Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XX

607 Pages·2010·14.041 MB·English

by  B. Fisher, D. Anfossi, M. Astitha, M. Valari (auth.), Douw G. Steyn, S. T. Rao (eds.)

Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XX
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Air Pollution Modeling and Its
Application XX

edited by

Douw G. Steyn
University of British Columbia
Canada

and

S. Trivikrama Rao
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S.A.

Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division
Proceedings of the 30th NATO/SPS International Technical Meeting on
Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
18–22 May 2009
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Previous Volumes in this Mini-Series

Volumes I–XII were included in the NATO Challenges of Modern Society Series

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS I
Edited by C. De Wispelaere

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS II
Edited by C. De Wispelaere

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS III
Edited by C. De Wispelaere

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS IV
Edited by C. De Wispelaere

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS V
Edited by C. De Wispelaere, Francis A. Schiermeier, and Noor V. Gllani

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS VI
Edited by Han van Dop

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS VII
Edited by Han van Dop

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS VIII
Edited by Han van Dop and Douw G. Steyn

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS IX
Edited by Han van Dop and George Kallos

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS X
Edited by Sven-Erik Gryning and Millán M. Millán

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS XI
Edited by Sven-Erik Gryning and Francis A. Schiermeier

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS XII
Edited by Sven-Erik Gryning and Nadine Chaumerliac

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS XIII
Edited by Sven-Erik Gryning and Ekaterina Batchvarova
AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS XIV
Edited by Sven-Erik Gryning and Francis A. Schiermeier

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS XV
Edited by Carlos Borrego and Guy Schayes

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS XVI
Edited by Carlos Borrego and Selahattin Incecik

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS XVII
Edited by Carlos Borrego and Ann-Lise Norman

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS XVIII
Edited by Carlos Borrego and Eberhard Renner

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS XIX
Edited by Carlos Borrego and Ana Isabel Miranda

AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS XX
Edited by Douw G. Steyn and S. Trivikrama Rao
Preface
In 1969, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established the Committee
on Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS). From inception, the subject of air
pollution was established as one of the priority problems for study within the
framework of various pilot studies undertaken by this committee. The main
activity within the pilot study relating to air pollution is the periodic organization
of a major international conference dealing with air pollution modeling and its
application. The first five international conferences were organized by the United
States of America as the pilot country, the second five by the Federal Republic of
Germany, the third five by Belgium, the fourth five by the Netherlands, the fifth
five by Denmark, the sixth five by Portugal, and currently by Canada.
This volume contains the abstracts of papers and posters presented at the 30th
NATO/SPS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and Its
Applications, held in San Francisco, California, during May 18–22, 2009. This
ITM was supported by the Environmental Protection Agency, United States of
America (Host Country) and The University of British Columbia, Canada (Pilot
Country).
The key topics distinguished at this ITM included: Local and urban scale
modelling; Regional and intercontinental modelling; Data assimilation and air
quality forecasting; Model assessment and verification; Aerosols in the atmosphere;
Interactions between climate change and air quality; Air quality and human health;
and a Special Session on the California 2000 field study.
The ITM was attended by 156 participants representing 36 countries. Invited
papers were presented by Hiram Levy, USA (Interactions between climate and air
quality), Bert Brunekreef, the Netherlands (Air pollution and human health: from
local to global issues), Robert Vautard, France (Regional air quality modelling: a
few examples of recent progresses and remaining questions) and Spyros Pandis,
Greece (Atmospheric organic particulate matter: revisiting its sources, properties
and impacts).
On behalf of the ITM Scientific Committee and as organizers and editors, we
would like to thank all the participants who contributed to the success of the 30th
meeting. Among the participants, we especially recognize the efforts of the
chairpersons and rapporteurs. Finally, special thanks to the sponsoring institutions:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and The University of British Columbia,
Canada, and the sponsoring organizations NATO Science for Peace and Security,
Environment Canada, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, California
Air resources Board, European Association for the Science of Air Pollution
(EURSAP), and the American Meteorological Society.
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A special grant was given by EURASAP to award prizes to young researchers
for the best paper or poster. The next meeting will be held in September 2010 in
Torino, Italy. The views presented in this book are those of the authors and do not
reflect the views and policies of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
University of British Columbia, or other co-sponsors.

S.T. Rao (Local Conference Organizer)
D.G. Steyn (Scientific Committee Chair)
Members of the Scientific Committee for the 30th NATO/SPS International
Technical Meeting (ITM) on Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application

Ana Isabel Miranda (Portugal) Domenico Anfossi (Italy)
Guy Schayes (Belgium) Trond Iversen (Norway)
Dimiter Syrakov (Bulgaria) Carlos Borrego (Portugal)
Douw Steyn (Canada, Chair) Jose Baldasano (Spain)
Sven-Erik Gryning (Denmark) Peter Builtjes (The Netherlands)
Nadine Chaumerliac (France) Selahattin Incecik (Turkey)
Eberhard Renner (Germany) Bernard Fisher (United Kingdom)
George Kallos (Greece) S. Trivikrama Rao (USA)

Werner Klug (Germany, Honorary Life Member)
Han van Dop (The Netherlands, Honorary Life Member)
Frank Schiermeier (United States of America, Honorary Life Member)

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History of NATO/CCMS (SPS) Air Pollution Pilot Studies
Pilot Studies on Air Pollution International Technical Meetings (ITM)
on Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application

Dates and Locations of Completed Pilot Studies

1969–1974 Air Pollution Pilot Study (Pilot Country – United States of America)
1975–1979 Air Pollution Assessment Methodology and Modelling
(Pilot Country – Germany)
1980–1984 Air Pollution Control strategies and Impact Modelling
(Pilot Country – Germany)

Dates and Locations of Pilot Follow-Up Meetings

Pilot Country – United States of America (R.A. McCormick, L.E. Niemeyer)
February 1971 Eindhoven, First Conference on Low Pollution
The Netherlands Power Systems Development
July 1971 Paris, Second Meeting of the Expert Panel
France on Air Pollution Modelling

All subsequent meetings were supported by the NATO Committee for Challenges
to Modern Society, and were designated NATO/CCMS International Technical
Meetings (ITM) on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application, until 2007 when
the designation changed to NATO/SPS with the creation of the NATO Committee
on Science for Peace and Security.

October 1972 Paris, France 3rd ITM
May 1973 Oberursel, Federal Republic of Germany 4th ITM
June 1974 Roskilde, Denmark 5th ITM

Pilot Country – Germany (Erich Weber)
September 1975 Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany 6th ITM
September 1976 Airlie House, USA 7th ITM
September 1977 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 8th ITM
August 1978 Toronto, Canada 9th ITM
October 1979 Rome, Italy 10th ITM

Pilot Country – Belgium (C. De Wispelaere)
November 1980 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 11th ITM
September 1981 Menlo Park, California, USA 12th ITM
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