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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: Remote Sensing is of paramount importance for Earth Observation to monitor and analyze the Earth’s vital signs. In this Special Issue are reported the latest research results involving active optical remote sensing instruments, both from ground-based to satellite platforms, that are involved in analyzing the vertical and horizontal aerosol and cloud distribution, other than their geometrical, optical and microphysical properties. Those active optical remote sensing techniques are also very useful in determining pollutant dispersion and the dynamics inside the boundary layer. The published studies put in evidence the hidden mechanisms on how pollution from the source is advected transnationally in other countries and the interaction with local meteorology.
    Keywords: rainfall ; lidar ; disdrometer ; evaporation ; meteorology ; climate change ; latent heat ; precipitation ; MOD04 ; Dark-Target ; Deep-Blue ; AERONET ; LiDAR ; AOD ; Beijing ; China ; CALIPSO ; dust top height ; frequency of dust occurrence ; pure dust ; polluted dust ; extinction coefficient ; above-cloud aerosol ; low-level cloud ; cloud base height ; ground-based observations ; relative humidity profile ; threshold ; Yunnan–Kweichow Plateau ; low–latitude plateau monsoon climate ; aerosol type and source ; aerosol properties ; monsoon index ; seasonal variation ; aerosol ; aerosol–cloud interactions ; MPLNET ; image processing ; network ; infrastructure ; virga ; black carbon ; Tibetan plateau ; water vapor transport ; South Asian summer monsoon ; East Asian summer monsoon ; PM2.5 ; radar wind profiler ; wind shear ; dual-field-of-view (FOV) ; geometric overlap factor (GOF) ; blind zone ; transition zone ; mass concentration ; stereo-monitoring networks ; Doppler LiDAR ; spatial wind variability ; air quality ; turbulent mixing ; cloud ; Hong Kong ; aerosols ; remote sensing ; wind lidar ; air-pollution ; radiative effects ; ground based remote sensing ; aerosols optical properties ; lidar ratio ; aerosol type ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: Streets are an integral part of every city on Earth. They channel the people, vehicles, and materials that help make urban life what it is. They are conduits for the oft-taken-for-granted infrastructures that carry fresh water, energy, and information, and that remove excess stormwater and waste. The very air that we breathe—fresh or foul—flows through our street canyons. That streets are the arteries of the city is, indeed, an apt metaphor. But city streets also function as a front yard, linear ecosystem, market, performance stage, and civic forum, among other duties. In their various forms, streets are places of interaction and exchange, from the everyday to the extraordinary. As the editors affirm, the more we scrutinize, share, and activate sustainable approaches to streets, the greater the likelihood that our streets will help sustain life in cities and, by extension, the planet. While diverse in subject, the papers in this volume are unified in seeing the city street as the complex, impactful, and pliable urban phenomenon that it is. Topics range from greenstreets to transit networks to pedestrian safety and walkability. Anyone seeking interdisciplinary perspectives on what makes for good city streets and street networks should find this book of interest.
    Keywords: public transport network ; complex network theory ; network analysis ; logistics management ; sustainability ; Visual Pollution Assessment (VPA) ; Visual Pollution Objects (VPOs) ; Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) ; urban visual pollution ; urban areas ; evidence based policy ; urban planning ; street edge ; visual engagement ; mobile eye-tracking ; ground floors ; pedestrian streets ; non-pedestrianised streets ; Pedestrian Priority Street ; shared space ; paving design ; pedestrian safety ; walking environment ; creative street regeneration ; socio-spatial sustainability ; perception ; traditional city centre ; Podgorica ; green street ; green infrastructure ; urban sustainability ; street life ; pedestrian density ; fear of crime ; quality of life ; density threshold theory ; pedestrian mobility ; AHP method ; itineraries selection ; sustainable mobility ; pedestrian behavior ; transdisciplinary collaboration ; sustainable development ; air quality ; black carbon ; knowledge-transfer ; innovation ; measurement technology ; emissions mitigation ; broken windows theory ; crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) ; crime prevention methods through social development (CPSD) ; criminology ; delinquency ; routine activities theory ; safe cities ; safe streets ; urban studies ; eye-tracking ; signboard ; commercial street ; streetscapes ; incivilities ; health ; Malaysia ; place attachment ; place identity ; urban neighbourhood ; n/a ; green streets ; street design ; stormwater management ; right-of-way ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
    Language: English
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Air pollution poses a significant risk to human health. Emissions from industrial activities, energy production, transport, waste management activities, and natural sources contribute to the many air pollution-induced problems, such as reduced visibility, adverse health effects, and global climate change. The residence time of pollutants in the atmosphere can extend from several days to months, and the corresponding spatial transportation scales are proportionally large, ranging from local to continental. Even though there is no region not affected by air pollution at some level, the situation is significantly worse in urban areas. Urban areas are hotspots of air pollution, and especially the large and densely populated metropolitan areas. Air pollutants can vary in type and characteristics, and can be of gaseous or particulate form, and can either be directly emitted or formed in the atmosphere from their precursor molecules.The aim of this Special Issue was to gather up-to-date research knowledge aiming at assessing air pollution at the urban and regional level, including both experimental and monitoring studies and mathematical/numerical modeling studies.
    Keywords: atmospheric composition ; dynamic and chemical processes ; ensemble of numerical simulation ; process analysis ; contribution of different emission sources ; urban air quality ; road traffic emission ; emission abatement ; Euro norm limits ; population exposure ; PM10 ; PM2.5 ; OC ; EC ; black carbon ; urban air pollution ; modeling of BC ; CAMS ; restaurants ; chimney emission ; combustion efficiency ; ambient air pollution ; emission standards ; land use and land cover ; spatiotemporal characteristics ; air pollution ; remote sensing ; China ; silt loading ; resuspended dust and lane traffic level ; vehicle-based real-time PM measured system ; yellow dust ; ozone ; pollution characteristics ; terrain ; mount tai ; WRF-CMAQ ; emission Euro norms ; BEV/PHEV cars ; hygroscopicity ; source apportionment ; positive matrix factorization ; urban background ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQK Pollution control
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    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Description: The application of biochar to agricultural soils to increase nutrient availability, crop production and carbon sequestration has gained increasing interest but data from field experiments on temperate, marginal soils are still under‐represented. In the current study, biochar, produced from organic residues (digestates) from a biogas plant, was applied with and without digestates at low (3.4 t ha−1) and intermediate (17.1 t ha−1) rates to two acidic and sandy soils in northern Germany that are used for corn (Zea mays L.) production. Soil nutrient availability, crop yields, microbial biomass and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from heterotrophic respiration were measured over two consecutive years. The effects of biochar application depended on the intrinsic properties of the two tested soils and the biochar application rates. Although the soils at the fallow site, with initially low nutrient concentrations, showed a significant increase in pH, soil nutrients and crop yield after low biochar application rates, a similar response was found at the cornfield site only after application of substantially larger amounts of biochar. The effect of a single dose of biochar at the beginning of the experiment diminished over time but was still detectable after 2 years. Whereas plant available nutrient concentrations increased after biochar application, the availability of potentially phytotoxic trace elements (Zn, Pb, Cd, Cr) decreased significantly, and although slight increases in microbial biomass carbon and heterotrophic CO2 fluxes were observed after biochar application, they were mostly not significant. The results indicate that the application of relatively small amounts of biochar could have positive effects on plant available nutrients and crop yields of marginal arable soils and may decrease the need for mineral fertilizers while simultaneously increasing the sequestration of soil organic carbon. Highlights A low rate of biochar increased plant available nutrients and crop yield on marginal soils. Biochar application reduced the availability of potentially harmful trace elements. Heterotrophic respiration showed no clear response to biochar application. Biochar application may reduce fertilizer need and increase carbon sequestration on marginal soils.
    Description: German Academic Exchange Service http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001655
    Description: Institute Strategic Programme grants, “Soils to Nutrition”
    Keywords: 631.4 ; black carbon ; carbon sequestration ; corn ; digestate ; heterotrophic respiration ; marginal soils ; microbial biomass
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-21
    Description: Charcoal‐rich Technosols on century‐old relict charcoal hearths (RCHs) are the subject of ongoing research regarding potential legacy effects that result from historic charcoal production and subsequent charcoal amendments on forest soil properties and forest ecosystems today. RCHs consist mostly of Auh horizons that are substantially enriched in soil organic carbon (SOC), of which the largest part seems to be of pyrogenic origin (PyC). However, the reported range of SOC and PyC contents in RCH soil also suggests that they are enriched in nonpyrogenic SOC. RCH soils are discussed as potential benchmarks for the long‐term influence of biochar amendment and the post‐wildfire influences on soil properties. In this study, we utilised a large soil sample dataset (n = 1245) from 52 RCH sites in north‐western Connecticut, USA, to quantify SOC contents by total element analysis. The contents of condensed highly aromatic carbon as a proxy for black carbon (BC) were predicted by using a modified benzene polycarboxylated acid (BPCA) marker method in combination with diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy‐based partial least square regression (r2 = 0.89). A high vertical spatial sampling resolution allowed the identification of soil organic matter (SOM) enrichment and translocation processes. The results show an average 75% and 1862% increase in TOC and BPCA‐derived carbon, respectively, for technogenic Auh horizons compared to reference soils. In addition to an increase in aromatic properties, increased carboxylic properties of the RCH SOC suggest self‐humification effects of degrading charcoal and thereby the continuing formation of leachable aromatic carbon compounds, which could have effects on pedogenic processes in buried soils. Indeed, we show BPCA‐derived carbon concentrations in intermediate technogenic Cu horizons and buried top/subsoils that suggest vertical translocation of highly aromatic carbon originating in RCH Auh horizons. Topmost Auh horizons showed a gradual decrease in total organic carbon (TOC) contents with increasing depth, suggesting accumulation of recent, non‐pyrogenic SOM. Lower aliphatic absorptions in RCH soil spectra suggest different SOM turnover dynamics compared to reference soils. Furthermore, studied RCH soils featured additional TOC enrichment, which cannot be fully explained now. Highlights BC to TOC ratio and high resolution vertical SOC distribution in 52 RCH sites were studied. RCH soils non‐BC pool was potentially different to reference soils. RCH soils feature TOC accumulation in the topmost horizon. There is BC translocation into buried soils on RCH sites.
    Description: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659
    Keywords: ddc:631.4 ; benzene polycarboxylated acid marker (BPCA) ; black carbon ; charcoal degradation ; charcoal kiln ; pyrogenic carbon ; relict charcoal hearth ; biochar
    Language: English
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