Urban Air Pollution Modelling

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Generalities about towns....Pages 1-4
Air pollution calculations for urban areas....Pages 5-26
Multi-source gaussian plume concepts for short-time computations....Pages 27-64
Critical considerations and improvements to the short-time gaussian plume models....Pages 65-87
The conservative volume element....Pages 88-132
Multi-box models....Pages 133-158
Rollback....Pages 159-161
Empirical techniques....Pages 162-169
Forecasting pollution....Pages 170-203
Statistical relationships....Pages 204-257
Long-term plume models....Pages 258-290
The simple box model for long-term averages....Pages 291-298
The correlation with demographic parameters....Pages 299-303
The concentration-frequency distribution....Pages 304-312
Relationships between the wind field and the concentration....Pages 313-317
Validation,evaluation,qualification, confirmation and assessment....Pages 318-354
Conclusion....Pages 355-358
Recent developments in modelling....Pages 359-381
Back Matter....Pages 382-405