Particulate Matter Science for Policy Makers: A Narsto Assessment

ISBN-13: 9780521842877 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 542 str.

Peter H. McMurry; Marjorie F. Shepherd; James S. Vickery

Opis

The volume provides policy makers who implement air-quality standards with relevant scientific information. Policy development and revision is an ongoing process, and scientific understanding is continually improving. This assessment describes current science in a manner that meets the needs of policy makers in addressing current and anticipated standards.

Recenzje

'… concise and comprehensive discussion of the current understanding of airborne particulate matter … The technical quality of the book is very good. A lot of flow diagrams, schemes, tables, figures and images support the information content … It is really necessary as information source for each policy maker but also for each library of research institutes.' Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Spis treści

1. Perspective for managing PM Marjorie Shepherd; 2. Health effects context Roger McClellan; 3. Atmospheric aerosol processes Spyros Pandis; 4. Emission characterization George Hidy and Thompson Pace; 5. Particle and gas measurements Fred Fehsenfeld, Don Hastie, Paul Solomon and Judy Chow; 6. Spatial and temporal characterization of PM Charles Blanchard; 7. Receptor methods Jeff Brook, Elizabeth Vega and John Watson; 8. Chemical transport models Christian Seigneur and Michael Moran; 9. Visibility and radiative balance effects Ivar Tombach and Karen McDonald; 10. Conceptual models of PM for North American areas James Vickery; 11. Recommended research to inform public policy Peter McMurry.