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Abstract
Air pollution is one of the most critical environmental challenges and threats to humans. Ozone and nitrogen dioxide (their sum is defined as oxidant, OX) are among the criteria air pollutants and have serious health effects. Oxidant is affected by emission sources in local and regional domains. In this work, a systematic and critical review is conducted on the existing studies of the local and regional oxidant contributions. The systematic review focuses on the publication year, journal rank, study location, and keyphrase analysis. The critical review examines the analyzed parameters, and temporal variations and the data analysis of local and regional contributions of oxidant. The systematic review showed that the studies were conducted in 13 different countries and were published in 19 scientific journals. The critical review indicated that O3, NO, NO2, NOx, and OX were used in all the studies. Furthermore, meteorological parameters of temperature and wind speed were mostly employed in the literature. Due to the substantial effects of emission and meteorological parameters on OX, different time scales were defined so that these effects could be evaluated separately. Our findings revealed that the highest OX’s local and regional contributions belong to daily (24-h average) and daylight time scales, respectively. The statistical analysis of the present study shows that the regional contribution values have less variations than the local contribution ones. This is due to the fact that the regional contribution values are influenced by a larger spatial domain and are less dependent on emission sources of each location.
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International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (IJEST) is an international scholarly refereed research journal which aims to promote the theory and practice of environmental science and technology, innovation, engineering and management.
A broad outline of the journal''s scope includes: peer reviewed original research articles, case and technical reports, reviews and analyses papers, short communications and notes to the editor, in interdisciplinary information on the practice and status of research in environmental science and technology, both natural and man made.
The main aspects of research areas include, but are not exclusive to; environmental chemistry and biology, environments pollution control and abatement technology, transport and fate of pollutants in the environment, concentrations and dispersion of wastes in air, water, and soil, point and non-point sources pollution, heavy metals and organic compounds in the environment, atmospheric pollutants and trace gases, solid and hazardous waste management; soil biodegradation and bioremediation of contaminated sites; environmental impact assessment, industrial ecology, ecological and human risk assessment; improved energy management and auditing efficiency and environmental standards and criteria.