Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XVI

ISBN-13: 9781461346975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 665 str.

Carlos Borrego; Selahattin Incecik

Opis

This volume covers the latest scientific developments in the real world applications of pollution modeling. Topics covered include: the role of atmospheric models in air pollution policy and abatement strategies; integrated regional modelling; global and long-range transport; aerosols as atmospheric contaminants; model assessment and verification; and application of new concepts in different regions of the world.

Recenzje

"This volume seeks to cover the latest scientific developments in the field of air pollution modeling. It contains papers and posters presented at the 26^th NATO/CCMS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application, held in May 2003. Major topics covered include the role of atmospheric models in air pollution policy and abatement strategies, integrated regional modeling, global and long-range transport, aerosols as atmospheric contaminants, model assessment and verification and new developments."
(Bulletin Of The American Meterological Society, December 2004)

Spis treści

Role of Atmospheric Models in Air Pollution Policy and Abatement Strategies.- Statistical Approach to Deterministic Modelling of Air Pollution and Its Applications in Russia.- Risk Assessment of Airborne Sulphur Species in Poland.- Application of Models-3/CMAQ in Air Pollution Policy Strategies during High Particulate Episodes over Eastern North America.- Integrated Regional Modelling.- Modelling of Particulate Air Pollution in Northern Italy.- Measurements and Modeling of Regional Air Quality in Three Southeast United States National Parks.- Modeling of Air Pollution and Development of Air Quality Management Plan for Iskenderun Region in Turkey.- Long-Range Transport of Large Particles in Case of a Nuclear Accident or Explosion.- Chemical Mechanisms in two Photochemical Modelling Systems: A Comparison Procedure.- Wintertime and Summertime Evaluation of the Regional PM Air Quality Model AURAMS.- Apportionment of Pollutants in an Urban Airshed: Calgary, Canada, A Case Study.- Air Pollution Dispersion Modelling in Surrounding of Industrial Zone of City of Pancevo.- Modeling the Impact of Global Climate and Regional Land Use Change on Regional Climate and Air Quality over the Northeastern United States.- Simulation of Meteorological Conditions and Surface Ozone Concentrations with MM5 and CAMx in Istanbul.- AURAMS Runs during the Pacific2001 Time Period-A Model/Measurement Comparison.- Estimates of Future PM2.5 Levels in Southeastern United States.- Evaluating Seasonal Model Simulations of Ozone in Northern Italy.- Air Quality Operational Process Analysis by Using MM5-CMAQ over the Iberian Peninsula: A Web Based Application.- Local and Urban Effects of Air Pollution in Southern Germany.- Global and Long-Range Transport.- Citydelta: A European Modelling Intercomparison to Predict Air-Quality in 2010.- A Nested Hemispheric Model for Simulations of Atmospheric CO2.- The Role of Cumulus Parameterisation in Global and Regional Sulphur Transport.- Long-range Transport of a Severe Asian Dust Storm (Yellow Sand) Observed in Korea During 21–23 March in 2002.- Studying Pollution Levels in Bulgaria by Using a Fine Resolution Dispersion Model.- Aerosols as Atmospheric Contaminants.- Modelling of Atmospheric Mercury Transport, Chemistry and Deposition: Recent Achievements and Current Problems.- Some Preliminary Results Concerning the Hg Budget Estimates for the State of New York.- Contribution of Desert Dust Transport to Air Quality Degradation of Urban Environments Recent Model Developments.- New Developments.- Once More on the Advection Schemes: Desription on Trap-Schemes.- Modeling of Diffuse Solar Radiation in the City of São Paulo Using Neural-Network Technique.- Scaling Analysis of Ozone Precursor Relationships.- Some Aspects of Turbulence and Dispersion in Low Wind Speed Conditions.- Coupling an Aerosol Module to a Deterministic Long Term Ozone Exposure Model.- GLOREAM-Global and Regional Atmospheric Modelling.- The Combined Effect of Mechanical and Thermal Forcing on the Dispersion of a Plume: Fine-Scale Modeling and Parameterization.- Data Assimilation for CTM based on Optimum Interpolation and Kaiman Filter.- Mass-Conservation Issues in Modelling Regional Aerosols.- Kalman Filter Analysis of Boundary Layer Ozone in Europe with a Chemistry Transport Model.- An Eddy Diffusivity Derivation for the Non-Isotropic Convective Decaying Turbulence in the Residual Layer.- Forward and Inverse Simulations with Finnish Emergency Model SILAM.- The Chemistry-Transport Modeling System LM-MUSCAT: Description and Citydelta Applications.- Simulation at Neighborhood Scale with CMAQ.- Model Assessment and Verification.- Regional Circulations within the Iberian Peninsula East Coast.- The Evaluation of Regional-Scale Air Quality Models as part of NOAA’s Air Quality Forecasting Pilot Program.- Roof Level Urban Tracer Experiment: Measurement and Modelling.- Comparison of the Space-Time Signatures of Air Quality Data from Different Monitoring Networks.- Dry Deposition of Coarse Solid Particles in Patchy Sub-Boreal Landscape.- Thermodynamical and Airflow Conditions within the Lower Troposphere during the Tropopause Fold Event Leading to the Elevated Surface Ozone Concentrations.- Evaluation of AURORA Simulated Benzene Concentrations for the Urban Area of Antwerp.- Modeling of Odorous Emissions: Case Study for the City of Izmir- Turkey.- Data from an Urban Street Monitoring Station and its Application in Model Validation.- Sensitivity of Air Trajectories in Sea Breeze Environment to Turbulence and Surface Formulations.- Short-Term Prediction of NOx Levels in Istanbul Using Artificial Neural Network Approach.- Prediction of Sulfur Dioxide Daily Levels in City of Zonguldak Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Based Method.- Transition Metal Ions in Cloud Chemistry.- Poster Session.- Modelling Plume Rise and Dispersion of Power Plant Flue Gases Discharged through Cooling Towers.- Bulgarian Emergency Response System: Structure, Description, Performance.- Air Quality Impacts of Industrial Plants (TEAP).- Numerical Simulation of Photochemical Episodes in Alpine Valleys.- Air Flows and Pollution Transport in the Sofia Valley under Some Typical Background Conditions.- An Application of Schwarz-Christoffel Transformation to Grid Generation in 2-D Atmospheric Flow Modeling.- A Modeling Study to Estimate the Sources of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in the Lake Tahoe Basin.- Urban Effects on Air Pollutant Dispersion in Very Complex Terrain: The Athens Case.- Nesting the EMEP Regional Model.- Modelling the UK NHx, S, NOx Budgets for 2010 with an Atmospheric Transport Model.- Atmospheric Wet Deposition of Soluble Macro-Nutrients in the Cilician Basin.- New Version of the Model for Long Range Transport of Pollutant Substances in the Atmosphere of IGCE and HMC of Russia.- Investigation of the Variability of SO2 and PM in the Large Cities of Turkey.- A Methodology for Environmental Urban Planning in Bursa (Turkey).- Modelling Aerosol Evolution in an Industrial Plume-1 Model Development.- Development and Validation of a Predictive Model to Assess the Impact of Coastal Operations on Urban Scale Air Quality.- Variations of First Guess and Assimilation Data in MM5 Simulations for Air Quality Modeling in Switzerland.- Parameterization of PBL Using Surface Data for Application in Dispersion Modelling.- Dispersion of Pollutants from an Elevated Source in the Residual Layer: The Influence of the Convective Decaying Turbulence in the Ground-Level Concentration.- Applications of RAMS and AERMOD Models to Evaluate Pollutant Dispersion in a Coastal Valley.- Modelling Activity in the Framework of the National Project “Transformation of Air-Pollution, Modelling Its Transport and Dispersion”.- A Method of Estimating Uncertainty in Simulated Transport and Dispersion of Pollutants in Complex Terrain.- Evaluation of the Adaptive Grid Air Pollution Model.- Statistical Modeling of Winter Air-Pollution Study in Urban Area of Sivas, Turkey.- Participants.- Author Index.

O autorze

Carlos Borrego is Professor of Environmental Engineering and Air Pollution Modeling at the University of Aveiro (Portugal). Former Minister of Environment (Portuguese Government) and President of the European Union delegation to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio 1992). Chairman of the International Technical Meetings of NATO/CCMS. Selahattin Incecik is Professor in Meteorology, Air Pollution Meteorology and Air Pollution Modeling. Former Head of Department of Meteorology, ITU. Representative of Turkey in NATO ITM of Air Pollution Modelling. Representative of University in National Atmospheric Research Council. Lead author of IPCC/TEAP Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and Global Climate System, 2005 (in preparation).