14 – Climate Change and Air Pollution
Abstract Climate change is a major issue regarding the atmospheric environment. It differs from air pollution in spatial and temporal scales. Climate change is due mostly to greenhouse gases that…
5 – Atmospheric Radiative Transfer and Visibility
Abstract Solar radiation is essential to life on Earth and is one of the major factors governing the atmospheric general circulation. Furthermore, solar radiation plays a major role in air…
3 – Meteorology: General Circulation
Abstract Air pollution is directly affected by various aspects of meteorology, such as winds, which transport pollutants (in some cases over long distances); turbulence, which disperses air pollutants; solar radiation,…
2 – Emissions of Air Pollutants and Emission Control Technologies
Abstract Air pollution is due to emissions of pollutants in the atmosphere, which may be natural or of human origin. Thus, in order to understand air pollution, it is necessary…
1 – Brief History of Air Pollution
Abstract The Earth’s atmosphere is composed mostly of molecular nitrogen (N2, 78 % of dry air) and molecular oxygen (O2, 21 % of dry air). It holds also a fair…