Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate · Paul Scherrer Institute · +8 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract. The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year in the refereed literature. This is in part due to the enormous advances in measurement technologies, which have allowed for an increasingly accurate understanding of the chemical composition and of the physical properties of atmospheric particles and of their processes in the atmosphere. The growing scientific interest in atmospheric aerosol particles is due to their high importance for environmental policy. In fact, particulate matter constitutes one of the most challenging problems both for air quality and for climate…
Citation impact
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- 48.33
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- 100%
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- 670
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21Topics & keywords
- Particulates
- Aerosol
- Air quality index
- Context (archaeology)
- Environmental science
- Climate change
- Underpinning
- Atmospheric sciences
- Climate action