All Outputs (10)

Comparative receptor modelling for the sources of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) at urban sites in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Srivastava, D., Saksakulkrai, S., Acton, W. J. F., Rooney, D. J., Hall, J., Hou, S., Wolstencroft, M., Bartington, S., Harrison, R. M., Shi, Z., & Bloss, W. J. (2025). Comparative receptor modelling for the sources of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) at urban sites in the UK. Atmospheric Environment, 343, Article 120963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120963

The concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the UK has been decreasing in the last few decades but remains the leading environmental health risk. As a consequence of changing population, behaviour, activity factors, emissions and regulati... Read More about Comparative receptor modelling for the sources of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) at urban sites in the UK.

Instant Data: Finding and cataloguing externally hosted research datasets through automation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baldwin, J., & Green, J. (2024, February). Instant Data: Finding and cataloguing externally hosted research datasets through automation. Presented at Open Research London, The Francis Crick Institute

Increasingly, publishers, funders and institutions are focussing not only on open access to publications, but also open access to the underlying research data. There is a wealth of data archiving options available, most of which are external to an in... Read More about Instant Data: Finding and cataloguing externally hosted research datasets through automation.

Factors Influencing the Formation of Nitrous Acid from Photolysis of Particulate Nitrate (2023)
Journal Article
Sommariva, R., Alam, M. S., Crilley, L. R., Rooney, D. J., Bloss, W. J., Fomba, K. W., Andersen, S. T., & Carpenter, L. J. (2023). Factors Influencing the Formation of Nitrous Acid from Photolysis of Particulate Nitrate. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(44), 9302–9310. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03853

Enhanced photolysis of particulate nitrate (pNO3) to form photolabile species, such as gas-phase nitrous acid (HONO), has been proposed as a potential mechanism to recycle nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the remote boundary layer (“renoxification”). This ar... Read More about Factors Influencing the Formation of Nitrous Acid from Photolysis of Particulate Nitrate.

Ambient air quality monitoring for healthcare settings (2023)
Report
Baldo, C., Cowell, N., Rooney, D. J., Bloss, W. J., & Bartington, S. (2023). Ambient air quality monitoring for healthcare settings. WM-AIR

The WM-Air team has released a new guidance document, Ambient air quality monitoring for healthcare settings¸ with the aim of supporting the development and understanding of air quality monitoring within healthcare settings. Building on research expe... Read More about Ambient air quality monitoring for healthcare settings.

NO2 levels inside vehicle cabins with pollen and activated carbon filters: A real world targeted intervention to estimate NO2 exposure reduction potential (2023)
Journal Article
Matthaios, V. N., Rooney, D., Harrison, R. M., Koutrakis, P., & Bloss, W. J. (2023). NO2 levels inside vehicle cabins with pollen and activated carbon filters: A real world targeted intervention to estimate NO2 exposure reduction potential. Science of the Total Environment, 860, Article 160395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160395

Traffic related nitrogen dioxide (NO2) poses a serious environmental and health risk factor in the urban environment. Drivers and vehicle occupants in general may have acute exposure to NO2 levels. In order to identify key controllable measures to re... Read More about NO2 levels inside vehicle cabins with pollen and activated carbon filters: A real world targeted intervention to estimate NO2 exposure reduction potential.

NO2 exposure reduction inside different vehicle cabins with activated carbon filters and their efficiency vs duration of use (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Matthaios, V., Rooney, D., Harrison, R. M., Koutrakis, P., & Bloss, W. (2022, December). NO2 exposure reduction inside different vehicle cabins with activated carbon filters and their efficiency vs duration of use. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago

PM2. 5 and NO2 exposure in different vehicle cabins with standard pollen and activated carbon filters (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Matthaios, V., Rooney, D., Cowell, N., Harrison, R., Koutrakis, P., & Bloss, W. (2022, May). PM2. 5 and NO2 exposure in different vehicle cabins with standard pollen and activated carbon filters. Presented at EGU General Assembly 2022, Viena, Austria and online

Vehicle cabins are confined spaces where air quality can easily be reduced or improved by a combination of: ventilation settings, cabin air filter and route choice. By regulating the indoor-outdoor exchange rate using the vehicle's ventilation system... Read More about PM2. 5 and NO2 exposure in different vehicle cabins with standard pollen and activated carbon filters.

Evaluating Actions to Improve Air Quality at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (2022)
Journal Article
Simpson, O., Elliott, M., Muller, C., Jones, T., Hentsch, P., Rooney, D., Cowell, N., Bloss, W. J., & Bartington, S. E. (2022). Evaluating Actions to Improve Air Quality at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Sustainability, 14(18), Article 11128. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811128

Air pollution is the single largest environmental risk to human health in the UK, exerting a major healthcare sector burden and exacerbating health and social inequalities. The NHS Long Term Plan commits the healthcare sector to reducing emissions fr... Read More about Evaluating Actions to Improve Air Quality at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

PM1 composition and source apportionment at two sites in Delhi, India, across multiple seasons (2021)
Journal Article
Reyes-Villegas, E., Panda, U., Darbyshire, E., Cash, J. M., Joshi, R., Langford, B., Di Marco, C. F., Mullinger, N. J., Alam, M. S., Crilley, L. R., Rooney, D. J., Acton, W. J. F., Drysdale, W., Nemitz, E., Flynn, M., Voliotis, A., McFiggans, G., Coe, H., Lee, J., Hewitt, C. N., …Allan, J. D. (2021). PM1 composition and source apportionment at two sites in Delhi, India, across multiple seasons. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(15), 11655–11667. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11655-2021

Air pollution in urban environments has been shown to have a negative impact on air quality and human health, particularly in megacities. Over recent decades, Delhi, India, has suffered high atmospheric pollution, with significant particulate matter... Read More about PM1 composition and source apportionment at two sites in Delhi, India, across multiple seasons.

Chemical source profiles of fine particles for five different sources in Delhi (2021)
Journal Article
Hama, S., Kumar, P., Alam, M. S., Rooney, D. J., Bloss, W. J., Shi, Z., Harrison, R. M., Crilley, L. R., Khare, M., & Gupta, S. K. (2021). Chemical source profiles of fine particles for five different sources in Delhi. Chemosphere, 274, Article 129913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129913

Increasing emissions from sources such as construction and burning of biomass from crop residues, roadside and municipal solid waste have led to a rapid increase in the atmospheric concentrations of fine particulate matter (≤2.5 μm; PM2.5) over many... Read More about Chemical source profiles of fine particles for five different sources in Delhi.