ADMS-Urban dispersion model, Internet of Things (IoT), local particulate concentrations, low-cost sensors, particulate matter, sensor networks

Cowell, Nicole, Baldo, Clarissa, Chapman, Lee ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2837-8334, Bloss, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3017-4461 and Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 (2024) What can we learn from nested IoT low-cost sensor networks for air quality? A case study of PM2.5 in Birmingham, UK. Meteorological Applications, 31 (4):e2220. ISSN 1350-4827 (Print), 1469-8080 (Online) (doi:10.1002/met.2220)

Air quality modelling; ADMS-Urban; High Performance Computing

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Hood, C., Johnson, K., Stocker, J., Handley, H., Wolstencroft, M., Mazzeo, A., Cai, X. and Bloss, W.J. (2022) Nitrogen dioxide changes over time. [Video]

HPC, BEAR, supercomputing

Acil, Nezha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4043-0414, Barker, Jake, Baziotis, Christos, Beltran, Allan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-5934, Dai, Duiyi, Deakin, Jordan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2796-5622, Dettmer, Samuel, Fentham, Daniel, Fontrodona-Bach, Adrià ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-3814, Hart-Villamil, Roberto, Jenkins, Benjamin, Jia, Xi, Jones, Alan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-5626, Morris, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7453-5698, Murakami, Akira ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5252-1217, Seymour, Rowland G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8739-3921, da Silva Xavier, Gabriela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0678-012X, Smith, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2530-9229, Tashev, Stanimir, Turner, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5423-5302, Uche, Elijah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6868-6323, Xia, Xilin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5784-9211 and Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 (2023) BEAR - Birmingham Environment for Academic Research: case studies volume 3. Project Report. Birmingham Environment for Academic Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. (doi:10.25500/epapers.bham.00004303)

Urban air quality; Multicomponent microphysics; Dispersion

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 (2020) Modelling the neighbourhood-scale dispersion of traffic-induced ultrafine particles. In: UK-US Collaboration on Air-Quality Modelling & Exposure Science: Workshop, 16th – 17th November 2020, Online. (Unpublished)

air pollution, MBM-FleX, photochemistry, shading effects, VOCs

Dai, Yuqing, Cai, Xiaoming ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5934-9800, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Mazzeo, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7109-0934 and MacKenzie, A. Rob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8227-742X (2022) Chemistry, transport, emission, and shading effects on NO2 and Ox distributions within urban canyons. Environmental Pollution, 315:120347. ISSN 0269-7491 (Print), 1873-6424 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120347)

air pollution, air quality modelling, ADMS-Urban, high performance computing, HPC, West Midlands

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Hood, Christina, Johnson, Kate, Stocker, Jenny, Handley, Jonathan, Wolstencroft, Mark, Mazzeo, Andrea, Cai, Xiaoming and James Bloss, William (2021) Using task farming to optimise a street-scale resolution air quality model of the West Midlands (UK). Atmosphere, 12 (8):983. ISSN 2073-4433 (Online) (doi:10.3390/atmos12080983)

air pollution, air quality modelling, CMAQ, WRF, particulate matter, PM2.5, West Midlands

Mazzeo, Andrea, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Hood, Christina, Smith, Stephen, Stocker, Jenny, Cai, Xiaoming and Bloss, William J. (2022) Modelling the impact of national vs. local emission reduction on PM2.5 in the West Midlands, UK using WRF-CMAQ. Atmosphere, 13 (3):377. ISSN 2073-4433 (Online) (doi:10.3390/atmos13030377)

air quality modelling, traffic, ADMS-Urban, street scale

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 (2023) Modelling dispersion of air pollutants at the street scale in the West Midlands using the ADMS-Urban model. In: FUTURE cities – the challenge of changing urban form (Joint FUTURE/UFM hybrid meeting), 3rd - 4th April 2023, University of Surrey, UK. (Unpublished)

air quality targets, PM2.5

Baldo, Clarissa, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Hall, James, Muller, Catherine L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5176-5949, Bartington, Suzanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8179-7618 and Bloss, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3017-4461 (2023) New air quality targets and interim goals for fine particulate matter – PM2.5: implications for the West Midlands. Report. WM Air - University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. (doi:10.25500/epapers.bham.00004251)

air quality, box models, Nitrogen dioxide, ozone, street canyon, urban air pollution

Dai, Yuqing, Cai, Xiaoming ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5934-9800, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 and Robert MacKenzie, Angus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8227-742X (2021) Modelling chemistry and transport in urban street canyons: comparing offline multi-box models with large-eddy simulation. Atmospheric Environment, 264:118709. ISSN 1352-2310 (Print), 1878-2442 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118709)

air quality, dispersion modelling, road transport, urban street, ewmissions

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Stocker, Jenny, Cai, Xiaoming, Harrison, Roy M. and Bloss, William James (2024) Street-scale air quality modelling over the West Midlands, United Kingdom: effect of idealised traffic reduction scenarios. Urban Climate, 55:101961. ISSN 2212-0955 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101961)

air quality, particulate matter, Nitrogen dioxide, health impact assessment, costs, health economics, decision model

Hall, James, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Jowett, Sue, Mazzeo, Andrea, Thomas, G. Neil, Bryson, John R., Dewar, Steve, Inglis, Nadia, Wolstencroft, Mark, Muller, Catherine, Bloss, William James, Harrison, Roy M. and Bartington, Suzanne E. (2024) Regional impact assessment of air quality improvement: the air quality lifecourse assessment tool (AQ-LAT) for the West Midlands combined authority (WMCA) area. Environmental Pollution, 356:123871. ISSN 0269-7491 (Print), 1873-6424 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123871)

aspect ratio, air pollution, chemistry-transport, photochemistry, VOCs, NOx

Dai, Yuqing, Mazzeo, Andrea, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Cai, Xiaoming, Mele, Benedetto, Toscano, Domenico, Murena, Fabio and Rob MacKenzie, A. (2023) Modelling of deep street canyon air pollution chemistry and transport: a wintertime Naples case study. Atmosphere, 14 (9):1385. ISSN 2073-4433 (Online) (doi:10.3390/atmos14091385)

black carbon, air quality modelling, traffic emission factors, ADMS-urban

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Li, Yinghua, Bloss, William James and Harrison, Roy M. (2025) Street-scale black carbon modelling over the West Midlands, United Kingdom: sensitivity test of traffic emission factor adjustments. Environment International, 196:109265. ISSN 0160-4120 (Print), 1873-6750 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.envint.2025.109265)

black carbon, ultrafine particles, exposure, maps

Sartelet, Karine, Kerckhoffs, Jules, Athanasopoulou, Eleni, Lugon, Lya, Vasilescu, Jeni, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Hoek, Gerard, Joly, Cyril, Park, Soo-Jin, Talianu, Camelia, van den Elshout, Sef, Dugay, Fabrice, Gerasopoulos, Evangelos, Ilie, Alexandru, Kim, Youngseob, Nicolae, Doina, Harrison, Roy M. and Petäjä, Tuukka (2025) Air pollution mapping and variability over five European cities. Environment International, 199:109474. ISSN 0160-4120 (Print), 1873-6750 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.envint.2025.109474)

climate change, WRF, sea surface temperature

Lerdrittipong, Surapong, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Widmann, Martin, Bradley, Christopher and Dixon, Simon (2024) Investigating SST's role in seasonal climate variations: a WRF model analysis in the Tropical Zone, Thailand. In: EGU General Assembly 2024 (European Geosciences Union),14th - 19th April 2024. EGU24 (21379). European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria. (doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-21379)

climate change, air quality, Net Zero, World Health Organisation, environmental health inequality

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Robert Hodgson, James, James Bloss, William and Shi, Zongbo (2023) Impacts of net zero policies on air quality in a metropolitan area of the United Kingdom: towards World Health Organization air quality guidelines. Environmental Research, 236 (1):116704. ISSN 0013-9351 (doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.116704)

climate change, air quality, net zero, World Health Organisation, environmental health inequality

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Hall, James, Hodgson, James, Jowett, Sue, Bartington, Suzanne, Bloss, William and Shi, Zongbo (2024) Modelling the impacts of net zero policies on air quality and health equity in the West Midlands, UK. In: 2024 UKRI/Met Office Clean Air Programme Conference ‘Analysis and Solutions: Responding to the Clean Air Challenge‘ (Transition Clean Air Network), 2nd - 3rd October 2024, Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre, Birmingham. (Unpublished)

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Hodgson, James, Bloss, William and Shi, Zongbo (2023) Impacts of net zero policies on air quality in a metropolitan area of the UK: towards World Health Organisation air quality guidelines (oral presentation). In: UK-US Collaboration on Air Quality Modelling & Exposure Science, 16th Annual Workshop 2023, 4th December 2023, Online. (Unpublished)

climate change, climate risk, vulnerability, adaptation, GIS, mapping

Greenham, S.V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-5645, Ferranti, E.J.S., Jones, S., Zhong, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Grayson, N., Needle, S., Acton, W.J.F., MacKenzie, A.R. and Bloss, W.J. (2024) An open access approach to mapping climate risk and vulnerability for decision-making: a case study of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Climate Services, 36:100521. ISSN 2405-8807 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.cliser.2024.100521)

Greenham, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-5645, Ferranti, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0494-5349, Cork, Nick, Jones, Stephen, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Haskins, Bethany, Higgins, Will, Grayson, Nick, Needle, Simon, Acton, Joe, Robert MacKenzie, Angus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8227-742X and Bloss, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3017-4461 (2024) Mapping climate risk and vulnerability in the West Midlands: a guidance document produced by the WM-Air project. Report. WM-Air, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. (doi:10.25500/epapers.bham.00004371)

Greenham, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-5645, Jones, Stephen, Ferranti, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0494-5349, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Acton, Joe, Robert MacKenzie, Angus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8227-742X and Grayson, Nick (2023) Mapping climate risk and vulnerability with publicly available data. A guidance document produced by the WM-Air project. Report. WM-Air, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. (doi:10.25500/epapers.bham.00004259)

climate, air pollution, policy, Net Zero.

Bloss, William, Acton, Joe and Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 (2021) Clean air: bringing local synergies to the global climate challenge. In: Arrowsmith, Jane, Bartington, Suzanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8179-7618, Lockwood, Beck, Lynch, Iseult ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-4584, McGowan, Kate, Radcliffe, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7671-6265, Swan, Jeremy, Toft, Helen and Wason, Ceara, (eds.) Addressing the climate challenge. Forum for Global Challenges . Corporate Services, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, pp. 72-74. (doi:10.25500/epapers.bham.00003451)

health, air quality, PM2.5

Acton, Joe, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 and Bloss, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3017-4461 (2023) What is PM2.5? An introduction to particulate matter in the atmosphere: a briefing note. Report. WM-Air, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. (doi:10.25500/epapers.bham.00004241)

heatlh, air pollution

Hall, James, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Harrison, Roy, Baldo, Clarissa, Jowett, Sue, Mazzeo, Andrea and Bartington, Suzanne (2023) Health impacts of air pollution in Birmingham. Report. WM-Air, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. (doi:10.25500/edata.bham.00000935)

neighbourhood scale, scalar transport, urban background, urban canopy, urban pollution

Bannister, Edward J., Cai, Xiaoming, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 and Rob MacKenzie, A. (2020) Neighbourhood-scale flow regimes and pollution transport in cities. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 179. pp. 259-289. ISSN 0006-8314 (Print), 1573-1472 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s10546-020-00593-y)

nucleation mode, urban air quality, multicomponent microphysics, semi-volatile organic compounds

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Nikolova, Irina, Cai, Xiaoming, MacKenzie, A. Rob, Alam, Mohammed S., Xu, Ruixin, Singh, Ajit and Harrison, Roy M. (2020) Neighbourhood-scale dispersion of traffic-induced ultrafine particles in central London: WRF large eddy simulations. Environmental Pollution, 266 (PART 3):115223. ISSN 0269-7491 (Print), 1873-6424 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115223)

policy, clean air, Net Zero

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 and Hodgson, James (2022) Co-benefits of decarbonisation policies on future ambient air quality and health. In: Čavoški, Aleksandra, Bartington, Suzanne, Bloss, William and Bryson, John, (eds.) Policy Solutions to the Clean Air Challenge. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, pp. 36-38. (doi:10.25500/epapers.bham.00004048)

speed limits; air quality; health

Lacey, Stephanie, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Ghaffarpasand, Omid and Bartington, Suzanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8179-7618 (2023) Speed limits, air quality and health. Report. WM Air - University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. (doi:10.25500/epapers.bham.00004249)

street canyon, building, turbulent flow, aspect ratio

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 and Cai, Xiaoming (2022) Street scale turbulent flow: pollutant dispersion. [Video]

street canyon, chemistry, emissions

Dai, Yuqing, Cai, Xiaoming, Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 and Robert MacKenzie, A. (2022) Chemistry, street canyon geometry, and emissions effects on NO2 “hotspots” and regulatory “wiggle room”. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 5 (102). ISSN 2397-3722 (Online) (doi:10.1038/s41612-022-00323-w)

street-scale resolution, air quality, UFP

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Bloss, William J. and Harrison, Roy M. (2023) Street-scale resolution air quality modelling for the West Midlands, UK. In: The Joint 3rd Street-in-Grid and Urban Air Quality Modeling Symposium and the 4th Street-in-Grid Model Training Workshop, 6th - 10th March 2023, Champs-sur-Marne, France. (Unpublished)

street-scale, Air quality, regional-to-local coupled system, West Midlands, road sources

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Hood, Christina, Johnson, Kate, Stocker, Jenny, Handley, Jonathan, Wolstencroft, Mark, Mazzeo, Andrea, Cai, Xiaoming and Bloss, William James (2023) Modelling street-scale resolution air quality for the West Midlands (UK) using the ADMS-urban RML system. In: Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVIII. ITM 2021 Springer Proceedings in Complexity (SPCOM) - ITM: International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application . Springer Nature - Springer Proceedings in Complexity, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 77-82. ISBN 978-3031127861; 978-3031127854 ISSN 2213-8684 (Print), 2213-8692 (Online) (doi:10.1007/978-3-031-12786-1_10)

transport decarbonisation, air quality, modelling

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Action, W. Joe and Bloss, William James (2021) Transport decarbonisation over the West Midlands: clean air co-benefits. In: Net Zero Futures: Developing Skills and Talent for the Zero Carbon Transition, 27th October 2021, University of Birmingham. (Unpublished)

turbulence, WRF, inflow, LES

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Cai, Xiaoming and Xie, Zhen-Tong (2021) Implementation of a synthetic inflow turbulence generator in idealised WRF v3.6.1 large eddy simulations under neutral atmospheric conditions. Geoscientific Model Development, 14 (1). pp. 323-336. ISSN 1991-959X (Print), 1991-9603 (Online) (doi:10.5194/gmd-14-323-2021)

ultrafine particles, particle number, mapping, dispersion modelling, urban environments

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Harrison, Roy M., James Bloss, William, Visschedijk, Antoon and Denier van der Gon, Hugo (2023) Modelling the dispersion of particle number concentrations in the West Midlands, UK using the ADMS-Urban model. Environment International: A Journal of Environmental Science, Risk & Health, 181:108273. ISSN 0160-4120 (Print), 1873-6750 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.envint.2023.108273)

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 and Harrison, Roy M. (2023) Modelling the dispersion of particle number concentrations in the West Midlands, UK - EGU General Assembly 2023. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24th – 28th Apr 2023. EGU23 (3202). European Geosciences Union (EGU), Munich, Germany. (doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-3202)

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695 and Harrison, Roy M. (2023) Urban dispersion modelling of nanoparticles in the West Midlands, UK. In: EAC 2023: European Aerosol Science Conference 2023, 2nd - 8th September 2023, Malaga, Spain. (Unpublished)

urban heat island, cities, ADMS-Urban, HPC

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Lu, Yanzhi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Stocker, Jenny, Hamilton, Victoria and Johnson, Kate (2024) Modelling the urban heat island in Birmingham, UK at the neighbourhood scale. In: EGU General Assembly 2024 (European Geosciences Union),14th - 19th April 2024. EGU24 (19930). European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria. (doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-19930)

urban street canyon, large-eddy simulation, pollutant removal, turbulence, two-box model

Zhong, Jian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-8695, Cai, Xiaoming and Bloss, William James (2022) Modelling the dispersion and transport of reactive pollutants in a deep urban street canyon: using large-eddy simulation. In: 10th UFM meeting: High-resolution prediction for urban modelling and design applications, 1st -2nd September 2022, University of Reading (Met Office). (Unpublished)