A modelling method for estimating transboundary air pollution in southeastern Europe

A transboundary transport episode of nitrogen dioxide as observed from GOME and its impact in the Alpine region

High tropospheric NO2 amounts are occasionally detected by space-borne spectrometers above cloudy scenes. For monitoring of near-ground air pollution such data are not directly applicable because clouds shield the highly polluted planetary boundary layer (PBL). We present a method based on trajectories which implicitly estimates the additional subcloud NO2 distribution in order to model concent...

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE EXECUTIVE BODY FOR THE CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION Working Group on Effects

Space, time and nesting Integrated Assessment Models

Integrated Assessment Modelling in the field of air pollution has advanced greatly since the 1985 Helsinki Protocol on the reduction of Sulphur emissions and their transboundary fluxes. With subsequent protocols and increased understanding of the inter-relationships between local air quality, transboundary air pollution and climate change, a variety of spatio-temporal issues must be addressed i...

Tuovinen J-P - Ozone flux modelling for risk assessment: status and research needs

Introduction In Europe, the development of air pollution abatement strategies is founded on the ef­ fects-based approach, which includes the ozone-induced plant injury as one of the key effects to be minimized. Within this frame­ work, the risk of ozone damage to vegetation is related to numerical exposure and dose in­ dices (UNECE 2004b, Simpson et al. 2007, Tuovinen et al. 2007). Both types o...

EHPnet: Economic Commission for Europe's Environment and Human Settlements Division

Pollution does not respect international borders anywhere, but in Europe, with its heavy industrialization and small nations, this is particularly evident. By the 1970s, it had become apparent that air pollution from other nations was contributing to the acidification of lakes in Sweden and the deterioration of statues and monuments in countries such as Germany and Austria. A 1986 industrial ac...