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Líneas de investigación / Research areas or topics
- Modelación a multi-escala del transporte y transformación química de contaminantes atmosféricos / Multiscale modelling of urban air pollutants.
- Monitoreo, muestreo y caracterización de contaminantes atmosféricos en el ambiente interior o exterior/ Micro-environment: Air pollutant monitoring, sampling, and characterization.
- Dinámica de fluidos computacional (CFD) aplicada a ciencias atmosféricas & ambientales / Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Environmental Sciences.
- Microclima urbano e infraestructura verde / Microclimate and green infrastructure.
Projects & Funding
• Calidad del aire en la Península de Yucatán: modelación atmosférica y mediciones.
o PI: Dr. Juan Zavala (ENES-Mérida).
• LANCAD-UNAM-DGTIC-424: Recursos de supercomputo para investigación.
o DGTIC. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
o Duration: 2023-2024.
o Responsable: Dr. Juan Zavala (ENES-Mérida).
• IA104423: Interacción entre vegetación, infraestructura urbana y atmósfera.
o Programa de Apoyo a Proyectos de Investigación e Innovación Tecnológica (PAPIIT).
o DGAPA. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
o Duration: 2023-2024.
o PI: Dr. Juan Zavala (ENES-Mérida).
Publications
Journal articles (latest)
7.1.1.1. Kalaiarasan, Gopinath, Prashant Kumar, Mamatha Tomson, Juan C. Zavala-Reyes, Alexandra E. Porter, Gloria Young, Mark A. Sephton, Hisham Abubakar-Waziri, Christopher C. Pain, Ian M. Adcock, Sharon Mumby, Claire Dilliway, Fangxing Fang, Rossella Arcucci, Kian Fan Chung. (2024). Particle Number Size Distribution in Three Different Microenvironments of London. Atmosphere, 15, 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15010045
Tomson, M., Kumar, P., Kalaiarasan, G., Zavala-Reyes, J. C., Chiapasco, M., Sephton, M. A., & Porter, A. E. (2023). Pollutant concentrations and exposure variability in four urban microenvironments of London. Atmospheric Environment, 119624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119624
Kumar, P., Zavala-Reyes, J. C., Kalaiarasan, G., Abubakar-Waziri, H., Young, G., Mudway, I., Dilliway, C., Lakhdar, R., Mumby, S., Kłosowski, M. M., Pain, C. C., Adcock, I. M., Watson, J. S., Shepton, M. A., Chung K. F., Porter, A. E. (2023). Characteristics of fine and ultrafine aerosols in the London underground. Science of the Total Environment, 858, 159315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159315
Hernández-Moreno, A., Diego-Ayala, U., Jazcilevich, A., HernándezPaniagua, I., Zavala-Reyes, J. C., Suárez, A., Rosas-Pérez, I. (2022). Transient traffic energy use analysis employing video-tracking and microscopic modeling techniques: A case study using electric and combustion engine vehicles. Energy Science & Engineering, 2022, 2022-2034. https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.1148
Kumar, P., Zavala-Reyes, J. C., Tomson, M., & Kalaiarasan, G. (2022). Understanding the effects of roadside hedges on the horizontal and vertical distributions of air pollutants in street canyons. Environment International, 158, 106883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106883
Prashant Kumar Sarkawt Hama, Hamid Omidvarborna, Ashish Sharma, Jeetendra Sahani, K.V. Abhijith, Sisay E. Debele, Juan C. Zavala-Reyes, Yendle Barwise, Arvind Tiwari. (2020). Temporary reduction in fine particulate matter due to ‘anthropogenic emissions switch-off’ during COVID-19 lockdown in Indian cities. Sustainable Cities and Society, 62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102382
Juan C. Zavala-Reyes, A.P.R. Jeanjean, R.J. Leigh, Iván Y. Hernández-Paniagua, Irma Rosas-Pérez, Arón Jazcilevich. (2019). Studying human exposure to vehicular emissions using computational fluid dynamics and an urban mobility simulator: The effect of sidewalk residence time, vehicular technologies and a traffic-calming device. Science of the Total Environment, 687, 720-731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.422
Arón Jazcilevich, Juan de la Cruz Zavala, Ayda Marcela Erazo Arcos, Isao Kanda, Irma Rosas. (2019). Sidewalk pollution flows caused by vehicular traffic place children at a higher acute exposure risk. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology volume 29, pages 491–499. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-018-0083-4
Hernández-Paniagua, I. Y., Andraca-Ayala, G. L., Diego-Ayala, U., Ruiz-Suarez, L. G., Zavala-Reyes, J. C., Cid-Juárez, S., Torre-Bouscoulet, L. & Jazcilevich, A. (2018). Personal Exposure to PM2. 5 in the Megacity of Mexico: A Multi-Mode Transport Study. Atmosphere, 9(2), 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020057