Air Pollution
Cambridge University Press, 6/20/2019
EAN 9781108481632, ISBN10: 1108481639
Hardcover, 380 pages, 25.3 x 19.3 x 2.1 cm
Language: English
This textbook covers the entire spectrum of topics required to completely understand air pollution. It emphasizes the atmospheric processes governing air pollution (emissions, atmospheric dispersion, chemical transformations, deposition on surfaces and ecosystems). Other areas of focus include air pollutant emission control technologies, health and environmental impacts, regulations and public policies, and interactions between climate change and air pollution. Topics are first presented conceptually, and then in terms of their fundamental aspects. Actual case studies are incorporated throughout to illustrate major air pollution phenomena, such as the dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere, and the development of strategies to reduce urban air pollution, mitigate acid rain, and improve atmospheric visibility. Graduate students, researchers, and air quality professionals will find the full coverage of these important matters to be well suited to their needs.
Preface
1. Brief history of air pollution
2. Emissions of air pollutants and emission control technologies
3. Meteorology
general circulation
4. Air pollution meteorology
5. Atmospheric radiative transfer and visibility
6. Atmospheric dispersion
7. The stratospheric ozone layer
8. Gaseous pollutants
9. Atmospheric particles
10. Clouds and acid rain
11. Transfer of pollutants between the atmosphere and surfaces
12. Health effects
13. Environmental impacts
14. Climate change and air pollution
15. Regulations and public policies
Index.