Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering (FESE)
Call for contributions to the special issue:
Progresses in Understanding Secondary Air Pollution
Background, Objectives and Scope
Secondary air pollution is the key in shaping the trends of air quality. The formation of secondary species in fine particles (SO42-, NO3-, NH4+ and secondary organic aerosols (SOA)) as well as ground-level ozone will be the foci for the air pollution control strategies. The efforts recently in understanding the nature of air pollution lead to inspiring progresses in quantifying the major processes of secondary air pollution. The objectives of this special issue are to: 1) promote synthesis of the-state-of-the-art science and technologies in understanding secondary air pollution, 2) provide an opportunity to compare the similarity and differences of secondary air pollution in typical regions, 3) evaluate limitation and potential impacts in understanding the changes of air quality, and 4) identify major knowledge gaps and directions for further-on researches.
Authors are invited to submit original research and critical review papers. While this special issue will try to include various aspects on secondary air pollution, special attention will be placed on sources of major precursors of secondary air pollution, the key physical and chemical processes in formation of secondary air pollution, the effects of air quality change in human health and climate, and innovation in technologies for air pollution abatement. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
1) Sources of major precursors for secondary air pollution
> Progresses in source characteristics measurements
> Development of emission inventories and source profiles of major precursors
> Verification of source inventories to understand the reliability and uncertainties of emissions
2) Key processes of secondary air pollution formation
> Ambient measurements of the evaluation of secondary air pollution
> Lab simulation on the key processes of secondary air pollution formation
> Numerical models for simulation and prediction of secondary air pollution
> Regional features of current status and trends of air pollution
3) The impacts and controls of air pollution
> The progresses in understanding the health effects of air pollution
> Quantifying the climatic effects of air pollution change in typical regions
> Innovation in regional air quality abatement and management
About the Journal and Submission Procedure
Published by Springer, FESE is a fast-growing journal published both in print and online. Though quite young, the journal obtained an Impact Factor of 1.357 in 2014, and the momentum remains strong. More information on the journal is available at http://www.springer.com/environment/journal/11783?detailsPage=press or http://journal.hep.com.cn/fese
This Special Issue is promoted by the State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, China. Manuscripts will be reviewed with the same rigor as for other submissions to FESE. Please submit your manuscripts through the FESE online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fese and select the “Special Issue-Secondary Air Pollution” as the “Manuscript Type”. The editors will strive to complete the review process within two months upon receipt of the submissions for rapid publication.
Important Dates
Call for Contributions: Aug. 1, 2015
Deadline for Submission: Oct. 31, 2015
Editors
Min SHAO
Professor of Environmental Science
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Peking University
No.5 Summer Palace Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, CHINA
Phone: 86-10-62757973; Fax: 86-10-62757973; E-mail: mshao@pku.edu.cn
Armistead G. RUSSELL
Professor of Environmental Engineering
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
EST 3210, Mason Building, 790 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0355, USA
Phone: 404 894 3079; E-mail: ted.russell@ce.gatech.edu