This volume contains over sixty-five state-of-the-art contributions from international scientists and researchers working on various aspects of the monitoring, simulation and management of air pollution. Emphasis is placed on the development of experimental and computational techniques which can be used as tools to aid solutions and understanding. The papers included were first presented at the ninth in a highly successful series of international conferences on this challenging problem and cover topics such as: Turbulence Modelling; Air Quality Management; Chemical Transformations; Health Problems; Aerosols and Particles; Urban Air Pollution and Transport Emissions; Pollution Engineering; Pollution Management and Control; Policy of Strategic Issues; Air Pollution Modelling; and Data Acquisition and Analysis.
Preface xvii Section 1: Policy of Strategic Issues Environmental litigation - air pollution models and modelers in court 3(10) P. Zannetti Economics of integrated pollution prevention policies: introductory remarks 13(10) F. Becchis Integrating scientific and lay accounts of air pollution 23(12) T. Kelay D.L. Uzzell B. Gaterleben S.J. Hughes E.E. Hellawell Section 2: Air Pollution Modelling The evaluation of boundary layer parameters from elementary meteorological data over complex orography areas 35(10) G. Latini R. Cocci Grifoni G. Passerini Air Pollution modelling with turbulence data estimated from conventional meteorological parameters in an urban tropical region 45(12) J. Lopez A. Salcido A one-dimensional model based on k-ε taking into account the change in basic atmospheric flow with height and stability 57(10) J. Servert J. Lumbreras M. E. Rodriguez A. Crespo Simple diagnostic expressions for the stable and unstable atmospheric boundary layer height 67(8) S.M. Joffre M. Kangas Applied modelling of the mixing height over heterogeneous terrain 75(10) S.-E. Gryning E. Batchvarova Numerical modelling of pollution dispersion in complex terrain 85(10) T. Bodnar Ph. Fraunie K. Kozel L. Benes Numerical simulation of atmospheric dispersion in a complex terrain with a shoreline in Korea 95(10) Y.S. Ghim H.S. Oh A new eddy diffusivity parameterisation for dispersion models: evaluation in different atmospheric conditions 105(8) C. Mangia I. Schipa D.M. Moreira T. Tirabassi G.A. Degrazia U. Rizza Joint statistical modelling of data related to air pollution 113(10) J. Mateu C. Alvarez T. Sanfeliu M.M. Jordan A stochastic approach to the diffusion equation 123(10) B. Spagnolo P. Barrera Mixing height estimation on basis of non-local determination of static stability in an industrial region 133(10) S. Nath R.S. Patil Bayesian models of the PM10 atmospheric urban pollution 143(10) M. Cossentino F.M. Raimondi M.C. Vitale A lattice gas model for the evaluation of transport and diffusion parameters of stack emissions in air 153(10) R. Cipollone A. Sciarretta Prediction of maximum of 24-hour average of PM10 concentrations in Santiago, Chile 163(10) P. Perez Section 3: Urban Air Pollution Preliminary analysis of air quality data from large cities 173(10) J.M. Baldasano E. Valera Urban air quality: a comparison of the air pollution dilemmas facing urban and rural local authorities and approaches to managing them 183(10) C.I. Beattie J.W.S. Longhurst N.K. Woodfield Vehicle effects on street canyon air pollution pattern 193(10) A.G. Venetsanos J.G. Bartzis S. Andronopoulos D. Vlachogiannis Numerical simulation of airflow in the vicinity of several rectangular-shaped buildings and airflow and dispersion around an L-shaped building 203(10) S. Tehranian S.R. Hanna R. Lohner Urban air quality simulation by multi-puff approach and optimum interpolation techniques at Shenyang (P.R. China) 213(10) Xu Han Z.Z. Li Q.L. Huang M. Coutinho C. Borrego Photochemical smog evaluation in the area of Bologna 223(10) T. Tirabassi M. Deserti L. Passoni A. Kerschbaumer Study of air pollution due to industrial spots nearby the campus of Zagazig University (Egypt) 233(10) A.F. Abdel Azim A.F. Abdel Gawad M.M. Ibrahim Composition of coarse and fine fractions of particulate matter at an urban and a conurban site in Northern Italy 243(10) G.M. Marcazzan G. Valli R. Vecchi Social activities influence onthe air quality in San Nicolas City, Argentina 253(10) N. Quaranta C. Grasselli Indoor and outdoor aldehyde concentrations in a medium-sized French town 263(10) R. Meininghaus E. Bastin S. Bourdet A. Cicolella D. Granier N. Gonzalez-Flesca Formate, acetate and oxalate in black crusts on historic monuments 273(12) C. Sabbioni N. Ghedini A. Bonazza G. Gobbi M.A. Raggi M. Gigli G. Zappia Section 4: Air Quality Management Emerging political and collaborative decision-making frameworks for designating air quality management areas (AQMAs) in the UK: implications for future air quality action plans (AQAPs) 285(10) N.K. Woodfield J.W.S. Longhurst C.I. Beattie D.P.H. Laxen Multivariate statistical analysis for priority area localization in air quality management plans 295(10) C. Trozzi R. Vaccaro Clearing the air - The IPIECA Toolkit 305(10) R.S. Tindale Emerging scientific decision-making for designating air quality management areas (AQMAs) in the United Kingdom 315(10) N.K. Woodfield J.W.S. Longhurst C.I. Beattie D.P.H. Laxen Air quality impacts from hazardous waste combustion at Portland Cement manufacturing plants 325(12) R.W. Baldauf D.D. Lane Section 5: Pollution Engineering An integrated system for estimating and managing road transport emissions 337(6) G. Romanini C. Mangia New technologies in urban transport: emission control techniques and strategies 343(12) C. Carnevali R. Genova M. Mazzucchelli A. Sasso Removal of complex mixtures of VOC (thinner) from waste air and establishment of the evolution of microbial consortium during biofiltration process 355(10) E. Conde J. Alba E. Lopez F. Perez-Guevara Experimental research on VOC treatment by biofiltration 365(10) M.-B. Gidas C. Hort J.-L. Fanlo Performance of co-current horizontal liquid jet ejector scrubber for fly ash removal 375(10) G. Banerjee Simulation of adsorption processes in gas cleanup filters 385(10) F. Hrdlicka P. Slavik O. Kubelka Mercury transformation behavior on a bench-scale coal combustion furnace 395(12) N. Fujiwara Y. Fujita K. Tomura H. Moritomi T. Tuji S. Takasu H. Mutoh S. Ikeda Y. Tadakuma Section 6: Pollution Management and Control Knocking down of fog system: new theoretical technique and experimental results 407(12) F. Patania A. Gagliano F. Nocera Application of system dynamics with GIS for assessing traffic emission management policy 419(12) L. Chen W.-L. Lang The relationship between traffic throughput and the associated primary pollutants in Surrey 431(8) I.M. Cowan E.E. Hellawell S.J. Hughes Electron beam treatment of VOCs in air K. Hirota 439(10) T. Hakoda S. Hashimoto Section 7: Data Acquisition and Analysis Air pollution from oil product transit enterprises: DOAS in Riga harbour region 449(10) J. Kleperis D. Danilane The development and implementation of a database driven web-enabled integrated system for air quality observation and analysis 459(8) R. Rorich D. Sakulski Long-time sampling: a proposal for a new monitoring strategy 467(12) G. Bertoni A. Cecinato R. Mabilia R. Tappa Measurement of mercury and trace element emissions from coal combustion boilers 479(12) M. Moritomi I. Naruse Y. Ninomiya T. Shimizu Y. Suzuki T. Yokoyama N. Fujiwara N. Fujiwara Y. Fujioka M. Harada N. Ono Estimation of VOCs emission factor for semiconductor manufacturing processes 491(10) H. Chein M.-H. Chen Laboratory tests for the development of a new high uptake rate passive sampler for nitrogen dioxide measurements 501(10) A. Minguy H. Plaisance J.-C. Galloo R. Guillermo Geostatistical analysis of spatial and temporal ozone immission structures 511(10) H. Hoffmann Application of remote-sensing technology in atmospheric environmental assessment 521(8) W. Xuemei D. Ruru H. Zhijian Modelling air pollution in an industrial area using GIS as an assessment tool 529(10) E. Puliafito M. Guevara C. Puliafito Evaluation of PBL parameters from GPS-MET data 539(10) L. Beccaceci R. Cocci Grifoni G. Passerini Trends in rural sulphur dioxide concentrations in the United Kingdom 549(10) J.G. Irwin K. Vincent Long-term countrywide NO2 variations in Surrey 559(10) M.S. Lythe S.J. Hughes E.E. Hellawell The contribution of biogenic and anthropogenic sources to NMHC levels at urban scale 569(10) A. Borbon N. Locoge M. Veillerot J.C. Galloo R. Guillermo Analysis of polluted ozone in a mountain area 579(8) P. Bonasoni P. Cristofanelli Air quality data-base implementation by using time series statistic filling 587(20) G. Latini G. Passerini S. Tascini Monitoring air quality in Paulinia and region using a mobile station A.C.C.L. 597(9) Tresmondi E. Tomaz Receptor analysis using neural networks 607(12) L.E. Dawidowski D.R. Gomez S.L. Reich C. Vazquez Section 8: Aerosols and Particles Physical and mineralogical characteristics of the atmospheric aerosol in an area near industrial activity based on mineral raw materials 619(10) E.T. Gomez T. Sanfeliu J. Rius A.B. Vicente Transient sulfur dioxide absorption inside a freely falling raindrop with terminal velocity 629(10) W.H. Chen Sulfur dioxide absorption in a cloud droplet under the influence of convective flows 639(10) W.H. Chen J.J. Lu Acidification of growing cloud droplet by absorption of SO2(g) 649(10) S. Shiba Y. Hirata S. Yagi Performance characterization of the portable miniVOL particulate matter sampler 659(12) D.D. Lane R.W. Baldauf G.A. Marotz Index of Authors 671
