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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Regional Air Quality

Authors : Erika von Schneidemesser, Paul S. Monks

Published in: Air Pollution Sources, Statistics and Health Effects

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Anthropogenic
Caused by humans; man-made.
Biogenic
Produced by biological processes.
Cohort study
A long-term study of the same group of people (the cohort) over time, typically used in medicine social science, and ecology.
Diurnal
Relating to the 24 h/day time period.
Dry deposition
The deposition of gaseous or particulate species from the atmosphere to a surface without the involvement of precipitation.
Exceedance
The amount by which something (in this case an air quality pollutant) exceeds the permissible standard or limit value.
Feedback
An internal climate process that amplifies or dampens the climate response to an initial forcing, e.g., the release of methane into the atmosphere due to warmer temperatures, the atmospheric methane increase furthers warming, which causes the release of more methane into the atmosphere, etc.
Megacity
City with a population of greater than ten million inhabitants.
Metrics
A set of measurements used to quantitatively gauge efficiency, progress, or performance. In this case, as applied to air quality.
Mobile sources
Any object that releases pollution that is not stationary, e.g., vehicles, planes, trains, ships, etc.
Radiative forcing
A change imposed on the Earth’s radiation balance in units of heat flux as watts per square meter (W m −2).
Smog
A term derived from smoke and fog applied to extensive contamination by aerosols.
Stationary sources
Any object that releases pollution from one set location, e.g., power plants, industrial factories, etc.
Temperature inversion
The temperature of the troposphere normally decreases with increasing altitude; however, a temperature inversion results when warm air lies above cool air, which is an extremely stable condition, also known as an inversion layer.
Temporal
Pertaining to time.
Wet deposition
The deposition of gaseous or particulate species from the atmosphere to a surface during precipitation events (e.g., rain, snow, fog, dew).
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Metadata
Title
Regional Air Quality
Authors
Erika von Schneidemesser
Paul S. Monks
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer US
Book
Air Pollution Sources, Statistics and Health Effects

Print ISBN: 978-1-0716-0595-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-0716-0596-7

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0596-7_561