Air Pollution Processes in Regional Scale [Paperback]

An understanding of long-range transport of air pollutants in the atmosphere requires a knowledge of the relevant atmospheric dynamic and chemical processes active at the regional scale as well as the temporal and spatial distribution of emissions. Numerical modeling is the most efficient way to determine the atmospheric transport, photochemistry and deposition pathways. The book therefore discusses the physical and chemical processes that determine regional air pollution and presents the relevant modeling techniques to describe the different atmospheric processes that are active at that scale.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Kallithea, Halkidiki, Greece, from 13 to 15 June 2003An understanding of long-range transport of air pollutants in the atmosphere requires a knowledge of the relevant atmospheric dynamic and chemical processes active at the regional scale as well as the temporal and spatial distribution of emissions. Numerical modeling is the most efficient way to determine the atmospheric transport, photochemistry and deposition pathways. The book therefore discusses the physical and chemical processes that determine regional air pollution and presents the relevant modeling techniques to describe the different atmospheric processes that are active at that scale.1. Analysis and source determination of chemical deposition in five different regions of Istanbul, Turkey.- 2. Connection between emissions and concentrations of atmospheric pollutants.- 3. Use of Richardson number methods in regional models to calculate the mixed-layer height.- 4. Analyzing on - line measurements of SO2 pollution for Tirana city.- 5. Operator splitting and global error analysis.- 6. Simple pollution transport model with parameterized vertical structure.- 7. Spatial dependence and horizontal interpolation of ozone concentrations from vertical LIDAR measurements in the Aegean Sea.- 8. Evaluation techniques for regional models.- 9. A brief survey of thló¾