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Containing many of the edited papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Air Pollution, this volume comprises sections on the following topics: Chemical Transformation Modelling; Turbulence Modelling at Small and Meso Scales; Monitoring and Laboratory Studies; Data Analysis and Observation; Pollution Engineering; Pollution Management; Urban and Suburban Transport Emissions; Urban Air Pollution; Emissions Inventories; Health Problems; Damage to Cultural Heritage; Fluid Mechanics for Environmental Problems; Chemistry of Air Pollution; Air Pollution Modelling; Aerosols and Particles.

Table of Contents:
SECTION 1: CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION MODELLING Effect of mixing on the atmosphere NO-O3 system; Numerical study on the tropospheric oxidants budget in East Asia and effects of intruding stratospheric ozone on it;Large scale data assimilation based on RRSQRT-filters; application on atmospheric chemistry models. SECTION 2: TURBULENCE MODELLING AT SMALL AND MESO SCALES Local scale dispersion model evaluation exercise; Nesting simulations at two regions on the Iberian Peninsula;Estimating eddy diffusivities coefficients from spectra of turbulence; A numerical model for the urban climate. SECTION 3: MONITORING AND LABORATORY STUDIES Development of a new high sensitivity monitor for peroxyacetyl nitrate and results from the west-central Mediterranean region; Development of a portable continuous formaldehyde monitor for field and indoor use; Direct analysis of trace organic compounds in air by ion trap mass spectrometry; Particulate matter from different fuels; Air monitoring for Riga city development: modelling of traffic caused air pollution; Determination of the oxygen quenching rates of the dual fluorescence of vapor phase fluoranthene; Assessment of air quality impacts due to volatile and persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals; Severe air pollution episodes in Florence: forecasts results examination and emergency measures efficacy estimate; An integrated procedure for determining heavy metal concentrations in air particulate and in biomonitors; Tropospheric ozone in a mountain forest area: spatial distribution and its relation with meteorology and emission sources. SECTION 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATION Aromatic compound measurements at the Milan-Bicocca University Campus; Photochemical pollution precursors and ozone in the atmosphere of Cartagena during 1995-1997; Assessment of ozone levels at alpine sites in Northern Italy; Observations, data analysis and modelling studies on air pollution in Turkey; Correlation between urban early ozone minimum and solar radiation. SECTION 5: POLLUTION ENGINEERING A cost-benefit analysis of using a new additive in the gasoline distributed in Mexico City; Magnetic field monitored in houses under 50Hz high-voltage transmission lines of 70, 150, 220 & 380kV; Indoor carbon monoxide contamination in Santiago, Chile; Forecasting high SO2 concentration levels with fuzzy clustering techniques; Application of periodic processes to the biofiltration of toluene vapor; Adaptive fuzzy system for prediction of SO2 concentration in Macau; Development of a thermoelectric cold trap system for use in the analysis of trace atmospheric compounds; Linkages and coupling effects of pollutant emissions and energy consumption in Taiwan; Grey relation analysis of industrial CO2 emissions in Taiwan. SECTION 6: POLLUTION MANAGEMENT Regional developments in air quality management (AQM) in the United Kingdom evidence from a study of South West England; EMIAD, for evaluating alternative SO2/NOx emission reductions in the Antwerp region during air pollution episodes; Air quality management planning in Italy: Trento Alpine area case study; Implementation of air quality management in the urban areas within England some evidence from current practice; Analyze the optimum control strategy for the mobile source abatement in Metro-Taipei. SECTION 7: URBAN AND SUBURBAN TRANSPORT EMISSIONS An urban air pollution model; Road transport scenarios and their impact on acidification and ozone formation; Transport emissions monitoring: myth, reality, the future. (Advanced sensor technologies towards the year 2000); Dispersion of air pollutants in an industrial zone a case study for a refinery and a power plant. SECTION 8: URBAN AIR POLLUTION Air quality in Athens: long term trend and expected evolution until 2004; Ozone air pollution in Mendoza, Argentina; Study of the particulate emission of a big steel smelter in Genova, by continuous sampling and PIXE hourly analysis; Temporal variation of secondary air pollutants H2O2 and HNO3 in Seoul, Korea; Study of particulate at the roadside microenvironment in different land use areas in Hong Kong; Trace metals in atmospheric particulates characterized of aerosol emitted by industrial and urban sources; Forecasting air pollution index in Hong Kong; A new approach for assessing ozone exposure and for evaluating control strategies at the urban scale; Characteristics of the hourly and seasonal high concentration frequency pattern of SO2, NOx, Ox and SPM in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Chungoku region, Western Japan; Urban air pollution forecast based on the Gaussian and regression models. SECTION 9: EMISSIONS INVENTORIES The status and future scenarios for China's energy-related GHG emissions; Determination of volatile organic compounds source profiles in Mexico City; The use of critical loads in developing regulatory policy; Assessment of the emissions of greenhouse gases in Barcelona City, period 1987-1994; Ozone simulation over the southern Taiwan area; Local and national emissions inventories in the UK: variations, uses and limitations; Levels and sources of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in the Genoa Cornigliano area; Estimation of heavy metal emissions from coal-fired power plants in Russia; Characterization of nitric oxide emissions from an intensively managed agricultural soil in North Carolina, USA. SECTION 10: HEALTH PROBLEMS Effect of volatile organic compounds in- and outdoors on allergies; Longitudinal assessment of exposure and health effects in kindergarten children from Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; Aldehydes in the hospital environment an overview. SECTION 11: DAMAGE TO CULTURAL HERITAGE Dry deposition of photochemically reactive species to architectural materials; Acid rain in Mexico case: Maya monuments; Air pollution deposition on stones of artistic interest SECTION 12: FLUID MECHANICS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS Regularization methods in eddy diffusivity estimation; An experimental study of the dispersion of short duration emissions in a turbulent boundary layer; Gaseous pollutant dispersion measurements on a wind tunnel model of a waste incinerator; Group analysis for bidimensional steady turbulent diffusion equation for removal process. SECTION 13: CHEMISTRY OF AIR POLLUTION Characteristics of ozone episodes and relations to synoptic patterns in Hong Kong; An assessment of photochemical pollution at Santiago, Chile; Selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3 in an adiabatic reverse flow reactor; On the dimensionality of an urban photochemical model; Inverse modeling of pollution episodes over the Paris area using a photochemical box model. SECTION 14: AIR POLLUTION MODELLING About the plume rise description and its interaction with the mixing height in the dispersion code SAFE_AIR; Short-term impacts of air pollutants in Switzerland: model evaluations and preliminary scenario calculations for selected Swiss energy systems; Long term variation of the atmospheric sulfur budget over Hungary; Calibration of the dispersion code SAFE_AIR against measurements in a complex coastal area; Application of a regional model to evaluate the environmental impact of acidifying substances in Castilla and Le?n (Spain); A new formulation of oy and oz for air quality dispersion models; Pollutant diffusion model and G.I.S. integration procedure for evaluating atmospheric emissions in industrial areas; Testing the tools of air quality management: a comparison of predictions of nitrogen dioxide concentrations by the CALINE4 and ADMS-urban dispersion model algorithms with monitored levels at the M4/M5 interchange in Bristol, UK; Recursive modelling and adaptive forecasting of air quality data; A new probability density function closure model for Lagrangian stochastic dispersion simulation. SECTION 15: AEROSOLS AND PARTICLES Incorporation of the Canadian aerosol module into a unified regional air quality modelling system; Sources of atmospheric aerosol impacting the Serra do Mar sierra in Cubatno, Brazil; Separation of local sources of PM10 particulate matter from the regional background; Radiative properties of Saharan mineral dust measured using neodymium: yttrium-aluminium-garnet (532 nm) backscatter lidar; Contribution of some natural and anthropogenic CCN to local fogs; Dosimetry modeling of inhaled particles; Characterization and temporal distribution of atmospheric particulates (PM10s) in central London; Measurement of gas phase pollutants and aerosols at a mountainous site.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781853126055
  • Publisher: WIT Press
  • Publisher Imprint: WIT Press
  • Height: 230 mm
  • Sub Title: 6th
  • ISBN-10: 1853126055
  • Publisher Date: 31 Aug 1998
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Series Title: v. 5. Advances in Air Pollution S.
  • Width: 155 mm


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