
Asian Atmospheric Pollution
Sources, Characteristics and Impacts
Description
Key Features
- Covers all of Asia in detail in terms of pollution
- Focuses not only on local pollution, but on long-term transport of these pollutants and their impacts on other regions as well as the globe
- Includes discussion of both particulate matter and greenhouse gases
- Serves as a single resource on Asian air pollution and Impacts from the most current research across the globe including the US, Asia, Africa and Europe
Readership
Scientists, students and professionals in Atmospheric Science, Remote Sensing, Climate and Environmental Science
Table of Contents
1. Sources of Atmospheric Pollution in Asia
2. Air Pollution: Facts, Causes and Impacts
3. Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Issues in Asia
4. Atmospheric aerosols from open burning in South and Southeast Asia
5. Role of Meteorology in Atmospheric Aerosols and Air Pollution Over South Asia
6. Role of Carbonaceous Aerosols in Asian Pollution
7. Atmospheric Pollution and Solar Ultraviolet Radiation in Asia
8. Distribution of reactive trace gases over South Asia: Observations and modelling
9. Response of Plants to Atmospheric Air Pollution: An Asian Perspective
10. Air Quality in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries
11. Satellite observations of Ammonia over South Asia
12. Applications of satellite data in Air Quality Management in India
13. Impact of Emissions from Coal-Based Thermal Power plants
14. Ground and Satellite measurements of Tropospheric NO2 over India
15. Ozone and aerosols over the Tibetan Plateau
16. Vertical Profiles of Trace Gases in the Troposphere over South Asia
17. Surface ozone in Indian urban regions
18. Biomass burning in China and its impacts
19. Tropospheric Ozone concentration over Pakistan
20. Atmospheric pollution over North East India
21. Emission of Black Carbon and other Particulate Matter from Transportation Sector
22. Characteristics and Sources of Atmospheric Particulate Matter and Health Risk in Southwest China
23. Sources of Atmospheric Lead (Pb) over Indian Cities and Health Impact
24. Sources of Poor Air Quality and long term variability over Kolkata
25. Long Range Global Transport and Characterization of Dust
26. The optical and microwave characteristics of Dust storms over the Indo-Gangetic Plains
27. Effect Of Cyclones On Atmospheric And Meteorological Parameters
Product details
- No. of pages: 580
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2021
- Published: August 31, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128166932
- eBook ISBN: 9780128166949