Global atmospheric change and its impact on regional air quality : proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Global Atmospheric Change and its Impact on Regional Air Quality, held in Irkutsk, Russian Federation, August 21-27, 2001

The NATO ARW in Irkutsk was an excellent occasion for the coming together of Eastern and Western scientists who are involved in tropospheric science; the workshop has greatly contributed to the scientific and social understanding among the participants from the many different countries. Many new personal contacts were made which will help to strengthen future collaborations. In particular, the Lake Baikal area and the Limnological Institute offer splendid opportunities for environmental research which, in part, is already on going. For most participants it was the first time to see the impressive nature of the Lake Baikal region. Hopefully, there will be a chance for a follow-up event in Siberia where researchers from the East and West can again meet and engage in fruitful scientific dialogue. The book contains extended abstracts of the lectures and the poster presentations presented at the NATO ARW "Global Atmospheric Change and its Impact on Regional Air Quality" Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Russian Federation, August 21-27, 2001. The ARW was composed of 22 oral presentations by key lecturers and 6 additional shorter oral presentations from participants. In a special poster session the 36 poster contributions were presented and discussed. Unfortunately not all contributors submitted extended abstracts, however, to compensate two contributions have been added from 2 participants who were originally invited but were unable to attend. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 European Research on Atmospheric Global Change: EU Supported Projects and Future Planning....Pages 3-5 Probing Chemical Mechanisms in Clean and Polluted Environments through Field Measurement/Model Comparisons....Pages 7-12 Formation and Cycling of Aerosols in the Global Troposphere....Pages 13-18 Active and Passive Sensing of Aerosol from Space....Pages 19-24 Global Self-Regulation of Ozone in the Earth Atmosphere....Pages 25-30 Tropospheric Multiphase Chemistry in Field, Modelling and Laboratory Studies....Pages 31-36 Stable Carbon Isotope Ratio Measurements: A New Tool to Understand Atmospheric Processing of Volatile Organic Compounds....Pages 37-42 Air Pollution Monitoring in Romania....Pages 43-48 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Modelling of Ozone and Secondary Organic Aerosol across Europe: Results from the EMEP models....Pages 51-56 Front Matter....Pages 57-57 Emission of Atmospheric Pollutants from Aero Engines....Pages 59-64 Front Matter....Pages 65-65 The Impact of Halogen Chemistry on the Oxidation Capacity of the Troposphere....Pages 67-75 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 Recent Developments in Peroxy Radical Chemistry....Pages 79-84 Atmospheric Chemistry of Oxygenated VOCs....Pages 85-90 Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Atmospheric Degradation of Aldehydes....Pages 91-96 The Photochemical Degradation of Chloral and Oxalyl Chloride....Pages 97-101 Fluorinated Radical Reactions of Atmospheric Importance....Pages 103-108 Heterogeneous Reactions Affecting Chlorine Activation in the Troposphere....Pages 109-113 PhotoChemical Processes in the Atmosphere....Pages 115-120 Atmosphere-Related Aspects of the Aqueous Phase Oxidation of Sulphur Dioxide....Pages 121-127 Soot Particles from Different Combustion Sources: Composition, Surface groups, Oxidation under Atmospheric Conditions....Pages 129-135 Front Matter....Pages 137-139 Investigation of Particle Formation in the Photo-oxidation of Dimethyl Sulphide....Pages 141-146 Model Study of the Photooxidation of CH 3 SO 2 SCH 3 at Atmospheric Pressure: Thermal Decomposition of the CH 3 SO 2 Radical....Pages 147-152 Atmospheric Oxidation of Selected Primary Alcohols....Pages 153-158 Interaction of Ozone with Sodium Chloride — a Possible Additional Source of Chlorine in the Atmosphere....Pages 159-162 Transition Metal Ions in The Processes Of Acid Rain Formation....Pages 163-165 The Role of HCl and HBr in Heterogeneous Processes of Stratospheric Ozone Decomposition....Pages 167-171 Comparison of the NO 3 Heterogeneous Uptake on Dry and Humidified NaX (X=Cl,Br) Salts....Pages 173-179 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Air Pollution in Turkey....Pages 183-188 Background State and Trends of Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfate Aerosols in the Atmosphere over Russia....Pages 189-194 Changes in Land Use and Land Cover in Arid Southern Mediterranean on the Long Term Using Remote Sensing and GIS — A Case Study of Northwest Egypt....Pages 195-201 Investigation of PAH in Atmospheric Aerosols and Precipitation’s of East Siberia....Pages 203-208 Regional Atmospheric Changes Caused by Natural and Antropogeneous Factors....Pages 209-214 Environmental problems connected with air pollution in the industrial regions of Ukraine....Pages 215-222 Comparison of Experimental and Calculated Data on Ion Composition of Precipitation in the South of East Siberia....Pages 223-228 Monitoring of the Spatial and Temporal Variation of the Particle Size Distribution and Chemical Composition of the Atmospheric Aerosol in Siberia....Pages 229-235 Model Accumulation Mode of Atmospheric Aerosol Including Photochemical Aerosol Formation, Coagulation, Dynamics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Relative Humidity....Pages 237-242 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the Atmospheric Air of Moscow: The Impact of Industry and Transport....Pages 243-247 Transcontinental Observations of the Surface Ozone and Nitrogen Oxide Concentrations by using the Carriage-Laboratory....Pages 249-254 Evaluation of On-Road Vehicle Emissions: The Lundby Tunnel Study in Gothenburg, Sweden....Pages 255-259 Season Variation of Near Ground Impurities of O 3 and CO in East Siberia....Pages 261-266 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Roadside Measurements of Traffic Emissions from Motorway BAB 656 in Heidelberg with Emphasis on Particles....Pages 267-271 The Effect of Distant Sources of Ozone and PM 10 s on Boundary Layer Air Quality in Cornwall — a rural area in the UK....Pages 273-278 Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Fall-Out as an Indicator of the Impact of Local Aerosol Emission Sources on Global Air Quality Change....Pages 279-285 Influence of the Anthropogenic Emissions and Atmospheric Chemical Processes on Climate in the XXI Century....Pages 287-293 Front Matter....Pages 295-295 Digital Photogrammetric Method for Ecological Monitoring....Pages 297-301 Hydrogen Technology: H 2 Storage and Release....Pages 303-308 Front Matter....Pages 309-309 Effects from Industrial Emissions on the Lake Baikal Region Forests....Pages 311-315 Assessment of Siberian Forest Ecosystem Stability Against the Acidification....Pages 317-320 Air Pollution in the Adirondack Park; Public-Private Efforts to Reduce Acidity in Soils and Water....Pages 321-326 Back Matter....Pages 327-330

There is growing evidence that the changing global atmosphere is impacting urban and regional air quality and that emissions from great urban conurbations are significantly influencing global change. This book presents the topics needed to understand possible changes in regional and global atmospheric air quality. Air quality measurements reveal the influence of anthropogenic emissions on the background atmosphere, especially at regional and local scales, superimposed on a background of biogenic emissions. The book also deals with possible changes in atmospheric chemistry in remote areas due to the impact of halogens, halogen oxides, and organic sulphur compounds. Important areas that need to be known in detail for the modelling of these influences are ozone formation, radical mechanisms in the gas phase, oxidation processes in the aqueous phase, and the formation of aerosols. All these are discussed on the basis of both laboratory studies and field measurements. The various observational data, emission data and chemical mechanisms are needed as inputs for modelling the regional impact of anthropogenic emissions and global change. The book presents a great amount of material from the Russian Federation and other East European countries that is not available in Western journals.

Barnes (physical chemistry, Bergische U. Wuppertal, Germany) present 49 extended abstracts of the lectures and poster presentations from the eponymous NATO workshop. Most of the participants are involved in studying the environment of the troposphere and presented discussions of atmospheric chemistry, kinetic and mechanistic studies, air pollutions studies, and the impacts of emissions and other pollutants on ecosystems. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)