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Título
Key points in air pollution meteorology
Autor
Año del Documento
2020
Editorial
MDPI
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; Vol.17, Nº. 22, 8349
Abstract
Although emissions have a direct impact on air pollution, meteorological processes may influence inmission concentration, with the only way to control air pollution being through the rates emitted. This paper presents the close relationship between air pollution and meteorology following the scales of atmospheric motion. In macroscale, this review focuses on the synoptic pattern, since certain weather types are related to pollution episodes, with the determination of these weather types being the key point of these studies. The contrasting contribution of cold fronts is also presented, whilst mathematical models are seen to increase the analysis possibilities of pollution transport. In mesoscale, land–sea and mountain–valley breezes may reinforce certain pollution episodes, and recirculation processes are sometimes favoured by orographic features. The urban heat island is also considered, since the formation of mesovortices determines the entry of pollutants into the city. At the microscale, the influence of the boundary layer height and its evolution are evaluated; in particular, the contribution of the low-level jet to pollutant transport and dispersion. Local meteorological variables have a major influence on calculations with the Gaussian plume model, whilst some eddies are features exclusive to urban environments. Finally, the impact of air pollution on meteorology is briefly commented on.
Materias (normalizadas)
Atmósfera
Aire - Contaminación
Materias Unesco
2509 Meteorología
ISSN
1661-7827
Revisión por pares
SI
Patrocinador
Junta de Castilla y León (Projecto VA027G19)
Version del Editor
Propietario de los Derechos
© 2020 The Authors
Idioma
eng
Tipo de versión
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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openAccess
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