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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2020

On the mathematical modelling and data assimilation for air pollution assessment in the Tropical Andes.

O L Quintero Montoya, Elías D Niño-Ruiz, Nicolás Pinel

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

O L Quintero MontoyaMathematical Modelling Research Group, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia. oquinte1@eafit.edu.co.
Elías D Niño-RuizComputer Science Department, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Nicolás PinelBiodiversity Evolution and Conservation, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia.
Universidad EAFIT · COUniversidad del Norte · CO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution assessment in the Tropical Andes requires a multidisciplinary approach. This can be supported from the understanding of the underlying biological dynamics and atmospheric behavior, to the mathematical approach for the proper use of all available information. This review paper touches on several aspects in which mathematical models can help to solve challenging problems regarding air pollution in reviewing the state-of-the-art at the global level and assessing the corresponding state of development as applied to the Tropical Andes. We address the complexities and challenges that modelling atmospheric dynamics in a mega-diverse region with abrupt topography entails. Understanding the relevance of monitoring and facing the problems of data scarcity, we call attention to the usefulness of data assimilation for uncertainty reduction, and how these techniques could help tackle the scarcity of regional monitoring networks to accelerate the implementation and development of modelling systems for air quality in the Tropical Andes. Finally, we suggest a cyberphysical framework for decision-making processes based on the data assimilation of chemical transport models, the forecast of scenarios, and their use in regulation and policy making.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironmental MonitoringModels, TheoreticalPolicy MakingAir PollutantsBiodiversityComputer modelling and simulationConservationData assimilation and data analysis

Identifiers

PMID32335834
OpenAlexW3019680417

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