Air Pollution Meteorology

Although air pollution is usually linked with human activities, natural processes may also lead to major concentrations of hazardous substances in the low atmosphere. Pollutant levels may be reduced when emissions can be controlled. However, the impact of meteorological variables on the concentratio...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Subjects:
air pollution
air quality forecast
airflow patterns
atmospheric boundary layer
BaP
biomass burning
carcinogenic
cluster analysis
cold surge
COVID-19
diagnostic ratio
emission
Gaussian plume model
gross alpha activity
health risks
HPLC
HYSPLIT
in situ urban concentrations
indoor air quality
low-level jet
macroscale
mesoscale
meteorological measurements
meteorological variables
microscale
modelling
national holiday
natural ventilation
nitrogen dioxide
NO2 variation
northern Iberian Peninsula
Obukhov length
partial correlation
particulate matter
pollution episodes
radon
recirculation
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
regional variation
Research and information: general
residential wood burning
source apportionment
surface winds
sustainable urban development
synoptic situation pattern
temperature inversion
threshold values
urban haze
weather types
ISBN:9783036525525, 3036525521, 9783036525532, 303652553X
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Summary:Although air pollution is usually linked with human activities, natural processes may also lead to major concentrations of hazardous substances in the low atmosphere. Pollutant levels may be reduced when emissions can be controlled. However, the impact of meteorological variables on the concentrations measured may be noticeable, and these variables cannot be controlled. This book is devoted to the influence of meteorological processes on the pollutant concentrations recorded in the low atmosphere. Measurements, cycles, statistical procedures, as well as specific variables such as the synoptic pattern, temperature inversion, or the calculation of back-trajectories, are considered in the studies included in this book to highlight the relationship between air pollution and meteorological variables. In addition, the state of the art of this subject following meteorological scales, from micro to macro-scale, is presented. Consequently, this book focuses on applied science and seeks to further current knowledge of what contribution meteorological processes make to the concentrations measured in order to achieve greater control over air pollution.
ISBN:9783036525525
3036525521
9783036525532
303652553X
DOI:10.3390/books978-3-0365-2552-5