Intercontinental Transport of Air PollutionAndreas Stohl Transboundary transport of air pollution has been a topic of scientific research for several decades and has also been addressed already by environmental policies. However, the importance of air pollution transport on the largest - intercontinental - scales, has been recognized only recently. It was soon found that the meteorological and chemical processes involved in intercontinental pollution transport are distinctly different from those occurring during regional-scale transport, and thus new scientific methodologies are required for their study. In this book, leading scientists review the current state of knowledge in this emerging field of research, providing the reader with a process understanding of global-scale transport and its influence on the atmosphere's chemical composition. Long-range transport of anthropogenic pollution is contrasted with that of pollution produced by natural processes such as dust storms or forest fires. Furthermore, the prospects for international management of intercontinental transport of anthropogenic pollution are discussed. |
Contents
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Trace Gas Mixing Ratios in Air Masses Leaving North America 4 Trace Gas Mixing Ratios and Particulate Matter Loadings in Air Masses Entering N... | |
Experimental Evidence | |
Introduction 2 European Anthropogenic Emissions 3 Export of European Air Pollution 4 Import of Air Pollution from North America 5 Import of A... | |
Air Pollution Import to and Export from East Asia | |
Introduction 2 Inflow of Air Pollution to Northeast Asia 3 East Asian Pollution Outflow 4 Air Pollution Transport over Continental Southeast Asia 5 ... | |
Export of Air Pollution from Southern Asia and its LargeScale Effects 1 Introduction 2 Estimates of Current Emissions and Future Increases 3 Meteo... | |
Intercontinental Transport of Ozone from Tropical Biomass Burning 1 Introduction 2 Indian Ocean Region | |
Pacific Region 4 Atlantic Region 5 References | |
Intercontinental Transport of Trace Substances from Boreal Forest Fires | |
Introduction 2 Fire Detection and Emissions 3 Transport Processes | |
Historical and Recent Observational Evidence | |
Introduction 2 Intercontinental Transport Analysis Framework 3 Global Dust Emissions 4 Horizontal and Vertical Dust Transport 5 Transformation P... | |
Documented Intercontinental Dust Transport Events | |
Transport of Asian Dust | |
Export in the Wintertime IndoAsian Haze 5 Export in the Asian Summer Monsoon Plume 6 Conclusions and Outlook 7 References | |
Third World vs First World | |
Atmospheric Transport over Africa 4 Intercontinental Transport from Africa 5 Intercontinental Transport Between South America and Africa 6 Impa... | |
Numerical Modelling of LongRange Pollution Transport | |
Current Limitations of Global Models and Future Developments 8 References | |
Summary and Conclusions | |
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Prospects for International Management of Intercontinental Air Pollution Transport | |
the Historical Context for Intercontinental Transport 3 Status of Current International Air Pollution Control Regimes 4 Constructing and Implementin... | |