Air Pollution: Assessment Methodology and Modeling

✍ Scribed by Erich Weber (auth.), Erich Weber (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 341
• Series: NATO · Challenges of Modern Society 2
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established the "Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society" (CCMS) at the November 1969 meeting of the North Atlantic Council. The CCMS was charged with developing meaningful environmen­ tal and social programs that complement other international pro­ grams, and with showing leadership, first, in solution of exist­ ing problems and, second, in development of long-range goals for environmental protection in the NATO sphere of influence and in other countries as well. A first Pilot Study on Air Pollution was initiated by the CCMS at its inaugural meeting in December 1969. The United States (Environmental Protection Agency) has been the pilot nation with the Federal Republic of Germany (Federal Minis­ try of the Interior) and Turkey (Scientific and Technical Rese­ arch Council) as co-pilot nations. The Pilot Study on Air Pollution was an action program de­ signed to demonstrate and encourage the utilization of existing knowledge for the development of air quality management programs. It entailed the demonstration of a systems approach to air quali­ ty management. Case studies have been carried out in Ankara, Turkey; Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany; St. Louis, U.S.; Oslo, Norway; and South Holland Region, The Netherlands (NATO/CCMS Report No. 6, Appendices A- E).

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Air Quality Management Systems....Pages 1-49
Introduction to Air Quality Modeling....Pages 51-61
Uses and Needs for Air Quality Modeling....Pages 63-100
Fundamentals for the Application of a Gaussian Plume Model....Pages 101-128
Practical Demonstration of Multiple-Source Urban Air Quality Simulation Models....Pages 129-196
Air Pollution Emissions Inventory Systems....Pages 197-223
Air Pollution Emissions Projecting....Pages 225-234
Summary....Pages 235-238
Glossary of Terms Generally Used in Air Pollution Assessment Methodology and Modeling....Pages 239-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-329

✦ Subjects

Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution