Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XIX

This book on air pollution modeling and air quality issues covers local and urban scale modeling; regional and intercontinental modeling; aerosols in the atmosphere; interactions between air quality and climate change; air quality and human health; and more.

Chapter 1. Local and Urban Scale Modeling.- 1.1. On-line Integrated Meteorological and Chemical Transport Modelling: Advantages and Prospectives; A. Baklanov, U. Korsholm.- 1.2 Modelling of the Urban Wind Profile; S.-E. Gryning, E. Batchvarova.- 1.3 Development of a Lagrangian Particle Model for Dense Gas Dispersion in Urban Environment; G. Tinarelli et al.- 1.4 CFD and Mesoscale Air Quality Modelling Integration; Web Application for Las Palmas; R. San José et al.- 1.5 On the Suppression of the Urban Heat Island over Mountainous Terrain in Winter; C. Chemel et al.- 1.6 Air Quality Management Strategies in Large Cities: Effects of Changing the Vehicle Fleet Composition in Barcelona and Madrid Greater Areas (Spain) by Introducing Natural Gas Vehicles; M. Gonçalves et al.- 1.7 Evaluation of the Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability (HPAC) Model with the Oklahoma City Joint Urban 2003 (JU2003) Tracer Observations; S. Hanna et al.- 1.8 Origin and Influence of PM10 Concentrations in Urban and in Rural Environments; A. Kerschbaumer et al.- 1.9 Development and Application of MicroRMS Modelling System to Stimulate the Flow, Turbulence and Dispersion in the Presence of Buildings; S. Trini Castelli et al.- 1.10 Numerical Treatment of Urban and Regional Scale Interactions in Chemistry-Transport Modelling; R. Wolke et al.- Chapter 2 Regional and Intercontinental Modeling.- 2.1. Contribution of Biogenic Emissions to Carbonaceous Aerosols in Summer and Winter in Switzerland: a Modelling Study.- S. Andreani-Aksoyoglu et al.- 2.2 A Regional Air Quality Model over the Kanto Region of Japan: The Effect of the Physics Parameterization on the Meteorological and Chemical Fields; M. Niwano et al.- 2.3 Regional Aerosol Optical Thickness Distribution Derived by CMAQ Model in the Siberian Forest Fire Emission Episode of May 2003; H.-J. In et al.- 2.4 Modelling of the Deposition of Reduced Nitrogen at Different Scales in the United Kingdom; A.J. Dore et al.- 2.5 Long-Term Simulations of Surface Ozone in East Asia during 1980-2020 with CMAQ and REAS Inventory; T. Ohara et al.- 2.6 The Use of Meso-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Types as a Strategy for Modelling Long-Term Trends in Air Pollution.- D. Steyn et al.- 2.7 Development and Applications of Biogenic Emission Term as a Basis of Long-Range Transport of Allergenic Pollen Aerosol; P. Siljamo et al.- 2.8 High Resolution Nested Runs of the AURAMS Model with Comparisons to PrAIRie2005 Field Study Data; P.A. Makar et al.- 2.9 The Effect of Lateral Boundary Values on Atmospheric Mercury Simulations with the CMAQ Model; O. Russell Bullock, Jr.- 2.10 Air Pollution Modelling with Perturbational Downscaling; E. Genikhovich et al.- 2.11 Forest Fires Impact on Air Quality over Portugal; A.I. Miranda et al.- 2.12 The VetMet Veterinary Decision Support System for Airborne Animal Diseases; J.H. Sørensen et al.- 2.13 Development and Verification of TAPM; P. Hurley.- 2.14 Development of Fire Emissions Inventory Using Satellite Data; B.A. Roy et al.- 2.15 Toward a US National Air Quality Forecast Capability: Current and Planned Capabilities; P. Davidson et al.- 2.16 2-Way Coupled Meteorology and Air Quality Modeling; J. Pleim et al.- 2.17 Numerical Simulation of Air Pollution Transport under Sea/Land Breeze Situation in Jakarta, Indonesia in Dry Season; T. Kitada et al.- 2.18 Synergetic or Non-Linear Effects in PM10 and PM2.5 Scenario Calculations for 2015 in Belgium; C. Mensink et al.- Chapter 3 Data Assimilation and Air Quality Forecasting.- 3.1 Rapid Data Assimilation in the Indoor Environment: Theory and Examples from Real-Time Interpretation of Indoor Plumes or Airborne Chemical; A. Gadgil et al.- 3.2 Comparison of Data Assimilation Methods for Assessing PM10 Exceedances on the European Scale; B. Denby et al.- 3.3 An Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) for Aerosols; R. Timmermans et al.- 3.4 Modelling of Benzo(a)pyrene Depositions over North Sea Coastal Areas: Impact of Emissions from Local and Remote Areas; I. Bewersdorff et al.- 3.5 Air Quality Forecasting During Summer 2006: Forest Fires as One of Major Pollution Sources in Europe; M. Sofiev et al.- 3.6 Comparison of Methods to Generate Meteorological Inputs for Modeling Dispersion in Coastal Urban Areas; A. Venkatram et al.- 3.7 Developing a Method for Resolving NOx Emission Inventory Biases Using Discrete Kalman Filter Inversion, Direct Sensitivities, and Satellite-Based NO2 Columns; S.L. Napelenok et al.- 3.8 A Suggested Correction to the EMEP Database Regarding the Location of a Major Industrial Air Pollution Source in Kola Peninsula; M. Kaasik et al.- 3.9 Fusing Observations and Model Results for Creation of Enhanced Ozone Spatial Fields: Comparison of Three Techniques; E. Gégo et al.- Chapter 4 Model Assessment and Verification.- 4.1 The Effect of Heterogeneous Reactions on Model Performance for Nitrous Acid; G. Sarwar et al.- 4.2 Saharan Dust over the Eastern Mediterranean: Model Sensitivity; P. Kishcha et al.- 4.3 Air Quality Ensemble Forecast Coupling ARPEGE and CHIMERE over Western Europe; A.C. Carvalho et al.- 4.4 Uncertainty in Air Quality Decision Making; B. Fisher.- 4.5 Application of Advanced Particulate Matter Source Apportionment Techniques in the Northern Italy Basin; M. Bedogni et al.- 4.6 Has the Performance of Regional-Scale Photochemical Modelling Systems Changed over the Past Decade?; C. Hogrefe et al.- 4.7 Application of a Regional Atmospheric Emission Inventory to Ozone and PM Modelling over the French North Region: The Summer 2006 Heat Wave Case Study; E. Terrenoire,V. Fèvre-Nollet.- 4.8 Evaluating Regional-Scale Air Quality Models; A.B. Gilliland et al.- 4.9 Ozone Modeling over Italy: A Sensitivity Analysis to Precursors Using BOLCHEM Air Quality Model; A. Maurizi et al.- 4.10 Modelling Evaluation of PM10 Exposure in Northern Italy in the Framework of CityDeltaIII Project; C. Carnevale et al.- 4.11 Comprehensive Surface-Based Performance Evaluation of a Size- and Composition-Resolved Regional Particulate-Matter Model for a One-Year Simulation; M.D. Moran et al.- 4.12 Comparison of Six Widely-Used Dense Gas DispersionModels for Three Actual Railcar Accidents; S. Hanna et al.- 4.13 A Statistical Approach for the Spatial Representativeness of Air Quality Monitoring Stations and the Relevance for Model Validation; S. Janssen et al.- 4.14 Estimation of the Modelling Uncertainty Related with Stochastic Processes; O. Tchepel et al.- 4.15 Development of a New Canadian Operational Air Quality Forecast Model; D. Talbot et al.- Chapter 5 Aerosols in the Atmosphere 5.1 Predicting Air Quality: Current Statuss and Future Directions; G.R. Carmichael et al.- 5.2 Diagnostic Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Sulfur Distributions over the Eastern United States Using the CMAQ Model and Measurements from the ICARTT Field Experiment; R. Mathur et al.- 5.3 Heterogeneous Chemical Processes and their Role on Particulate Matter Formation in the Mediterranean Region; M. Astitha et al- 5.4 Regional Coverage Modelling of Marine Aerosols Concentration in French Mediterranean Coastal Area; R. Blot et al.- 5.5 Formation of Secondary Inorganic Aerosols by High Ammonia Emissions Simulated by LM/MUSCAT; E. Renner, R. Wolke.- 5.6 The Origins and Formation Mechanisms of Aerosol during a Measurement Campaign in Finnish Lapland, Evaluated Using the Regional Dispersion Model SILAM; M. Prank et al.- 5.7 Modelling Regional Aerosols: Impact of Cloud Processing on Gases and Particles over Eastern North America and in its Outflow during ICARTT 2004; W. Gong et al.- 5.8 On the Role of Ammonia in the Formation of PM2.5; C. Mensink, F. Deutsch.- Chapter 6 Interactions between Air Quality and Climate Change.- 6.1 Linking Global and Regional Models to Simulate U.S. Air Quality in the Year 2050; C. Nolte et al.- 6.2 Impacts of Climate Change on Air Pollution Levels in the Northern Hemisphere with Special Focus on Europe and the Arctic; G.B. Hedegaard et al.- 6.3 Regional Climate Change Impacts on Air Quality in CECILIA EC 6FP Project; T. Halenka et al.- Chapter 7 Air Quality and Human Health.- 7.1 Models of Exposure for Use in Epidemiological Studies of Air Pollution Health Impacts; M. Brauer et al.- 7.2 Long-Term Regional Air Quality Modelling in Support of Health Impact Analyses; C. Hogrefe et al.- 7.3 A Modeling Methodology to Support Evaluation of Public Health Impacts on Air Pollution Reduction Programs; V. Isakov, H. Özkaynak.- 7.4 Evaluating the Effects of Emission Reductions on Multiple Pollutants Simultaneously; D. Luecken et al.- 7.5 Modelling of the Exposure of Urban Populations to , and Applications in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area in 2002 and 2025; J. Kukkonen et al.- 7.6 The Importance of Exposure in Addressing Current and Emerging Air Quality Issues; T. Watkins et al.- Poster Sessions.- Author Index.- Subject Index.-