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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0604.v1

Analysis of Air Quality by Ventilation in House in the Framework of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Spain

Patricia Aguilera-Benito, Carolina Piña-Ramirez, Giacomo Viccione, Ester Lepore

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: ventilation; indoor air quality; COVID-19; aerosols; Spain

Online: 24 June 2021 (12:02:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202101.0170.v1

Evaulation of a Model for Urban Vegetation Barriers’ Effects on Air Pollution

Ray F. Nassar

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Air pollution; environmental hazards; Volatile Organic Compounds

Online: 8 January 2021 (16:59:01 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0366.v1

A Coastal Vulnerability Assessment due to Sea Level Rise: A Case Study of Atlantic Coast of Portugal’s Mainland

Carolina Rocha, Carlos Antunes, Cristina Catita

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: European Directive 2007/60/EC; sea level rise; coastal vulnerability; GIS; Portugal Coast; WMS; WebViewer

Online: 27 December 2019 (10:58:21 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201906.0077.v1

Silicon and Iron as Resource-Efficient Anode Materials for Ambient-Temperature Metal-Air Batteries: A Review

Henning Weinrich, Yasin Emre Durmus, Hermann Tempel, Hans Kungl, Rüdiger-A. Eichel

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Electrochemistry Keywords: aqueous electrolyte; corrosion; iron-air; metal-air batteries; silicon-air; stationary energy storage

Online: 10 June 2019 (11:24:23 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202009.0564.v1

Antioxidant and Reduced Skin Ageing Effects of A Polyphenol-Enriched Dietary Supplement in Response to Air Pollution: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Vincenzo Nobile, Irene Schiano, Ana Peral, Silvana Giardina, Eleanora Sparta, Nuria Caturla

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Aging Keywords: air pollution; skin; nutraceutical; natural compound; polyphenols; antioxidant; skin barrier; anti-agein; clinical trial

Online: 24 September 2020 (04:38:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0493.v1

Howland Forest, ME, USA: Multi-Gas Flux Record (CO2, CH4, N2O) Establishes New Forest Products Linked to Social Cost of Emission in Contrast to Carbon Limited Sequestration Proxies

Bruno D Marino, Nahuel Bautista, Brandt Rousseaux

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: California Air Resources Board; carbon trading; Climate Action Reserve; eddy covariance; forest carbon protocols; forest carbon supply chain; Green New Deal; Howland Forest; net ecosystem exchange; social cost of CO2, CH4, N2O

Online: 19 March 2021 (08:23:11 CET)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0297.v1

Volatile Compounds Emitted from the Cat Urine Contaminated Carpet Before and After Treatment with Marketed Cleaning Products: A Simultaneous Chemical and Sensory Analysis

Chumki Banik, Jacek Koziel, Elizabeth Flickinger

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry Keywords: cat urine; odor mitigation; odor; volatile organic compounds; emission; indoor air quality, solid-phase microextraction; SPME; diffusion; Micrococcus luteus

Online: 13 August 2020 (08:51:58 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201908.0196.v1

Satellite Remote Sensing of the Greenland Ice Sheet Ablation Zone: A Review

Matthew G. Cooper, Laurence C. Smith

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Geophysics And Geology Keywords: ablation zone; Greenland; ice sheet; surface mass balance; mass balance; altimetry; albedo; scatterometry; lidar; sea level rise

Online: 20 August 2019 (02:55:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201905.0309.v1

Using Saildrones to Validate Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Salinity and Sea Surface Temperature along the California/Baja Coast

Jorge Vazquez-Cuervo, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Marouan Bouali, Luis Miranda, Tom Van der Stocken, Wenquing Tang, Chelle Gentemann

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Oceanography Keywords: MODIS; oceanography; remote sensing; Saildrone; sea surface salinity; sea surface temperature; SMAP; validation

Online: 27 May 2019 (10:19:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201908.0306.v1

Concurrent Collapses of Demersal Fish and Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) on Scotland’s West Coast following the Removal of the “Three-Mile Fishing Limit”

Martin Jaffa

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Aquatic Science Keywords: fisheries; fish farming; demersal fish; sea trout; stock collapse; three-mile fishing limit

Online: 29 August 2019 (05:39:29 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0045.v1

Evaluation of TiO₂ Based Photocatalytic Treatment of Odor and Gaseous Emissions From Swine Manure With UV-A and UV-C

Myeongseong Lee, Jacek A. Koziel, Wyatt Murphy, William S. Jenks, Baitong Chen, Peiyang Li, Chumki Banik

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: air pollution control; air quality; volatile organic compounds; odor; environmental technology; advanced oxidation; UV

Online: 2 March 2021 (09:08:29 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202101.0477.v1

Quantification of Microplastics in North-Western Mediterranean Harbors: Seasonality and Biofilm-related Metallic Contaminants

Javier A. Tesán Onrubia, Kahina Djaoudi, Franco Borgogno, Susana Canuto, Bernard Angeletti, Giovanni Besio, Marco Capello, Laura Cutroneo, Alessandro Stocchino, Stéphane Mounier, Véronique Lenoble

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Microplastic; harbor; trace metal; Mediterranean Sea; biofilm; bioconcentration

Online: 25 January 2021 (10:46:35 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0337.v1

An Integrated View of Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Changes Based on Models and Satellite Observations

Ruth Mottram, Sebastian B. Simonsen, Synne Høyer Svendsen, Valentina R. Barletta, Louise Sandberg Sørensen, Thomas Nagler, Jan Wuite, Andreas Groh, Martin Horwarth, Job Rosier, Rene Forsberg

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Geophysics And Geology Keywords: essential climate variables (ECV); climate change initiative (CCI); Greenland ice sheet; mass budget; cryosphere; sea level rise

Online: 16 October 2018 (07:53:22 CEST)

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The Greenland ice sheet is a major contributor to sea level rise, adding an estimated 0.47 +/− 0.23 mm/yr to global mean sea level between 1991 and 2015 (van den Broeke et al., 2016). Making sea level rise projections for the future and understanding the processes controlling current observed rates of sea level rise are crucially dependent on understanding the present-day state of the ice sheet. Here, we provide an overview of the current state of the mass budget of Greenland based on satellite gravimetry and remote sensing observations of surface elevation change, ice sheet velocity and calving front positions. We also combine these essential climate variables with a regional climate model (RCM) output from an ice sheet model (ISM) to gain insight into poorly understood ice sheet dynamical and surface mass processes. On average from 1992 to 2017 the ice sheet in some locations has lost up −2.65 m/yr in elevation based on ESA Radar altimetry analysis. Calving fronts have retreated all around Greenland since the 1990s and in only two out of 28 study locations have they remained stable. The locations of grounding lines at 5 key glaciers with floating ice tongues have remained stable over the observation period. However a detailed case study at Petermann glacier with an ice fracture model shows the sensitivity of these floating ice shelves to future climate change. GRACE gravimetric mass balance (GMB) data allows us to tie together disparate lines of evidence showing that Greenland has lost about 265 +/− 25 Gt/yr of ice over the period 2002 to 2015. RCM and ISM simulations show that surface mass processes dominate the overall Greenland ice sheet mass budget except for areas of fast ice sheet flow but marked differences between models and between models and observations indicate that not all processes are captured accurately, indicating areas of greater uncertainty and directions of future research for future sea level rise projections.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202010.0298.v2

Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory

Piotr Homola, Dmitriy Beznosko, Gopal Bhatta, Łukasz Bibrzycki, Łukasz Bratek, Michalina Borczyńska, Nikolay M. Budnev, Dariusz Burakowski, David Edwin Alvarez-Castillo, Kevin Almeida Cheminant, Aleksander Ćwikła, Punsiri Dam-o, Niraj Dhital, Alan Duffy, Piotr Głownia, Krzysztof Gorzkiewicz, Dariusz Góra, Alok C. Gupta, Zuzana Hlávková, Martin Homola, Joanna Jałocha, Robert Kamiński, Michał Karbowiak, Marcin Kasztelan, Renata Kierepko, Marek Knap, Péter Kovács, Szymon Kuliński, Bartosz Łozowski, Marek Magryś, Mikhail V. Medvedev, Justyna Mędrala, Jerzy W. Mietelski, Justyna Miszczyk, Alona Mozgova, Antonio Napolitano, Vahab Nazari, Y. Jack Ng, Michał Niedźwiecki, Cristina Oancea, Bogusław Ogan, Gabriela Opiła, Krzysztof Oziomek, Maciej Pawlik, Marcin Piekarczyk, Bożena Poncyljusz, Jerzy Pryga, Matías Rosas, Krzysztof Rzecki, Jilberto Zamora-Saa, Katarzyna Smelcerz, Karel Smolek, Weronika Stanek, Jarosław Stasielak, Slawomir Stuglik, Jolanta Sulma, Oleksandr Sushchov, Manana Svanidze, Kyle Tam, Arman Tursunov, José-M. Vaquero, Tadeusz Wibig, Krzysztof W. Woźniak

Subject: Physical Sciences, Nuclear And High Energy Physics Keywords: cosmic rays; cosmic ray ensembles; extensive air showers; large scale cosmic ray correlations; CREDO Collaboration

Online: 15 October 2020 (16:13:43 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0586.v1

Assessment of the Indoor Air Quality of Akure, Nigeria

Francis Abulude, Fagbayide Samuel Dare, Akinyinka Akinnusotu, Olatunde Elubode Makinde, Jamok Jacob Elisha

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Chemical Engineering Keywords: Indoor, classrooms, residential rooms, air detector, PM, TVOC, EPA

Online: 26 November 2018 (11:24:49 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201803.0233.v1

Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts on Wetland Vegetation in Dunhuang Yangguan National Nature Reserve in Northwest China Using Landsat Derived NDVI

Feifei Pan, Jianping Xie, Juming Lin, Tingwei Zhao, Yongyuan Ji, Qi Hu, Xuebiao Pan, Cheng Wang, Xiaohuan Xi

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: wetland vegetation; normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); Landsat; precipitation; air temperature; snowmelt; extremely arid regions

Online: 28 March 2018 (06:13:23 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0022.v1

90 Days of COVID-19 Social Distancing and Its Impacts on Air Quality and Health in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Daniela Debone, Mariana da Costa, Simone Miraglia

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: COVID-19; Air pollution; Air quality; Health effects; Economic burden

Online: 2 August 2020 (11:59:24 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0041.v1

Performance of Low-Cost Sensors for Air Pollution Measurements in Urban Environments. Accuracy Evaluation Applying the Air Quality Index (AQI)

Georgios C. Spyropoulos, Panagiotis T. Nastos, Konstantinos P. Moustris

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: air quality; air pollution measurements; electrochemical sensors; low-cost sensors; AQI (Air Quality Index); Athens

Online: 1 June 2021 (15:08:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0586.v1

Validation of Sentinel-3 SAR Level-2 and Level-3 Products in the Baltic Sea and Estonian lakes

Aive Liibusk, Tarmo Kall, Sander Rikka, Rivo Uiboupin, Ülo Suursaar, Kuo-Hsin Tseng

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Oceanography Keywords: Sea level; GNSS; NEMO reanalysis; tide gauges; pressure buoys; geoid model; CMEMS; Copernicus

Online: 26 August 2020 (12:35:30 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201908.0018.v1

On Some Properties of the Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Fingerprints

Giorgio Spada, Daniele Melini

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Geophysics And Geology Keywords: glacial isostatic adjustment; sea level change; fingerprints of past ice melting

Online: 2 August 2019 (08:45:05 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201806.0304.v1

Effects of El-Niño, Indian Ocean Dipole and Madden-Julian Oscillation on Sea Surface Temperature and Rainfall Anomalies in Southeast Asia. Case Study: Biomass Burning Episode of 2015

Amirul Islam, Andy Chan, Matthew Ashfold, Chel Gee Ooi, Majid Azari

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: monsoon, maritime continent, ocean-atmospheric phenomena, Southeast Asia, biomass burning, sea surface temperature, rainfall.

Online: 19 June 2018 (15:31:51 CEST)

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Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0274.v1

Aero Submarine: a Theoretical Design

Sepehr Akramipour

Subject: Engineering, Automotive Engineering Keywords: theoretical design, aero submarine, aerial submersible vehicle, direct dive, water-air transition, air-water transition.

Online: 9 June 2021 (22:57:46 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0164.v1

Into Thinner Air: The Pliocene Demise of the Giant Volant Birds

Alan Cannell

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Anatomy And Physiology Keywords: Pelagornithidae; Teratornithidae; takeoff airspeed; paleo-air density; extinction

Online: 4 March 2021 (14:12:04 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0217.v1

Evaluation of Analysis by Cross-Validation. Part I: Using Verification Metrics

Richard Menard, Martin Deshaies-Jacques

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: data assimilation; statistical diagnostics of analysis residuals; estimation of analysis error, air quality model diagnostics; Desroziers method; cross-validation

Online: 23 January 2018 (16:23:25 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0213.v1

Improved Satellite Retrieval of Tropospheric NO2 Column Density via Updating of Air Mass Factor (AMF), Part I: Case Study of Southern China

Hugo Wai Leung Mak, Joshua L. Laughner, Jimmy Chi Hung Fung, Qindan Zhu, Ronald C. Cohen

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Remote Sensing Techniques; Tropospheric NO2 Column Retrieval; Air Mass Factor (AMF); Meteorological Reformulation; MAX-DOAS measurements; Satellite Informatics

Online: 10 October 2018 (10:08:58 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Peaks of Fine Particulate Matter May Modulate the Spreading and Virulence of COVID-19

Mario Rohrer, Antoine Flahault, Markus Stoffel

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: COVID-19; thermal inversion; PM2.5 air pollution; desert dust intrusions

Online: 7 September 2020 (04:28:12 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201905.0124.v3

Developing ANFIS-PSO Model to Predict Mercury Emissions in Combustion Flue Gases

Shahab Shamshirband, Masoud Hadipoor, Alireza Baghban, Amir Mosavi, Jozsef Bukor, Annamária R. Várkonyi-Kóczy

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Keywords: air pollution prediction; flue gas; mercury emissions; adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS); particle swarm optimization (PSO); ANFIS-PSO; hybrid machine learning model; data science; particulate matter; health hazards of air pollution; air quality

Online: 12 August 2019 (05:19:37 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202107.0170.v1

New Evidence of MIS 3 Relative Sea Level Changes from the Messina Strait, Calabria (Italy)

Fabrizio Antonioli, Lucio Calcagnile, Luigi Ferranti, Giuseppe Mastronuzzi, Carmelo Monaco, Paolo Orrù, Gianluca Quarta, Fabrizio Pepe, Giovanni Scardino, Giovanni Scicchitano, Paolo Stocchi, Marco Taviani

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Marine Isotope Stage 3; sea level; tectonics; GIA; Calabria

Online: 7 July 2021 (08:42:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201901.0128.v2

Conjunctivitis and Exposure to Ambient Ozone

Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz, Ariela Gordon Shaag, Einat Shneor

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Ophthalmology Keywords: air pollution; conjunctivitis; exposure; linear; model; case-crossover; poisson

Online: 17 April 2019 (11:58:14 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0322.v1

Discovery of Avian Paramyxoviruses APMV-1 and APMV-6 in Shorebirds and Waterfowl in Southern Ukraine

Amy C. Klink, Oleksandr Rula, Mykola Sushko, Maksym Bezymennyi, Oleksandr Mezinov, Oleksandr Gaidash, Xiao Bai, Anton Stegniy, Mykola Sushko, Roman Datsenko, Sergiy Skorohod, Vitalii Nedosekov, Nichola Hill, Levan Ninua, Ganna Kovalenko, Anne Lise Ducluzeau, Andriy Mezhenskiy, Devin M. Drown, Douglas Causey, Borys Stegniy, Anton Gerilovych, Eric Bortz, Denys Muzyka

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: Viral Ecology; APMV; wild birds; Surveillance of Avian Paramyxoviruses; phylogenetics; MinION; Azov-Black Sea region in Ukraine

Online: 23 June 2022 (09:33:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202108.0461.v1

Validating Salinity From SMAP With Saildrones and Research Vessel Data During EUREC4A-OA/ATOMIC

Kashawn Hall, Alton Daley, Shanice Whitehall, Sanola Sandiford, Chelle Leigh Gentemann

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Oceanography Keywords: Saildrone; Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP); Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM); EUREC4A; ATOMIC; physical oceanography; remote sensing; air-sea interactions

Online: 24 August 2021 (08:43:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0495.v1

Finding New Molecular Targets of Familiar Natural Products Using In Silico Target Prediction

Fabian Mayr, Gabriele Möller, Ulrike Garscha, Jana Fischer, Patricia Rodríguez Castano, Silvia G. Inderbinen, Veronika Temml, Birgit Waltenberger, Stefan Schwaiger, Rolf W Hartmann, Christian Gege, Stefan Martens, Alex Odermatt, Amit V Pandey, Oliver Werz, Jerzy Adamski, Hermann Stuppner, Daniela Schuster

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Medicinal Chemistry Keywords: In silico target prediction; dihydrochalcones; SEA; SwissTargetPrediction; SuperPred; polyphamracology; virtual screening

Online: 21 July 2020 (13:43:40 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202105.0100.v1

Submerged Speleothems and Sea Level Reconstructions: A Global Overview and New Results from the Mediterranean Sea

Fabrizio Antonioli, Stefano Furlani, Paolo Montagna, Paolo Stocchi, Lucio Calcagnile, Gianluca Quarta, Jonatan Cecchinel, Valeria Lo Presti, Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli, Franco Foresta Martin, Valeria Vaccher

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: submerged speleothem; phreatic speleothem; sea level change; sea caves; vertical tectonic movements; Ustica; Favignana

Online: 6 May 2021 (15:11:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0300.v1

Retrieval of Sea Surface Wind Speed from Spaceborne SAR over the Arctic Marginal Ice Zone with a Neural Network

Xiao-ming Li, Tingting Qin, Ke Wu

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Oceanography Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; sea surface wind; neural network

Online: 18 May 2020 (10:50:03 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0232.v1

Effect of COVID-19-related Lockdown οn Hospital Admissions for Asthma and COPD Exacerbations: Associations with Air Pollution and Patient Characteristics

Ioanna Sigala, Timoleon Giannakas, Vasileios Giannakoulis, Efthimios Zervas, Aikaterini Mprinia, Niki Gianniou, Andreas Asimakos, Efhrosyni Dima, Ioannis Kalomenidis, Paraskevi Katsaounou

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-SoV-2; hospital admissions; COPD exacerbation; asthma exacerbation; air pollution

Online: 8 June 2021 (13:27:21 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0283.v1

A Soft Curtailment of Wide-area Central Air Conditioning Load

Leehter Yao, Lei Yao, Wei Hong Lim

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: fuzzy linear programming, direct load control, scheduling optimization, chillers, air condition, demand response

Online: 30 January 2018 (13:12:58 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0320.v1

Exploring the Air Pollution Control Direction of Two Typical Cities, Beijing and Wuhan, from the Air Pollution under Emergency Responses during COVID-19

Ada Tsan Qin

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: COVID-19; air pollution; PM2.5; NOx; MERRA-2; OMNO2

Online: 11 March 2021 (14:51:22 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201812.0057.v1

Microbiological Air Quality in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems of Surgical and Intensive Care Areas: Application of a Disinfection Procedure for the Dehumidification Devices

Michele Totaro, Anna Laura Costa, Beatrice Casini, Sara Profeti, Antonio Gallo, Lorenzo Frendo, Andrea Porretta, Paola Valentini, Gaetano Privitera, Angelo Baggiani

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Immunology And Microbiology Keywords: HVAC; Aspergillus spp.; hydrogen peroxide; air disinfection

Online: 4 December 2018 (10:56:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202102.0235.v1

The Concurrent Detection of Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 and Chelonia mydas Papillomavirus 1 in Tumoured and Non-Tumoured Green Turtles

Narges Mashkour, Karina Jones, Wytamma Wirth, Graham Burgess, Ellen Ariel

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Sea turtles; tumour; fibropapillomatosis; Chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5; Chelonia mydas papillomavirus 1

Online: 9 February 2021 (11:07:04 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0211.v1

Assessment of Factors Influencing Personal Exposure to Air Pollution on Main Roads in Bogota: A Mixed-Method Study

Jeadran Malagon-Rojas, Eliana L. Parra-Barrera, Yesith G. Toloza-Pérez, Hanna Soto, Luisa F. Lagos, Daniela Méndez, Andrea Rico, Julia E. Almentero, Mónica A Quintana-Cortés, Diana C. Pinzón-Silva, Andrés García, John Benavídez-Piracón, Diana C. Zona-Rubio, Claudia Portilla, Maria A. Wilches-Mogollón, Sol A. Romero, Luis Jorge Hernandez, Ricardo Morales, Olga L. Sarmiento

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Pollution Keywords: air pollution; microenvironment; public health; PM2.5; black carbon; active transport

Online: 15 March 2022 (11:34:12 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0467.v1

Atmospheric Conditions Affecting the Transmission of Covid-19 Virus

Dr. Purva Shoor, Dr Gagan Deep Kaur, Dr Amanjot Kaur Chauhan

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public, Environmental And Occupational Health Keywords: Covid-19; SARS-CoV; Environmental factors; Air pollution; Smoking; Air temperature

Online: 29 May 2020 (13:02:07 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202102.0513.v1

Development of Tools for Coastal Management in Google Earth Engine: Uncertainty Bathtub Model and Bruun Rule

Lucas Terres de Lima, Sandra Fernández-Fernández, João Francisco Gonçalves, Luiz Magalhães Filho, Cristina Bernardes

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Sea-Level Rise; GIS; Open-Source Software; Modeling

Online: 23 February 2021 (12:39:09 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201909.0275.v1

Nanoparticle Behaviour in An Urban Street Canyon at Different Heights and Implications on Indoor Respiratory Doses

Maurizio Manigrasso, Carmela Protano, Matteo Vitali, Pasquale Avino

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: ultrafine particles; aerosol; urban street canyon; outdoor pollution; indoor air quality; respiratory doses; mppd

Online: 24 September 2019 (12:25:44 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201808.0102.v1

Paleoenvironment Variability during Termination I at the Reykjanes Ridge, North Atlantic

Alexander Matul, Max S. Barash, Tatyana A. Khusid, Padmasini Behera, Manish Tiwari

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Paleontology Keywords: global warming and environmental change; Late Quaternary paleoenvironments; Termination I; sea-water paleotemperature; marine microfossils; North Atlantic; stable isotopes

Online: 6 August 2018 (08:56:58 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0185.v1

Investigation of Indoor and Outdoor Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations in Schools in Salt Lake City, Utah

Daniel L Mendoza, Tabitha M Benney, Ryan Bares, Benjamin Fasoli, Corbin Anderson, Shawn A Gonzales, Erik T Crosman, Sebastian Hoch

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Air quality; fine particulate matter; primary schools; building ventilation; environmental inequality; research grade sensors; indoor air quality

Online: 13 January 2022 (10:28:35 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0141.v2

Fixing Efficiency Values by Unfixing Compressor Speed: Dynamic Test Method for Heat Pumps

Carsten Palkowski, Andreas Zottl, Ivan Malenkovic, Anne Simo

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: heat pump; dynamic test method; seasonal performance factor; variable frequency drive; field approximation; energy label; air source heat pump; ground source heat pump

Online: 15 March 2019 (04:40:11 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0243.v1

The Summer 2019-2020 Wildfires in East Coast Australia and Their Impacts on Air Quality and Health in New South Wales, Australia

Hiep Duc Nguyen, Merched Azzi, Stephen White, David Salter, Toan Trieu, Geoffrey Morgan, Mahmudur Rahman, Sean Watt, Matthew Riley, Lisa Tzu-Chi Cnang, Xavier Barthelemy, David Fuchs, Kaitlyn Lieschke, Huynh Nguyen

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: wildfires; summer 2019-2010; WRF-Chem; pollutant transport; air quality effect; health impact

Online: 9 March 2021 (09:03:10 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202107.0143.v1

Analysis Study of Hybrid Magnetic Equivalent Circuit of IPMSM

In-Soo Song, Byoung-Wook Jo, Ki-Chan Kim

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: finite element method; hybrid magnetic equivalent circuit; the air gap flux density distribution; rotor shape.

Online: 6 July 2021 (12:21:49 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Double-Target Based Network in Predicting Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings

Hossein Moayedi, Amir Mosavi

Subject: Engineering, Automotive Engineering Keywords: Energy efficiency; Heating loads; heating ventilation and air conditioning; metaheuristic; optimization algorithms.

Online: 6 January 2021 (11:00:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201805.0123.v1

Evaluation of MODIS-Retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth in Alaska: Implications for Surface Air Quality Applications

Alyson McPhetres, Srijan Aggarwal

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: AOD; MODIS; Alaska; AERONET; air quality

Online: 8 May 2018 (06:30:56 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0766.v1

A Review of the State of the Art of Hot Air Frying Technology

José Alfredo Téllez-Morales

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Food Chemistry Keywords: Hot air-frying; Food; Technology; Oil intake

Online: 23 April 2023 (04:27:36 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202105.0692.v1

Impact of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure on Cognitive Function and Neurodegeneration in Humans. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Jessica Humphreys, Maria Del Carmen Valdés Hernández

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5); cognition; neurodegeneration; neurology; air pollution; environment; rural; urban; neurocognitive development; neurodegeneration

Online: 28 May 2021 (10:26:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201904.0276.v1

The Interannual Changes in the Secondary Production and Mortality Rate of Main Copepod Species in the Gulf of Gdańsk (The Southern Baltic Sea)

Lidia Dzierzbicka-Głowacka, Maja Musialik-Koszarowska, Marcin Kalarus, Anna Lemieszek, Paula Prątnicka, Maciej Janecki, Maria Iwona Żmijewska

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Oceanography Keywords: copepoda; secondary production; mortality rates; Baltic sea; gulf of Gdańsk

Online: 25 April 2019 (08:05:58 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201906.0241.v1

Moisture Estimation in Cabinet Dryer with Thin-Layer Relationships Using Genetic Algorithm and Neural Network

Behzad Maleki, Mahyar Ghazvini, Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi, Heydar Maddah, Shahab Shamshirband

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Keywords: cabinet dryer; genetic algorithm; neural network; temperature; air velocity; moisture

Online: 24 June 2019 (10:05:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202109.0084.v1

Characteristics of Mesoscale Convective Complexes that Triggered Heavy Rainfall Related to Severe Flash Flood in Luwu, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Erma Yulihastin, Danang Eko Nuryanto, - Trismidianto, Robi Muharsyah

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: mesoscale convective complex; heavy rainfall; warm front; sea surface temperature; eastern Maritime Continent

Online: 6 September 2021 (11:06:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201807.0062.v1

Low-Cost Passive System for Environmental Monitoring

Aldo Muro Jr., Nelson Roberto Antoniosi Filho, Stefano Stacul, Diego Lo Presti

Subject: Engineering, Automotive Engineering Keywords: low-cost monitoring; environment, air-pollution

Online: 4 July 2018 (09:00:20 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201807.0577.v1

A Comparison between 3DVAR and EnKF for Data Assimilation Effects on the Yellow Sea Fog Forecast

Xiaoyu Gao, Shanhong Gao, Yue Yang

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: sea fog; data assimilation; 3DVAR; EnKF

Online: 30 July 2018 (10:08:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0336.v1

Extraction of Sea Ice Cover by Sentinel-1 SAR Based on SVM with Unsupervised Generation of Training Data

Xiaoming Li, Yan Sun, Qiang Zhang

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Oceanography Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; sea ice; machine learning

Online: 21 May 2020 (05:59:34 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202102.0036.v1

Alkalinity Generation in the Coastal Area, the Case of the Wadden Sea

Shamil Yakubov, Elizaveta Protsenko

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: alkalinity; carbon; coast; Wadden Sea; German Bight

Online: 1 February 2021 (13:52:55 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202104.0744.v1

Methodology for Addressing Infectious Aerosol Persistence in Real-Time Using Sensor Network

Sepehr Makhsous, Joelle M. Segovia, Jiayang He, Daniel Chan, Larry Lee, Igor V Novosselov, Alexander V Mamishev

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: Aerosols; dental clinics; infection control; high-volume evacuation; extra-oral suction device; particle concentration; sensor network; dispersion modeling; exposure assessment; air quality

Online: 28 April 2021 (10:32:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201902.0185.v1

Retrieval of Sea Surface Wind Speeds from Gaofen-3 Full Polarimetric Data

Tianyu Zhang, Xiao-Ming Li, Qian Feng, Yongzheng Ren, Yingni Shi

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Oceanography Keywords: C-band SAR; sea surface wind speed retrieval; full polarimetry

Online: 20 February 2019 (09:07:35 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202108.0024.v1

Analyzing the Contribution of Road Traffic to Changes of Air Pollutants Using Random Forest: Insights from COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan

Jiansheng Wu, Yun Qian, Yuan Wang, Na Wang

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2); Random Forest; Contribution Rate; Air pollution; COVID-19 lockdown

Online: 2 August 2021 (11:54:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201906.0008.v1

Interpolation of Instantaneous Air Temperature Using Geographical and MODIS Derived Variables with Machine Learning Techniques

Marcos Ruiz-Álvarez, Francisco Alonso-Sarría, Francisco Gomariz-Castillo

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing Keywords: Air temperature; MODIS; machine learning; interpolation

Online: 3 June 2019 (08:48:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202107.0122.v1

Treatment of Periimplantitis - Electrolytic Cleaning versus Mechanical and Electrolytic Cleaning - A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial – 18 Months Results

Markus Schlee, Hom-Lay Wang, Thomas Stumpf, Urs Brodbeck, Florian Rathe

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: peri-implantitis; electrolytic cleaning; air abrasive; augmentation; long term

Online: 6 July 2021 (08:06:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201911.0246.v1

Temporal and Spatial Variability of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Forest Atmosphere

Francesco Meneguzzo, Lorenzo Albanese, Giorgio Bartolini, Federica Zabini

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: bioactive compounds; forest air; forest bathing; forest therapy; hiking trails; human health; monoterpenes; stress; volatile organic compounds

Online: 21 November 2019 (04:19:17 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201807.0550.v1

Investigation of Hg Content by a Rapid Analytical Technique in Mediterranean Pelagic Fishes

Giuseppa Di Bella, Roberta Tardugno, Nicola Cicero

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Food Chemistry Keywords: Mercury, Pelagic Fish, Direct Mercury Analyzer, Mediterranean Sea, Tolerable Weekly Intake

Online: 27 July 2018 (17:23:58 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0388.v1

Air Pollution and Emergency Department Visits for Infectious Diseases in Toronto, Canada

Mieczysław Szyszkowicz, Nicholas de Angelis

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Emergency Medicine Keywords: ambient air pollution; case-crossover; cluster; concentration; counts; strata; urban

Online: 25 January 2022 (17:16:48 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201809.0600.v1

Methane, Nitrous Oxide and Ammonia Emissions from Livestock Farming in the Red River Delta, Vietnam: An Inventory and Projection for 2000-2030

An Ha Truong, Minh Thuy Kim, Thi Thu Nguyen, Ngoc Tung Nguyen, Quang Trung Nguyen

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: emission inventory; livestock; greenhouse gases; air pollutant

Online: 30 September 2018 (06:04:22 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0306.v1

Risk Assessment of BTEX Concentration from Combustion of Coal in a Controlled Laboratory Environment

Daniel Masekameni, Raeesa Moolla, Mary Gulumian, Derk Brouwer

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: coal; BTEX; hazardous air pollutants; domestic fuel burning

Online: 13 November 2018 (09:59:45 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202104.0065.v1

Estimating Sea Surface pCO2 in the North Atlantic based on CatBoost

Hongwei Sun, Yihui Chen, Lin Li, Yihui Chen

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: sea surface pCO2; ocean color remote sensing; CatBoost algorithm; temporal and spatial distribution; influencing factors

Online: 2 April 2021 (13:58:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0143.v1

Changes in Power Plant NO_x Emissions over Northwest Greece Using a Data Assimilation Technique

Ioanna Skoulidou, Maria-Elissavet Koukouli, Arjo Segers, Astrid Manders, Dimitris Balis, Trissevgeni Stavrakou, Jos van Geffen, Henk Eskes

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Data assimilation; TROPOMI; Air Quality modelling; NOx Emissions; Ensemble Kalman Filter; LOTOS-EUROS; power plant; anthropogenic

Online: 4 June 2021 (12:59:09 CEST)

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In this work, we investigate the ability of a data assimilation technique and space-borne observations to quantify and monitor changes in nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions over North-Western Greece for the summers of 2018 and 2019. In this region, four lignite-burning power plants are located. The data assimilation technique, based on the Ensemble Kalman Filter method, is employed to combine space-borne atmospheric observations from the high spatial resolution Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P) Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) and simulations using the LOTOS-EUROS Chemical Transport model. The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service-Regional European emissions (CAMS-REG, version 4.2) inventory based on year 2015 is used as the a priori in the simulations. Surface measurements of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from air quality stations operating in the region are compared with the model surface NO2 output using either the a priori (base run) or the a posteriori (assimilated run) NOx emissions. The high biases found between the in situ NO2 measurements and the base run surface NO2 decrease in the assimilated run in most cases. The bias in the station near the largest power plant decreases to 2.0 μg/m3 (2.83 μg/m3) from 10.5 μg/m3 (8.46 μg/m3) in 2019 (2018 respectively). Concerning the estimated annual a posteriori NOx emissions it was found that, for the pixels hosting the two largest power plants, the assimilated run results in emissions decreased by ~40-50% for 2018 compared to 2015, whereas a larger decrease, of ~70% for both power plants, was found for 2019, after assimilating the space-born observations. For the same power plants, the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) reports decreased emissions in 2018 and 2019 compared to 2015 (-35% and -38% in 2018, -62% and -72% in 2019), in good agreement with the estimated emissions. We further compare the a posteriori emissions to the reported energy production of the power plants during the summer of 2018 and 2019. Mean decreases of about -35% and-63% in NOx emissions are estimated for the two larger power plants in summer of 2018 and 2019, respectively, which are supported by similar decreases in the reported energy production of the power plants (~-30% and -70%, respectively).

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202104.0588.v2

Predicting Citywide Distribution of Air Pollution Using Mobile Monitoring and Three-dimensional Urban Structure

Lucas Cummings, Justin Stewart, Peleg Kremer, Kabindra Shakya

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Air Pollution; STURLA; Urban Structure; Mobile Monitoring; Spatial Prediction

Online: 5 May 2021 (12:41:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202102.0421.v1

Development of Tools for Coastal Management in Google Earth Engine: Uncertainty Bathtub Model and Bruun Rule

Lucas Terres de Lima, Sandra Fernández-Fernández, João Francisco Gonçalves, Luiz Magalhães Filho, Cristina Bernardes

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Sea-Level Rise; GIS; Open-Source Software; Modeling

Online: 18 February 2021 (13:52:49 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201812.0078.v1

Correlations between Air Permeability Coefficients and Pore Structure Indicators of Cementitious Materials

Yuya Sakai

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: air permeability; total pore volume; critical pore diameter; threshold pore diameter; median pore diameter; Katz–Thompson equation

Online: 6 December 2018 (07:50:19 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202109.0130.v1

Assessment and Calibration on Low-cost PM2.5 Sensor using Machin Learning (Hybrid-LSTM Neural Network): Feasibility Study to Build Air Quality Monitoring System

Donggeun Park, Geon-Woo Yoo, Seong-Ho Park, Jong-Hyeon Lee

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; calibration; air quality; low-cost sensors; exposure assessment

Online: 7 September 2021 (14:24:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0100.v1

Divergent Proteomic Responses Offer Insights Into Resistant Physiological Responses of a Reef-Foraminifera to Climate Change Scenarios

Marleen Stuhr, Louise P. Cameron, Bernhard Blank-Landeshammer, Steve S. Doo, Claire E. Reymond, Hildegard Westphal, Albert Sickmann, Justin B. Ries

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Anatomy And Physiology Keywords: Amphistegina lobifera; Red Sea; pH microsensor; global warming; thermal stress; ocean acidification; large benthic foraminifera; coral reef; LC-MS/MS proteomics; photosymbiotic calcifier

Online: 2 March 2021 (15:52:01 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202101.0566.v1

Experimental Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Distribu-Tion of Non-contact Tonometer Airflows

Daniela Oehring, Jenkins David, Phillip Buckhurst, Hetal Buckhurst

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Air puff, CorvisST; ORA; Airflow pressure of NCT,; Physical dimension of jet stream; Temporal and spatial distribution of the air puff

Online: 27 January 2021 (16:02:22 CET)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

An Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Solutions Derived from a Copper Chelate Polymer via in-situ Electrochemical Transformation

Ridwan P. Putra, Hideyuki Horino, Izabela I. Rzeznicka

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Applied Chemistry Keywords: electrocatalyst; oxygen evolution reaction; dithiooxamide; chelate polymers; copper oxides; metal-air batteries; alkaline

Online: 21 January 2020 (09:04:30 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0667.v1

Air Quality in the Italian Northwestern Alps during Year 2020: Assessment of the COVID-19 «Lockdown Effect» from Multi-Technique Observations and Models

Henri Diémoz, Tiziana Magri, Giordano Pession, Claudia Tarricone, Ivan Karl Friedrich Tombolato, Gabriele Fasano, Manuela Zublena

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: COVID-19; air quality; nitrogen oxides; ozone; aerosol; source apportionment; aerosol profiles; models; Alps; Italy

Online: 28 June 2021 (14:37:17 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0364.v1

Progress of MOF Derived Functional Materials toward Industrialization in Solar Cells and Metal-Air Batteries

Mohamed Elhousseini Hilal, Abdelkhalek Aboulouard, Abdul Rehman Akbar, Hussein A. Younus, Nesrin Horzum, Francis Verpoort

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Electrochemistry Keywords: metal organic frameworks; catalysts; metal-air battery; solar cells; energy storage; energy

Online: 17 July 2020 (06:03:05 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0157.v1

Treatability of a Highly-Impaired, Saline Surface Water for Potential Urban Water Use

Frederick Pontius

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: Coagulation; Desalination; Salton Sea; Sea Water Reverse Osmosis; Treatability

Online: 17 January 2018 (12:09:05 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.1298.v1

Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Monitoring: Application of Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning for Pollution Prevention and Toxicity Measurements

Katarzyna Szramowiat-Sala

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Pollution Keywords: artiﬁcial neural networks; machine learning; environmental protection; air pollution; atmosphere; pollutants emission prediction; forecasting; data security

Online: 19 July 2023 (07:17:31 CEST)

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Environmental monitoring systems play a crucial role in assessing environmental quality, detecting limits exceedances, and predicting potential ecological episodes. These systems rely on the measurement of various variables at specific locations and time intervals over an extended period. The concept of environmental monitoring encompasses the assessment of health and safety issues for public and environmental health purposes. Pollution of the atmosphere and water, climate change, and natural disasters are among the consequences of continuous industrial and municipal development and human interference in natural ecosystems. To address these challenges and to protect human lives and the environment, with a special concern on mitigating the ecological effects of industrial development, advanced technical solutions, including the technologies associated with artificial intelligence (artificial neural networks ANNs, machine learning ML) have been developed. These technologies offer powerful tools for analysing the vast amount of data collected by monitoring systems and extracting valuable insights. By applying ANNs and machine learning algorithms, environmental monitoring systems can effectively process and interpret the measured variables to assess environmental quality. Despite challenges and limitations, such as data quality and interpretability of AI models, ongoing research and interdisciplinary collaboration are paving the way for the successful implementation of AI in environmental monitoring, ultimately supporting informed decision-making and sustainable resource management.While several review papers have explored the theory of artificial intelligence (AI), here I aim to review the application of ANNs and ML, in environmental aspects, specifically in automotive and industrial emissions toxicity measurements, as well as atmospheric pollution prevention. By examining the potential of AI in these domains, the paper contributes to understanding the role of advanced technologies in environmental monitoring and protection.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201807.0423.v1

Biofilm removal and bacterial re-colonization inhibition of a novel erythritol/chlorhexidine air-polishing powder on titanium disks.

MAGDA MENSI, ANDREA COCHIS, ANNAMARIA SORDILLO, FRANCESCA UBERTI, LIA RIMONDINI

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Dentistry And Oral Surgery Keywords: air-polishing; titanium; erythritol; chlorhexidine; biofilm; implants;

Online: 23 July 2018 (12:41:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202109.0518.v1

Data Fusion and Visualization of a Multi-Sensor Personal Exposure Campaign

Rok Novak, Ioannis Petridis, David Kocman, Johanna Amalia Robinson, Tjaša Kanduč, Dimitris Chapizanis, Spyros Karakitsios, Benjamin Flückiger, Danielle Vienneau, Ondřej Mikeš, Celine Degrendele, Ondřej Sáňka, Saul García Dos Santos-Alves, Thomas Maggos, Dementra Pardali, Asimina Stamatelopoulou, Dikaia Saraga, Marco Giovanni Persico, Jaideep Visave, Alberto Gotti, Dimosthenis Sarigiannis

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: data fusion; multi-sensor; data visualization; data treatment; participant reports; air quality; exposure assessment

Online: 30 September 2021 (14:13:52 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201909.0058.v1

The Relationship between the Air Content in the Mortar and Concrete for Different Types of Cement

Beata Łaźniewska-Piekar, Jacek Gołaszewski

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: air-entraining admixture, air-content, cement, mortar, concrete, porosity.

Online: 5 September 2019 (10:31:12 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0028.v1

Examining the Potential Impacts of Air Pollution on China’s Inbound Tourism: The Case of Beijing and Shanghai

Xu Ni, Hongqing Ma

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Accounting And Taxation Keywords: air pollution; inbound tourism; tourist arrivals; tourism receipts

Online: 1 March 2021 (14:12:40 CET)

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Working Paper COMMUNICATION

Sensing and Delineating Mixed-VOC Composition in Air Using a Single Metal-Oxide Sensor

Govind S. Thakor, Ning Zhang, Rafael M. Santos

Subject: Engineering, Automotive Engineering Keywords: volatile organic compounds; air quality monitoring; metal oxide sensor; predictive mathematical model; gas composition estimation

Online: 29 March 2021 (16:20:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201908.0157.v1

Fluxes of Gaseous Elemental Mercury at a Mediterranean Coastal Grassland

Christiana Polyzou, Glykeria Loupa, Aikaterini Trepekli, Spyridon Rapsomanikis

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: GEM fluxes; gaseous elemental mercury; coastal area; Aegean Sea; Mediterranean Basin; aerodynamic gradient method; Monin-Obukhov similarity theory

Online: 13 August 2019 (13:23:20 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0113.v1

Tunicates as a Biocontrol Tool for Larvicides Acute Toxicity of Zika Virus Vector Aedes aegypti

Velusamy Arumugam, Manigandan Venkatesan, Karthi Sengodan, Umamaheswari Sundaresan, Satheesh Kumar Palanisamy

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Food Chemistry Keywords: Sea Squirts; Metabolites; GC-MS; Anti-bacterial; Zika vector; larvicidal

Online: 6 October 2018 (11:18:31 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0158.v1

Carbon and Trace Element Compositions of Total Suspended Particles (TSP) and Nanoparticles (PM_0.1) in Ambient Air of Southern Thailand and Characterization of Their Sources

Muanfun Inerb, Worradorn Phairuang, Phakphum Paluang, Mitsuhiko Hata, Masami Furuuchi, Prasit Wangpakapattanawong

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: air quality management; biomass burning; carbon; PCA; PM0.1; trace elements

Online: 11 March 2022 (03:02:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0207.v1

Ali Belmadani, Pierre-Amaël Auger, Katherine Gomez, Nikolai Maximenko, Sophie Cravatte

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Oceanography Keywords: striations; satellite data; sea surface temperature; sea surface salinity; chlorophyll-a; eastern boundaries; Pacific Ocean

Online: 8 June 2021 (10:31:07 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201907.0250.v1

Associations between Indoor Air Pollution and Acute Respiratory Infections among Under-Five Children in Afghanistan: Do SES and Sex Matter?

Juwel Rana, Jalal Uddin, Richard Peltier, Youssef Oulhote

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Pulmonary And Respiratory Medicine Keywords: socioeconomic status; indoor air pollution; acute respiratory infection; cooking fuel; under-five children

Online: 23 July 2019 (07:45:08 CEST)

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Background: Low-income families often depend on fuels such as wood, coal, and animal dung for cooking. Such solid fuels are highly polluting and are a primary source of indoor air pollutants (IAP). We examined the association between solid fuel use (SFU) and acute respiratory infection (ARI) among under-five children in Afghanistan and the extent to which this association varies by socioeconomic status (SES) and gender. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study based on de-identified data from Afghanistan’s first standard Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2015. The sample consists of ever-married mothers with under-five children in the household (n=27,565). We used mixed-effect Poisson regression models with robust error variance accounting for clustering to examine the associations between SFU and ARI among under-five children after adjusting for potential confounders. We also investigated potential effect modification by SES and sex. Additional analyses were conducted using an augmented measure of the exposure to IAP accounting for both SFU and the location of cooking/kitchen (High Exposure, Moderate, and No Exposure). Results: Around 70% of households reported SFU, whereas the prevalence of ARI was 17.6%. The prevalence of ARI was higher in children living in households with SFU compared to children living in households with no SFU (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR]= 1.10; 95%CI: 0.98, 1.23). We did not observe any effect modification by SES or child sex. When using the augmented measure of exposure incorporating the kitchen’s location, children highly exposed to IAP had a higher prevalence of ARI compared to unexposed children (aPR 1.17; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.32). SES modified this association with the strongest associations observed among children from the middle wealth quintile. Conclusion: The findings have significant policy implications and suggest that ARI risk in children may be reduced by ensuring clean cookstove as well as clean fuels and acting on the socio-environmental pathways.

Preprint HYPOTHESIS | doi:10.20944/preprints202104.0614.v1

How to Integrate the Data-based Strategies and Advanced Technologies into Efficient Air Pollution Management in Smart Cities?

Seunghwan Myeong, Khurram Shahzad

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Accounting And Taxation Keywords: smart cities; artificial intelligence; internet of things; air pollution

Online: 22 April 2021 (14:18:12 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0607.v1

Skill-Testing Chemical Transport Models across Contrasting Atmospheric Mixing States Using Radon-222

Scott D. Chambers, Elise-Andree Guérette, Khalia Monk, Alan D. Griffiths, Yang Zhang, Hiep Duc, Martin Cope, Kathryn M. Emmerson, Lisa T. Chang, Jeremy D. Silver, Steven Utembe, Jagoda Crawford, Alastair G. Williams, Melita Keywood

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: radon; atmospheric stability; air quality; model evaluation; modelling; SNBL; ABL; urban pollution

Online: 28 November 2018 (07:00:41 CET)

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We propose a new technique to prepare statistically-robust benchmarking data for evaluating chemical transport model meteorology and air quality parameters within the urban boundary layer. The approach employs atmospheric class-typing, using nocturnal radon measurements to assign atmospheric mixing classes, and can be applied temporally (across the diurnal cycle), or spatially (to create angular distributions of pollutants as a top-down constraint on emissions inventories). In this study only a short (<1-month) campaign is used, but grouping of the relative mixing classes based on nocturnal mean radon concentrations can be adjusted according to dataset length (i.e., number of days per category), or desired range of within-class variability. Calculating hourly distributions of observed and simulated values across diurnal composites of each class-type helps to: (i) bridge the gap between scales of simulation and observation, (ii) represent the variability associated with spatial and temporal heterogeneity of sources and meteorology without being confused by it, and (iii) provide an objective way to group results over whole diurnal cycles that separates ‘natural complicating factors’ (synoptic non-stationarity, rainfall, mesoscale motions, extreme stability, etc.) from problems related to parameterizations, or between-model differences. We demonstrate the utility of this technique using output from a suite of seven contemporary regional forecast and chemical transport models. Meteorological model skill varied across the diurnal cycle for all models, with an additional dependence on the atmospheric mixing class that varied between models. From an air quality perspective, model skill regarding the duration and magnitude of morning and evening “rush hour” pollution events varied strongly as a function of mixing class. Model skill was typically the lowest when public exposure would have been the highest, which has important implications for assessing potential health risks in new and rapidly evolving urban regions, and also for prioritizing the areas of model improvement for future applications.

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A Study of Structural Organization of Water and Aqueous Solutions by Means of Optical Microscopy

Tatiana Yakhno, Vladimir Yakhno

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Biomaterials Keywords: microstructure of liquids; water-salt units; salt microcrystals; hydrated shells; coacervates, self – assembly; air pollution.

Online: 4 January 2019 (14:23:37 CET)

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An Efficient HVAC Network Control for Safety Enhancement of a Typical UPS Battery Storage Room

Mpho J. Lencwe, SP Daniel Chowdhury, Sipho Mahlangu, Maxwell Sibanyoni, and Louwrance Ngoma

Subject: Engineering, Automotive Engineering Keywords: Air Handling Unit; Battery Room; HVACS; Network Control Panel; and Intrinsic Safe Barrier Module

Online: 1 July 2021 (11:11:23 CEST)

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Tougher Targets for China’s Clean Air Cities? Implications from Air Quality Assessment in Shenzhen

Dian Huang, Qinglan Li, Guangxin Li, Xiaoxue Wang, Liqun Sun

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: air pollution; air quality standard; spatial pattern; variability; human health protection

Online: 5 October 2018 (14:15:36 CEST)

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Preprint TECHNICAL NOTE | doi:10.20944/preprints201808.0446.v1

Bio-Delipidation of Dissolved Air Flotation Pre-Treated Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater

Siyasanga Mbulawa, Seteno Karabo Obed Ntwampe, Moses Basitere, Yolanda Mpentshu, Cynthia Dlangamandla, Boredi Silas Chidi

Subject: Engineering, Chemical Engineering Keywords: bio-delipidation; dissolved air flotation (DAF); fats, oil and grease (FOG); poultry slaughterhouse wastewater (PSW)

Online: 27 August 2018 (09:48:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0177.v1

Warm Advection Fog over the Eastern Yellow Sea: WRF Simulation and Its Verification by Satellite and In Situ Observations

Eunjeong Lee, Jung-Hoon Kim, Ki-Young Heo, Yang-Ki Cho

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Sea fog; Formation; Evolution; Dissipation; Turbulence

Online: 5 March 2021 (09:20:04 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0053.v1

Analysis of Environmental Factors Caused by Exposure to Air Pollution in Yeosu Industrial Complex: Analyzing Google Trend Trends in Cancer Generation through Big Data

Kil Yong Choi, BuSoon Son, WonHo Yang

Subject: Physical Sciences, Atomic And Molecular Physics Keywords: Google Trend; Particulate Matter; National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Information System; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Big Data

Online: 2 August 2020 (18:29:51 CEST)

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