Air Pollution: 8th

Section 1: Air pollution modelling - Modeling of air quality during a short winter period in Switzerland and comparison with summer results; Pre-modelling for ESCOMPTE in the Marseille-Fos-Berre area; Reliability and validity of regional air pollution simulations; Semi-Langrangian transport algorithm for episodic atmospheric pollution; A neural network forecasting system for daily air quality index in Macau; Five months quasi-operational forecasting of atmospheric constituents comparison of results to data from official monitoring networks; Ambient air quality monitoring and modelling near a non-ferrous metals industrial site; Implementation of the Multiscale Climate Chemistry Model (MCCM) for Central Mexico; Impact of the pollutant emission reduction in the atmospheric pollution of the region of Madrid by using a photochemical model; Air pollution episodes: modelling tools for improved smog management (APPETISE); The multi-puff approach and the optimum interpolation technique to improve a classical Gaussian model; Differences of 1996 and 1997 sources contributions of volatile organic compounds in Mexico City; A numerical study on acid rain and neutralization by yellow-sand in East Asia; Modelling dense gas dispersion in complex environments; Determination of the diffusion coefficients by inversion of measured concentration of air pollutants; A comparison of three different dry deposition velocities in STEM-II applied around As Pontes power plant; Estimation of the initial lifting height of polluted airmass due to biomass burning using meso-scale meteorological model. Section 2: Air quality management - Photochemical models in Air Quality Management Plan of a complex coastal area; Air quality management: a temporal comparison of the extent of integration of local government departments; FLADIS A system for extending air pollution point data to continuous spatial information (according to EU Council Directive 96/62/EC); Change from car to tram. A prognosis to expected effects on intracity air pollution; A case study on the economic benefits of reducing emissions from the cement industry; Environmental impact assessment of mining activities in the productive system of Basilicata region; Improving short-term air quality: a trial protocol for SO2 from power stations; The general public's perception of air quality; Management of pollution from an hospital incinerator in Nigeria; Air quality management: stakeholder involvement in the local air quality management process. Section 3: Urban air pollution - Fine-scale sampling and analysis of airborne particles for heavy metals and nitrogen- and sulfur-containing species in East Los Angeles; Contribution of food cooking emissions to the presence of non-methane hydrocarbons in the Mexico City atmosphere; In-vehicle carbon monoxide exposure level while traversing different roadway types in Hong Kong; Fundamental aspects of carbonaceous particulate measurements in the study of air pollution in urban area; Air contamination in San Juan (Argentina); Controlling toxic air pollutants in Indian metros in the new millennium; Air pollution in Hong Kong. Section 4: Urban and suburban transport emissions - A system dynamics approach to evaluate the impact of traffic management policy to urban air quality; High dust concentration in motor road tunnel; Evaluation of traffic related nitrogen dioxide data in Surrey; Air quality assessment in tunnels: field measurements and mathematical modelling; Vehicle emission model of air pollutants from road traffic: Application to Catalonia (Spain) for 1994; A new approach to emissions inventory modelling - assessing fuel and vehicle impacts on air quality. Section 5: Monitoring and laboratory studies - The particulate emissions from diesel and petrol vehicles; A biomonitoring test study for evaluating Hg atmospheric emissions in industrial areas; A performance evaluation of the open tube diffusion sampler (Palmes sampler) for monitoring nitrogen dioxide; Analysis and mapping of air pollution using a GIS approach: A case study of Istanbul; Possible contribution of satellite measurements to monitoring of air pollution in European cities and their surrounding areas for health services; Benzene and toluene chemical sensors: towards a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon badge for individual exposure. Section 6: Global studies - Model derived tropospheric NO2 columns compared with GOME measurements; The STEAMER project: An overview; Climatological analysis to determine air pollution potential for different zones in India. Section 7: Comparison of modelling with experiments - Comparison of modelled and measured NH3 concentrations for 108 locations in Flanders; Air quality monitoring and modelling techniques for street canyons: the Paris experience; Comparison of monitored air quality data with the predictions of ADMS-3; Modelling of heavy metal transboundary pollution in Europe. Section 8: Indoor pollution - The effect of 'small' bunds on the dispersion around 'large' buildings; Environmental tobacco smoke in UK public places: preliminary field survey; Indoor air quality at a public bus terminal. Section 9: Pollution engineering - Simulation model of the moving granular bed gas cleanup filter; The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of Japan 1995 and asbestos emission; BTX as markers for pollution sourcing in Volta Redonda, Brazil; Assessment of the environmental air in a semiconductor industrial area by FTIR and GC/MS. Section 10: Fluid mechanics for environmental problems - Water tank studies of the interactions between buoyant plumes emitted into a crossflow; Dependency of mixing height as function of Monin-Obukhov length on stability conditions; PIV and LDV measurements behind a backward facing step. Section 11: Chemistry of air pollution - Ozone episodes in the area of Cartagena (Spain): the role of climatology; Spatial and temporal variations of the chemical composition in acid deposition in the Peak District, Northern England; Measurements and models in heterogeneous physicochemical processes in the atmosphere; Anthropogenic and natural sources of multifunctional organic nitrates: new constituents in photo-smog. Section 12: Aerosols and particles - Meteorological interpretation of measured urban PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations in the Helsinki Metropolitan area; PM10 dust and chemical characterisation of aerosols in Flanders, Belgium; Atmospheric aerosol contribution to visible light absorption and scattering in Mexico City and simple tools to determine refractive indices and size distributions; Determination of aerosol sources in Tehran area using target transformation factor analysis; Organic compounds in Mexico City aerosols; Fractal modelling of the carbonaceous aerosol. Section 13: Health problems - Integrating health and air quality information for use in a health telematics project; Monitoring internal air quality within a community of known respiratory health status; Air-pollution-dependent changes in the morbidity of children.