Air Pollution: No. 13

Section 1: Air pollution modelling Sources and sinks: emission and absorption of greenhouse gas, a case study in Italy; Micromixing effects in air pollution modelling; Environmental control of air pollution by gases coming from refineries through flow-dynamics modeling: an experimental feasibility test; PM10 forecasting in Santiago, Chile; A three-dimensional numerical model of air pollutant dispersion; Modelling the effects of traffic emissions on the air quality; The study of ground ozone concentration levels: a functional analysis approach based on Principal Components Analysis; Optimization of a model for evaluation of the air quality monitoring network: the case of EMEP stations; Air quality modelling of sulphur dioxide emission from power plants in Kuwait; The impact of biogenic VOC emissions on tropospheric ozone formation in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States; Theoretical solutions for turbulent flows within the scenario of the k-a model; A modelling analysis of the response of dimethylsulphide production in the Arctic Ocean to global warming; A neuro-fuzzy model for ozone forecasting Section 2: Air quality management A review of background air quality trends in Europe using EMEP data; Consultation for local air quality management in the UK: opportunities for and barriers to successful science communication; A preliminary investigation of local air quality management and environmental justice in England and Wales; GIS mapping of nitrogen dioxide diffusion tube monitoring in Cornwall, UK; Evaluation of the effect of the new approach of local air quality review and assessment in Great Britain: the Updating and Screening Assessment phase; Environmental monitoring system UWEDAT, station-computer UWEDAT-LAN; Assessment of air quality and atmospheric deposition in Hungary; Passive samplers in indoor air quality control; Clean technologies center at the University of New Orleans; ISHTAR Project: building an advanced decision support tool for improving urban sustainability; Efficient control of emissions in fish and meat processing plants; Systemic approach to management of air quality monitoring Section 3: Urban air pollution No-methane hydrocarbon compounds and primary and secondary gaseous pollutants in the ambient air of Rome: their contribution to ozone formation; Air contamination in a small urban area in southern Poland; Winter and summer ammonia emissions in the City of Manchester, UK, related to traffic and background sources measured using an Aerodyne Quantum Cascade-TDLAS; Micro-scale consideration of air dispersion in urban street canyons; Study of the O3 -NOx relationship in different periods of the year; Observation of the environment quality in the metropolitan area of the city of Messina; Overview and some preliminary results from the COST-715 Action: Meteorology applied to urban air pollution problemsA"; A study of the air pollution levels produced in the neighbourhood of an urban terminal bus station Section 4: Transport emissions An experiment to investigate the contributions of biomass burning pollution to distant city environments; The development and implementation of a model to assess traffic-related soot-particle and nitrogen oxide emissions in regions; Using aerial photographic data for inventory of air emissions from road traffic sources: case study in the city of Lisbon; CO2 benefit from the increasing percentage of diesel passenger cars: the case of Sweden; An advanced software tool for vehicular emissions disaggregate estimation Section 5: Comparison of model and experimental results A study of atmospheric dispersion in urban environments through release of SF6 passive tracer: comparison of the experimental results with 3 Gaussian models (Doury, Pasquill and Pasquill-Urban); Finite element simulation of toxic gas dispersion in urban terrain: preliminary results Section 6: Monitoring and laboratory studies A study on tropospheric ozone concentration near an oil refinery at Falconara, Italy; O3 and CO2 concentrations in a rural area in central Spain; Application of a global airborne pollutant indicator to quantify the danger of air pollution; Sidestream cigarette smoke: a low cost monitoring system to evaluate PM10 and PM2.5 emission factors; A low cost transportable instrument based on microsystem technologies for benzene monitoring in outdoor air: a comparative in-field test using a standard GC tool; Airborne particle detection using acoustic transducers; Trends in surface ozone concentrations over the Czech Republic in 1993-2003; Implementation of a PC-based data-logger software for air pollution monitoring networks; Air pollution in the base stations of the environmental integrated monitoring system in Poland; Accuracy enhancements of the ARX model by introducing LSW theory in ozone peak prediction Section 7: Global and regional studies Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU: are we reaching the Kyoto objectives?; Topographic winds as an aid to pollution transport from northern France to Kent, southeast England Section 8: Aerosols and particles Quantum effects in electrostatic precipitation of aerosol and dust Particles; Studies of the uptake of gaseous ethyl-3-ethoxy propionate onto ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate aerosol particles; Validation and verification of emission factors in the heavy metal emission determination for the Slovenian Thermal Power Plants (TPP) and a comparison of the metal content in flue gases and ambient air; Trends in particulate matter in urban and rural areas of the U.K. over the last 7 years and the potential impact of future climate change on these trends Section 9: Urban air quality in Asian region Temporal and spatial variation of particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentration and PAH compositions at different particle-size ranges in the urban air environment in the Bangkok metropolitan area; Assessment of roadside air quality in the Tokyo metropolitan area by a novel biomonitoring method; A study on motorcycle-based motorization and traffic flow in Hanoi city: toward urban air quality management; Characterization of urban and suburban aerosols: PM10-2.5 and PM2.5 in Bangkok; Urban air pollution: a Bangladesh perspective Section 10: Emission inventories Local, regional and national aspects of emissions inventories; Emission Inventories: between policy applications and science; Towards a North American air emissions inventory: electric power plants as a case study; Road transport emissions at national and local levels: methodological development within the MeditAiraneo project; Croatian aspect of emission inventory