Title: State of the art of air pollution models, needs and trends

Authors: N. Moussiopoulos

Addresses: Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract: This paper summarises the results of the investigations within task MA3-2 carried out by the European Topic Centre on Air Quality. The main aim of this task is to describe the state of the art of air pollution models, with special emphasis on needs for model application and trends in model development. From the results it can be inferred to what extent the needs are met by available models and what data are required as input and for evaluation purposes.

Keywords: air quality; air pollution models; environmental management; validation; environmental pollution; modelling.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.1997.028172

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 1997 Vol.8 No.3/4/5/6, pp.250 - 259

Published online: 15 Sep 2009 *

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