1. A complexity view of atmospheric particulate matter concentration.
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Estavillo, Simone Astrid, Vallar, Edgar, Galvez, Maria Cecilia, Ong, Prane Mariel, and Batac, Rene C.
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PARTICULATE matter , *AIR pollution , *EXPONENTS , *ATMOSPHERE - Abstract
We studied the distribution of the annual PM2.5 concentrations of countries and territories as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the last decade using self-reported data from governments and other contributing institutions. The distributions follow various regimes corresponding to the low, intermediate, and high PM2.5 concentrations. The intermediate regime is fitted with a power-law with scaling exponent close to 2.44 and explained from a complexity perspective using a truncated exponential growth model with random truncation growth rates. The self-organization resulting from the interplay between natural and human-induced factors in the atmosphere is deemed to persist despite the gradual evolution of the actual statistical manifestations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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