Impacts of Desert Dust Outbreaks on Air Quality in Urban Areas

The air quality in Danish urban areas.

The Danish air pollution abatement is based by and large on emission control. Since the ratification of the international sulfur protocol of 1985, there has been a continuous tightening of the permissible sulfur content in fuels and of the maximum emissions from power plants. As a consequence, the total annual emission of sulfur dioxide (SO2) has been reduced from 450,000 tons in the seventies ...

Air quality assessment in urban areas of Gipuzkoa (Spain).

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the air quality to which a population of 90,000 inhabitants in the province of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country, Spain) is exposed. The population resides in a periurban environment, where industrial activity (11 iron and steel foundries) is scattered among residential areas. METHODS Throughout 2006 and 2007, levels of particulate matter less than 2.5mm in diameter (PM(2.5)) we...

Desert dust outbreaks and respiratory morbidity in Athens, Greece

BACKGROUND Ambient particulate matter (PM) has an adverse effect on respiratory morbidity. Desert dust outbreaks contribute to increased PM levels but the toxicity of desert dust mixed with anthropogenic pollutants needs clarification. METHODS We identified 132 days with desert dust episodes and 177 matched days by day of the week, season, temperature and humidity between 2001 and 2006 in Ath...

Air Quality in Urban Areas in Brazilian Midwest

Modeling the effects of air quality policy changes on water quality in urban areas

Steven J. Burian a, Timothy N. McPherson b, Michael J. Brown b, Gerald E. Streit b and H.J. Turin c a Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Arkansas, 4190 Bell Engineering Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72701, USA E-mail: [email protected] b Energy and Environmental Analysis, Group TSA-4, MS-F604, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, ...