A5033313869- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Climate variability and models
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Odor and Emission Control Technologies
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
University of Chieti-Pescara
2018-2025
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
2024
Planetary Science Institute
2022-2023
Harvard University
2022-2023
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
2020-2021
Center for Applied Special Technology
2020
University of L'Aquila
2011-2017
Background Nanoplastics, an emerging form of pollution, are easily consumed by organisms and pose a significant threat to biological functions due their size, expansive surface area, potent ability penetrate systems. Recent findings indicate increasing presence airborne nanoplastics in atmospheric samples, such as polystyrene (PS), raising concerns about potential risks the human respiratory system. Methods This study investigates impact 800 nm diameter-PS nanoparticles (PS-NPs) on A549,...
Abstract. We present an analysis of ozone (O3) photochemistry observed by aircraft measurements boreal biomass burning plumes over eastern Canada in the summer 2011. Measurements O3 and a number key chemical species associated with photochemistry, including non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs), nitrogen oxides (NOx) total containing (NOy), were made from UK FAAM BAe-146 research as part "quantifying impact BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants Atlantic using Aircraft Satellites" (BORTAS)...
Abstract. Aerosol chemical composition was found to influence nighttime atmospheric chemistry during a series of airborne measurements in northwestern Europe summer conditions, which has implications for regional air quality and climate. The uptake dinitrogen pentoxide, γ (N2O5), particle surfaces be modulated by the amount water content ammonium nitrate present aerosol. conditions prevalent this study suggest that net rate N2O5 aerosols relatively efficient compared previous studies, with...
Abstract. Airborne measurements of biomass burning organic aerosol (BBOA) from boreal forest fires reveal highly contrasting properties for plumes different ages. These measurements, performed using an Aerodyne Research Inc. compact time-of-flight mass spectrometer (C-ToF-AMS) during the BORTAS (quantifying impact BOReal on Tropospheric oxidants over Atlantic Aircraft and Satellites) experiment in summer 2011, have been used to derive normalised excess (OA) concentrations (ΔOA / ΔCO), with...
The chemical pathways for the production of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) are influenced by concentration nitrogen oxides (NOx), including organonitrates (ON). Herein, a series experiments conducted in an environmental chamber investigated and partitioning total from α-pinene photo-oxidation <1 to 24 ppb NOx. Gas-phase particle-phase (gON pON, respectively) were measured laser-induced fluorescence (LIF). composition particle phase mass simultaneously characterized online aerosol...
Central Italy's diverse ecosystems and landscapes are susceptible to the Mediterranean climate change, affecting water resources riverine systems. Managing these is crucial for nation's sustainable development resilience. This research assesses potential long-term change impacts on river runoff in central highly regulated Aterno-Pescara River watershed. We simulate current future using Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT+). Climate projections from 5 Global Models (GCMs) under two emissions...
This paper reports measurements of land-atmosphere fluxes sensible and latent heat, momentum, CO(2), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), NO, NO(2), N(2)O O(3) over a 30 m high rainforest canopy 12 oil palm plantation in the same region Sabah Borneo between April July 2008. The daytime maximum CO(2) flux to two canopies differs by approximately factor 2, 1200 mg C m(-2) h(-1) for 700 rainforest, with showing substantially greater quantum efficiency. Total VOC emissions are also larger than 3....
Abstract. We describe the design and execution of BORTAS (Quantifying impact BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants over Atlantic using Aircraft Satellites) experiment, which has overarching objective understanding chemical aging air masses that contain emission products from seasonal boreal wildfires how these subsequently downwind atmospheric composition. The central focus experiment was a two-week deployment UK BAe-146-301 Atmospheric Research (ARA) eastern Canada, based out...
Abstract. The RONOCO (ROle of Nighttime chemistry in controlling the Oxidising Capacity AtmOsphere) aircraft campaign during July 2010 and January 2011 made observations OH, HO2, NO3, N2O5 a number supporting measurements at night over UK, reflects first simultaneous airborne these species. We compare observed concentrations short-lived species with those calculated by box model constrained longer lived using detailed chemical scheme. OH were below limit detection, consistent predictions....
Abstract. Chemical modelling studies have been conducted over north-western Europe in summer conditions, showing that night-time dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5) heterogeneous reactive uptake is important regionally modulating particulate nitrate and has a~modest influence on oxidative chemistry. Results from Weather Research Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) simulations, run a detailed volatile organic compound (VOC) gas-phase chemistry scheme the Model for Simulating Aerosol...
Transmission pathways of SARS-CoV-2 are aerosol, droplet and touching infected material. The diffusion the virus contagion among people is easier in indoor location, but direct detection air or on surfaces quite sparse, especially regarding public transport, while it would be important to know how if safe use them. To answer these questions we analysed most usually touched by passengers inside a city bus during normal operation, order understand possible spreading effectiveness protective...
Climate change is reshaping water systems and trends in hydro-climatic variables, such as temperature, precipitation, river runoff, providing critical insights into the hydrological shifts influenced by climate change. However, impact of variability on these variables varies geographic location, making it necessary to study variations Mediterranean’s changing determine its impacts. This analyzed Aterno-Pescara River watershed central Italy from 1936 2013. We employed linear regression,...
Exposure to atmospheric compounds increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. In our study, we will show a derived exposure-response curve from relative develop diabetes because exposure different pollutants, i.e. particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3). The is used estimate worldwide map percentage attributable burden for each pollutant, using high resolution dataset pollutants satellite observations. Finally, validation model comparing modeled numbers patients...
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a class of anthropogenic organic chemicals that have emerged as persistent environmental contaminants. In 2013, widespread contamination surface water, groundwater, drinking water was identified in three provinces the Veneto Region, northern Italy, significantly impacting nearly 30 municipalities. The mainly caused by industrial discharges fluorinated into local bodies from chemical manufacturing facility other activities. While...
The use of low-cost sensors is continuously increasing as more evidence appears their benefits: from the wide range applications to ease and accessible costs. Still, they are extensively studied rightfully understand right way handle data. first part this work focuses on one month simultaneous measurements temperature, relative humidity, pressure, CO, NO, NO2, O3, OX, VOCs, PM2.5 PM10 by three different a Pollution PyxisGC BTEX. Dataset acquired ARTA (Agenzia Regionale per la Tutela...
In the framework of Next Generation EU program, Vitality project was founded to&#160;develop different research activities related to sustainability and environmental protection.&#160;One them, called One health: Telemedicine Environment coordinated by University&#160;&#8216;G. d&#8217;Annunzio&#8217;, Italy, is focused on impacts climate changes pollutant changes, on&#160;the evolution some human health diseases. Here we report infrastructure development...
&#160;The rapid advancement of Information Technology is transforming research in atmospheric and environmental sciences, with Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning (AI/ML) offering novel tools to explore complex systems. AI/ML techniques have demonstrated significant potential pollutant dynamics [6]. learning&#8217;s capability capture non-linear relationships among variables has been validated prior studies [5].&#160; This study leverages a feed-forward neural network (FFNN)...
The atmosphere plays a pivotal role in modulating the interactions between microorganisms and their surrounding environments, influencing ecological cycles, heritage conservation, providing opportunities for novel applications. Recent studies have highlighted of microbial responses to atmospheric conditions as indicators environmental change [1]. This study highlights potential cyanobacteria biosensors detecting monitoring climate change, using Majella Massif region Central Italy case study....