Book Description

Air Pollution is one of the most challenging problems facing the international community; it is widespread and growing in importance and has clear and known impacts on health and the environment. The human need for transport, manufactured goods and services brings with it impacts on the atmospheric environment at scales from the local to the global. The rate of development of the global economy brings new pressures and the willingness of governments to regulate air pollution is often balanced by concerns over the economic impact of such regulation. Science is the key to identifying the nature and scale of air pollution impacts and is essential in the formulation of policies for regulatory decision-making. Continuous improvements in our knowledge of the fundamental science of air pollution and its application are necessary if we are to predict, assess and mitigate the air pollution implications to local, regional, national and international economic systems.

 

The Eighteenth Annual Meeting in the successful series of International Conferences dealing with Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution discussed papers dealing with a wide variety of topics, including: Air Pollution Modelling; Air Quality Management; Air Pollution Mitigation; Aerosols and Particles; Emission Studies; Exposure and Health Effects; Indoor Air Pollution; Innovative Indoor Air Quality Techniques; Monitoring and Measuring.

 

Book Contents

Air quality modelling as a tool for sustainable urban traffic management
J. H. Amorim; M. Lopes; C. Borrego; R. Tavares; A. I. Miranda;

Remote sensing data assimilation in WRF-UCM mesoscale model: Madrid case study
R. San José; J. L. Pérez; J. L. Morant; R. M. González;

Assessing background air pollutant concentrations for modelling studies: evaluation of addition equations under Irish conditions
A. Donnelly; B. Broderick; B. Misstear;

A study of gas-particle partitioning of PAH according to adsorptive models and season
S. Pongpiachan; K. F. Ho; S. C. Lee;

Regulated metal levels in particulate matter in the Cantabria region (Northern Spain) using multivariate linear regression (MLR)
A. Arruti; I. Fernández; A. Irabien;

Evaluating the impacts of SO emissions from power stations in Kuwait
M. M. Al-Awadhi; M. F. Yassin;

Recalibrating the United Kingdom’s local air quality management regime to deliver desired goals
J. W. S. Longhurst; J. Barnes; T. J. Chatterton; E. T. Hayes; J. G. Irwin; A. O. Olowoporoku;

The Portuguese air quality management and assessment under INSPIRE and the CAFE Directive
C. Martins;

Air pollution control in a new oil and gas developments using best available techniques
S. M. S. M. K. Samarakoon; O. T. Gudmestad;

The role of pit corrosion in engineering the carbon storage site at Ketzin, Germany
A. Pfennig; A. Kranzmann;

Dust emission reduction for open storage mineral piles by fences: CFD modelling
S. Torno; R. Rodriguez; C. Allende; J. Toraño;

In-situ air quality measurements on existing and innovative noise barriers
J. Hooghwerff; C. C. Tollenaar; W. J. van der Heijden;

New integrated noise absorbing coating
Z. J. Ji; J. M. Wang; G. H. Liu; J. Wang;

Environmental compatibility of renewable energy plants
E. Brizio; G. Genon;

Sampling of PM respirable particles in the northwest of the metropolitan zone of Mexico City during 2006
Y. I. Falcon; L. Nuño; J. P. Becerril; L. Cortes;

Characterization of magnetic particulates in urban and industrial dusts
T. Magiera; Z. Strzyszcz; M. Jabłońska; G. Bzowska;

Evaluation of elution behavior and morphological change of the pollen grain and release of its daughter allergenic particles by air polluted rainfall
Q. Wang; S. Nakamura; X. Gong; S. Lu; D. Nakajima; D. Wu; M. Suzuki; K. Sakamoto; M. Miwa;

Industrial air emissions in Portugal: 2008 report
A. Martins;

Intercontinental freight transport impacts: modeling and measuring choice effects
E. Fornasiero; A. Libardo;

Particles emitted by a residential wood stove: comparison of various sampling and measuring methods
C. Le Dreff-Lorimier; M. Dufresne De Viriel;

A Neural Network model for the estimation of bioclimatic indexes
F. Patania; A. Gagliano; R. Caponetto; F. Nocera; A. Galesi;

Protection of the health and safety of port workers exposed to air chemical agents at work
E. Vafaki; G. Palantzas;

Building comparable synthetic health-related indicators of air quality in cities
C. Aschan-Leygonie; S. Baudet-Michel;

Indoor air quality assessment in a school building in Chennai City, India
S. M. Shiva Nagendra; P. Sri Harika;

A comparative study of indoor air pollution and its respiratory impacts in Delhi, India
P. Kulshreshtha; M. Khare;

Formaldehyde in indoor air: a public health problem?
S. Viegas; J. Prista;

Air fungal contamination in two elementary schools in Lisbon, Portugal
C. Viegas; C. Veríssimo; L. Rosado; C. Silva Santos;

Indoor and outdoor pollution in cloth dyeing: examples from textile studios in Nigeria tertiary institutions
D. O. Mákindé; E. T. Ìjísakin; Y. O. Ìjísakin;

The role of fabric diffusers in delivering indoor air quality and enhancing energy performance
A. J. Geens; D. G. Snelson; H. Al-Madfai;

Ventilation to maintain indoor air quality in smoking rooms
D. G. Snelson; H. Al-Madfai; A. J. Geens;

Modelling the multi-year maximum daily PM concentration in Edinburgh: an application of the variability decomposition transfer function model
H. Al-Madfai; A. J. Geens; D. G. Snelson;

Identification of redundant sensors in an air pollution network using cluster analysis and SOM
G. Ibarra-Berastegi; J. Sáenz; A. Ezcurra; U. Ganzedo; A. Elias; A. Barona; A. Barinaga;

Application of laser induced fluorescence to monitor atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
P. B. C. Forbes; E. R. Rohwer;

Mapping of ferrimagnetic susceptibility for screening of fly ash deposition
C. Fürst; C. Lorz; D. Zirlewagen; F. Makeschin;

Cyclones as PM and PM emission measurement classifiers
J. Hemerka; M. Braniš; P. Vybíral;

A cost-effective method for monitoring airborne particulate matter using tabletop SEM-EDS
K. Wilkinson; J. Lundkvist; G. Seisenbaeva; V. Kessler;

Adsorption of organic matter by inorganic particulate in air pollution
V. Villas-Boas; L. Moratelli; I. Nascimento; R. M. Dallago; R. Dellanora; A. L. Loureiro; P. Artaxo; E. Ribeiro Lovatel; N. C. Vieceli; E. Müller Cardoso;

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