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Air Pollution and Related Health Risks

Investigating Environmental Health and Sustainability

  • 1st Edition - July 25, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Umesh Chandra Dumka, Balram Ambade
  • Language: English

Air Pollution and Related Health Risks: Investigating Environmental Health and Sustainability provides discussion on advanced atmospheric phenomena as they relate to health ri… Read more

Description

Air Pollution and Related Health Risks: Investigating Environmental Health and Sustainability provides discussion on advanced atmospheric phenomena as they relate to health risks and environmental sustainability. Sections cover challenges, the carcinogenic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the atmosphere, and reviews of microplastics and organic aerosol compositions. The book's editors also complete a micro and macro analysis of PM2.5 and PM10 spatio-temporal properties in the Himalayan environment, and aerosol radiative and health impacts are also explored. Other sections cover wet deposition and scavenging of atmospheric pollutants and a risk assessment of living-non-living airborne particles to human health.

Post-graduates and early-career researchers in atmospheric sciences, geophysics, environmental science, and meteorology will find much to learn and apply in this valuable resource.

Key features

  • Explores meteorological linkages with air quality and advances in atmospheric science that address considerable changes in local, regional, and global climates
  • Provides in-depth explanations of all five climate system components
  • Addresses serious worries about climate change and global warming, as well as a full explanation of the basis of these fears
  • Includes new, unique content on the troposphere, indoor/outdoor air quality theory, and the structure of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) observations and modeling approaches

Readership

Post-graduates and early-career researchers of atmospheric sciences, geophysics, meteorology, and meteorological research. All students studying atmospheric physics as part of atmospheric science, climatology, physics, Earth science, planetary science, or applied mathematics

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. The Carcinogenic Effect of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in an Urban Atmosphere

3. Comparative Study on Black Carbon Aerosols During Diwali Festivals and Their Source Apportionment Over an Urban City in Eastern India

4. Particulate Matter Characterization and Analysis Through Experimental and Theoretical Approaches

5. Aerosol Radiative Effects and Health Implications: Insights From Ground-Based Measurements and Modeling

6. Real-Time Characterization, Seasonal Variation, and Source Apportionment of Black Carbon in Urban Area

7. Characterization of Dicarboxylic Acids, Ketoacids, α-Dicarbonyls, Sugar Compounds, and Carbonaceous Species Connection with Atmospheric Aerosols of Rural Area

8. Risk Assessment of Living–Nonliving Airborne Particles to Human Health

9. Microplastic in the atmosphere and health

10. Air pollution’s impacts: Environmental degradation and consequences

11. Comfort to Heat Stress: A Matter of Mean Radiant Temperature, Humidity, Universal Thermal Climate Index

12. Investigation of Climate and Weather Impact Risks on Human Health

13. Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Air

14. Submicron Particulate Exposure and Attributable Health Risks

15. Potential Risk Assessment From Elevated Contamination Levels of Speed Hump Road Soil on Human Health

16. Effect of heat wave events on air-quality: Implications for environmental health

17. Volcanic eruptions as a cause of extreme weather with special focus on Hong Kong

18. Earth observation applications in air quality and climate research

19. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Space-Borne Climatic Parameters and Aerosol Variability over Large Himalayan Glacial Extent

20. Fuzzy-Based Prioritized Clean Air Assessment Tool for Identifying Air Pollution Hotspots in India

21. Conclusion and Future Perspective

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 25, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Umesh Chandra Dumka

Dr. Umesh Chandra Dumka (ARIES, Nainital, India) is working as a Scientist-E in the Atmospheric Science Division, at ARIES, Nainital, India. He completed his Ph.D. in 2008 and had four years of post-doctoral experience. In 2011, he joined as a scientist at ARIES, Nainital, India. Since then, he and his group are actively involved in the in-situ measurements of aerosol optical and physical properties. His scientific interests cover a wide range of topics in atmospheric chemistry and physics from in-situ and remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols, aerosol chemistry, and climate to optical and microphysical properties of aerosols including carbonaceous aerosols with emphasis on elemental carbon, black/brown carbon and organic carbon, secondary aerosol formation, and air pollution, and aerosol-cloud-climate interactions, extreme phenomena such as biomass burning and dust storms, solar/renewal energy, etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Scientist-E (Equivalent to associate professor), Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Manora Peak, Nainital, India

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Balram Ambade

Dr. Balram Ambade (NIT Jamshedpur) is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry. He completed his Ph.D. in 2010 and started teaching at various reputed Engineering Colleges in India. In 2011 he joined IISER Bhopal as Post-Doc. Research Associate and in 2012 he joined NIT Jamshedpur as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Since then, his group has actively engaged in analyzing Environmental and Atmospheric Chemistry, Black carbon and Climate change, and PAHs in the atmosphere. He has mentored five graduate students, served as the principal investigator on six reputable funded projects, and written four books that have received international acclaim. His research team is heavily interested in Environmental Chemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

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