1973/09/01 by R. W. Bergstrom, R. Viskanta
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Air Quality and Health Impacts #Air pollution #Atmosphere (unit) #Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols #Atmospheric dispersion modeling #Atmospheric instability #Atmospheric sciences #Chemistry #Dispersion (optics) #Environmental chemistry #Environmental science #Geology #Instability #Mechanics #Meteorology #Particulates #Physics #Pollutant #Pollution #Radiative Heat Transfer Studies #Wind speed
paper · doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1973)012<0913:moteog>2.0.co;2
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In conjunction with a companion study, this paper discusses the pollutant dispersion as predicted by solving numerically the equations of a transient, one-dimensional transport model. The results show that while the radiative properties of the aerosols have only a slight effect on the daytime pollution concentration; they do lead to decreased instability during the day. The gaseous pollutants, however, play a major role by lifting the elevated stable region thereby reducing pollution buildup. This alteration of an elevated stable region is important since air pollution episodes usually occur when such elevated inversions are present.