Experiments on air and biomonitoring were conducted to evaluate pollution impact on the vegetation along the road in Jalgaon City, Maharashtra. The plantation along the roads and mainly includes neem (Aadirachta indica), peepal (Ficus religiosa), banyan (Ficus benghalensis), almond (Terminalia catapa). For biomonitoring, leaf area, total chlorophyll, plant protein were analyzed to study the imp...

In this study 3.5min average bulk aerosol composition data recorded from aircraft during ACE-ASIA C130 Flight #6 are used to investigate the extent of fine particle (Dp 50 o 1.3mm) mixing among various inorganic aerosol particle constituents. Dust-laden air masses that had mixed with urban air pollutants over the Beijing and Tianjin region were subsequently recorded in the marine boundary layer...

Adverse health and environmental effects of household dust are derived from their chemical composition and properties. In this study, household, stairs and entryway dust (<20 μm) samples from homes located in urban, residential and residential near to industrial area in Greater Cairo during summer 2013 were collected to study their chemical composition, characterization and factors affecting th...

The plants follow various strategies for adapting and mitigating climatic environmental stresses. This offers an opportunity to comprehend adaptation mitigation mechanisms under changing climate environment emerging from vehicular emissions. We deployed approach, i.e., physiological (Phy) biophysical (Bioph) functional traits (FTs) based approach understand plant response assessing potential of...

The present study tested the extraction efficiency and quantification reproducibility of anhydrosugars in a series of NIST SRMs using two extraction protocols and isotopically-labeled (d7-levoglucosan) vs. chemically analogous (sedoheptulosan) surrogates. In both instances, levoglucosan concentrations in the different versions of the Washington, D.C. urban dust standard (SRM 1649, 1649a, 1649b,...

The built environment surrounding arterials affects the dispersion of vehicular emissions in urban areas, modifying the potential risks to public health. In order to study the influence of urban morphometry on flow and dispersion of vehicular fine particulate matter emissions, in the summer of 2008 field measurements were performed in major arterials located in five Southern Californian cities ...

Soils in older areas of cities are highly contaminated by lead, due largely to past use of lead additives in gasoline, the use of lead in exterior paints, and industrial lead sources. Soils are not passive repositories and periodic re-suspension of fine lead contaminated soil dust particulates (or aerosols) may create seasonal variations of lead exposure for urban dwellers. Atmospheric soil and...