truong, Thi Minh (author), Nguyen, Minh Hieu (author), Pham, Huong Giang (author), Li, Z. (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)Transitioning to electric motorcycles (EMs) can reduce dependence on carbon-based fuels, mitigate air pollution, and lower greenhouse gas emissions in countries where motorcycles dominate the transportation landscape. However, the factors influencing fleet electrification in these countries remain largely unknown. Given that this challenge...journal article 2024
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Goudswaard, Rik (author)Aircraft emissions can pose a health threat by degrading air quality. The actual pollution footprint of aircraft is however not well understood. This research therefore explores the potential of performing near-runway measurements with low-cost sensor nodes to analyse the plume composition and pollutant contribution of individual aircraft. The...master thesis 2023
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Rzeplińska, Lidia (author)Ammonia shows great potential for decarbonizing the road transportation sector because it does not produce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions during combustion. On the other hand, ammonia-fueled engines emit gases such as (unburned) ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>), and nitrogen oxides (NO)<sub>x</sub>, which contribute to air pollution and adversely impact human...master thesis 2023
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Qi, Lei (author)Air pollution poses a significant threat to human health globally, with Southeast Asia being one of the most affected regions. Chiang Mai, as the largest cultivated area in northern Thailand, faces severe haze pollution due to traditional farming practices, especially during the burning season. As urban areas encroach upon agricultural land and...master thesis 2023
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Nelen, Rick (author)Previous studies have estimated that over 16,000 annual early deaths are induced by global aviation emissions. Combined with a growing industry, this calls for sustainable developments to reduce the negative impact on human health. However, the potential application of more sustainable technologies varies amongst aircraft size and range. Thus,...master thesis 2023
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Eleftheriou, Andreas (author), Mouzourides, Petros (author), Biskos, G. (author), Yiallouros, Panayiotis (author), Kumar, Prashant (author), Neophytou, Marina K.A. (author)Sand and dust storms (SDS) are a major disruptor in both the source areas where they occur and at distant locations. This critical review aims to address the question of whether mitigation and adaptation measures have been or can be implemented and what is the optimal scale of their implementation to negate the impacts of SDS in Eastern...review 2023
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Khan, Abul Amir Khan (author), Garsa, Kalpana (author), Jindal, P. (author), Devara, Panuganti C. S. (author), Tiwari, Shubhansh (author), Sharma, P. B. (author)The impact of air pollution on people and the environment is a severe issue that has recently been the subject of extensive research. This study has looked at the factors that contribute to the seasonal and spatial variability of pollutant concentration over Delhi NCR from 2019 to 2021. Additionally, the causes of changes in air quality during...journal article 2023
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Framework of visualising and analysing urban transformation features responding to Covid 19 pandemicChu, L. (author), Nelen, Jeroen (author), Höller, L. (author), Lasch, Hülya (author), Schubert, Dirk (author), Hein, C.M. (author), Lofi, C. (author)Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution is one of the main public health concerns worldwide. Exposure to air pollution is highly related to a range of diseases including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, such as lung cancers, asthma, diabetes, irregular heartbeat, stroke and obesity [1-3]. The outbreak of the pathogenic agent of...poster 2022
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Nezis, Ioannis (author), Biskos, G. (author), Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos (author), Fetfatzis, Prodromos (author), Popovicheva, Olga (author), Sitnikov, Nikolay (author), Kalantzi, Olga Ioanna (author)Poor indoor air quality is an important issue for public and occupational health worldwide. Location, air-tightness of the building, ventilation rate and resident activities play an important role on the concentration of indoor pollutants and subsequently on their effects on human health. While indoor air pollution in working environments has...journal article 2022
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Hooyberghs, H. (author), De Craemer, S. (author), Lefebvre, W. (author), Vranckx, S. (author), Maiheu, B. (author), Trimpeneers, E. (author), Vanpoucke, C. (author), Janssen, S. (author), Meysman, F.J.R. (author), Fierens, F. (author)Detailed validation of air quality models is essential, but remains challenging, due to a lack of suitable high-resolution measurement datasets. This is particularly true for pollutants with short-scale spatial variations, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>). While street-level air quality model chains can predict concentration...journal article 2022
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Tao, Y. (author), Ma, Jing (author), Shen, Yue (author), Chai, Yanwei (author)With great concern over the health-promoting environment worldwide, there is a growing body of research into the neighborhood effects on health beyond the sole focus on individual socioeconomic disadvantages and lifestyle risks. Our study contributes to neighborhood health research by investigating the combined effects of multi-dimensional...journal article 2022
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Voigt, Christiane (author), Lelieveld, Jos (author), Schlager, Hans (author), Schneider, Johannes (author), Curtius, Joachim (author), Bohn, Birger (author), Mertens, M. (author), Grewe, V. (author), Lucke, J.R. (author)During spring 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused massive reductions in emissions from industry and ground and airborne transportation. To explore the resulting atmospheric composition changes, we conducted the BLUESKY campaign with two research aircraft and measured trace gases, aerosols, and cloud properties from the boundary layer to the...journal article 2022
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Apostolopoulou, Olympia (author)In the last few decades, air pollution constitutes a major global problem that results in adverse effects on human’s health, nature and the built environment. Many abatement strategies have been adopted for its combat in all these different fields. This graduation project focuses on the built environment and tackles the application of TiO2 on...master thesis 2021
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Maes, Jeff (author)A lowcost multipollutant sensor box is developed, calibrated and deployed to quantify aviationattributable air quality impacts at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. The sensor box contains four lowcost electrochemical gas sensors that respond to CO, NO, NO2 and O3 concentrations in ambient air. Additional sensors in the sensor box allow the...master thesis 2021
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Goyal, N. (author), Canning, David (author)A growing body of research indicates that in-utero exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a risk factor for low birth weight (LBW). However, research on India, where the high and rising level of ambient air pollution is a significant health concern, is limited. In this study, we analyze the association between ambient PM2.5...journal article 2021
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Voordeckers, D. (author), Meysman, F.J.R. (author), Billen, P. (author), Tytgat, T. (author), Van Acker, M. (author)Air pollution remains a major environmental and health concern in urban environments, especially in street canyons that show increased pollution levels due to a lack of natural ventilation. Previous studies have investigated the relationship between street canyon morphology and in-canyon pollution levels. However, these studies are typically...journal article 2021
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Hu, Hanwen (author)In recent years, with the deepening of the urbanization process, high-density urban development models have led to a series of climatic problems such as poor urban ventilation and air pollution. Urban morphology forms a unique microclimate in the city, which has an important impact on the diffusion and distribution of pollutants inside the urban...master thesis 2020