International Journal of Environment and Pollution (IJEP)

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

2012 Vol.50 No.1/2/3/4

Special Issue on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes

Guest Editors: Professor John G. Bartzis, George Efthimiou and Dr. Alexandros Syrakos

Preface

Pages Title and author(s)
3-11Bulgarian emergency response system for release of hazardous pollutants - brief description and some examples
Angelina Brandiyska; Kostadin Ganev; Dimiter Syrakov; Maria Prodanova; Nikolai Miloshev; Georgi Gadzhev
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051175
12-21Short-term fine resolution WRF forecast data validation in complex terrain in Slovenia
Marija Zlata Božnar; Primož Mlakar; Boštjan Grašič
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051176
22-30Zasavje canyon regional online air pollution modelling system in highly complex terrain - description and validation
Primož Mlakar; Marija Zlata Božnar; Boštjan Grašič; Gianni Tinarelli
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051177
31-40Fireworks air pollution in Slovenia
Primož Mlakar; Marija Zlata Božnar; Boštjan Grašič; Darko Popović
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051178
41-52Modelling meteorological conditions for the episode (December 2009) of measured high PM10 air concentrations in SW Poland - application of the WRF model
Maciej Kryza; Małgorzata Werner; Anthony J. Dore; Massimo Vieno; Marek Błaś; Anetta Drzeniecka-Osiadacz; Paweł Netzel
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051179
53-63Comparison and evaluation of the 1 km and 5 km resolution FRAME modelled annual concentrations of nitrogen oxides
Maciej Kryza; Anthony J. Dore; Małgorzata Werner; Marek Błaś
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051180
64-74Pollutant dispersion over two-dimensional idealised urban roughness: a large-eddy simulation approach
Colman C.C. Wong; Chun-Ho Liu
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051181
75-82Local mass transfer coefficients over idealised two-dimensional urban street canyons
Ka Kit Leung; Chun-Ho Liu
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051182
83-97Evaluation of WRF model performance in different European regions with the DELTA-FAIRMODE evaluation tool
Mario Marcello Miglietta; Philippe Thunis; Emilia Georgieva; Anna Pederzoli; Bertrand Bessagnet; Etienne Terrenoire; Augustin Colette
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051183
98-110Evaluating the role of vegetation on the ventilation performance in isolated deep street canyons
Wai-Yin Ng; Chi-Kwan Chau
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051184
111-119Impact of meteorological modelling on air quality: summer and winter episodes in the Po valley (Northern Italy)
Denise Pernigotti; Emilia Georgieva; Philippe Thunis; Bertrand Bessagnet
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051185
120-129Air pollution in a street canyon estimated considering different parameterisations of vehicle-induced turbulence
Nicolás A. Mazzeo; Laura E. Venegas; Mariana Dezzutti
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051186
130-139Contribution of biogenic emissions to the atmospheric composition of the Balkan Region and Bulgaria
Georgi Gadzhev; Kostadin Ganev; Dimiter Syrakov; Nikolay Miloshev; Maria Prodanova
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051187
140-150Developing a fast photochemical calculator for an integrated assessment model
Lara Aleluia Reis; Dimitrios Melas; Bernhard J. Peters; Daniel S. Zachary
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051188
151-163WRF evaluation exercise using open sea in situ measurements
Alessandra Balzarini; Guido Pirovano; Giuseppe Maurizio Riva; Anna Toppetti; Roberto Bozzano; Sara Pensieri; Elisa Canepa; Elisabetta Schiano
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051189
164-174Modelling emission, concentration and deposition of sodium for Poland
Małgorzata Werner; Maciej Kryza; Anthony J. Dore; Stephen Hallsworth; Marek Błaś
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051190
175-189Performance criteria for the benchmarking of air quality model regulatory applications: the 'target' approach
Anna Pederzoli; Philippe Thunis; Emilia Georgieva; Rafael Borge; David Carruthers; Denise Pernigotti
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051191
190-199Enhancing source apportionment with receptor models to foster the air quality directive implementation
Federico Karagulian; Claudio A. Belis
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051192
200-208Lagrangian modelling evaluation of the NOx pollution reduction due to electric vehicles introduction
Stefano Alessandrini; Alessia Balanzino; Enrico Ferrero; Maurizio Riva
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051193
209-223Assessing the local scale annual air quality impact of industrial source from characteristic days
Rahela Žabkar; Matic Ivančič
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051194
224-233SO2 effect on secondary organic aerosol from a mixture of anthropogenic VOCs: experimental and modelled results
Manuel Santiago; Marta García Vivanco; Ariel F. Stein
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051195
234-249Small scale particulate matter measurements and dispersion modelling in the inner city of Liège, Belgium
Hendrik Merbitz; François Detalle; Gunnar Ketzler; Christoph Schneider; Fabian Lenartz
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051196
250-263Verification of SBL models by mobile SODAR measurements
Paweł Netzel; Jacek Ślopek; Anetta Drzeniecka-Osiadacz
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051197
264-273Modelling the air quality impact of industrial emissions over a valley in Southern Italy
Cristina Mangia; Marco Cervino; Ruggero Gallimbeni
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051198
274-282An inverse modelling approach for estimating vehicular emissions in urban coastal areas of the Messina Strait
Antonio Cantelli; Giovanni Leuzzi; Paolo Monti; Paolo Viotti
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051199
283-292Studying street geometry influence in PM10 concentration
João Nuno Pinto Miranda Garcia; Rita Susana Da Silva Cerdeira; Nelson Almeida Tavares; Luis Manuel Rodrigues Coelho
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051200
293-307Origin and possible effects of episodic nutrient deposition events over the Baltic Sea
Marke Hongisto
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051201
308-316ADMS-Urban: developments in modelling dispersion from the city scale to the local scale
Jenny Stocker; Christina Hood; David Carruthers; Christine McHugh
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051202
317-326Implementation of energy fluxes in EULAG with a new 3D shadow model
Roberto San José; Juan Luis Pérez; Jose Luis Morant; Rosa M. González
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051203
327-341Estimation and parameterisation of the influence of turbulent regimes on pollution characteristics in the PBL
Evgeni Syrakov; Kostadin Ganev; Milen Tsankov; Emil Cholakov
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051204
342-350Atmospheric transport model applied to understand the effect of biogenic emissions to secondary atmospheric aerosol in hemiboreal zone
Ardi Loot; Riinu Ots; Marko Kaasik; Hilja Iher
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051205
351-362A comparative analysis of different conventional and non-local stable/neutral PBL regimes and their parameterisation in air pollution problems
Evgeni Syrakov; Kostadin Ganev; Milen Tsankov; Emil Cholakov
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051206
363-375Current trends in the use of models for source apportionment of air pollutants in Europe
Evangelia Fragkou; Ioannis Douros; Nicolas Moussiopoulos; Claudio A. Belis
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051207
376-385An approach for determining urban concentration increments
Nicolas Moussiopoulos; Ioannis Douros; George Tsegas; Eleftherios Chourdakis; Sandra Torras Ortiz
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051208
386-395Radiation source rate estimation through data assimilation of gamma dose rate measurements for operational nuclear emergency response systems
Vasiliki Tsiouri; Spyros Andronopoulos; Ivan Kovalets; Leisa L. Dyer; John G. Bartzis
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051209
396-410Indoor air quality in primary schools
Nuno Canha; Maria Martinho; Marina Almeida-Silva; Susana Marta Almeida; Priscilla Pegas; Célia Alves; Casimiro Pio; Maria Ascensão Trancoso; Rita Sousa; Filomena Mouro; Teresa Contreiras; Maria do Carmo Freitas
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051210
411-419Large-eddy simulation of reactive pollutant dispersion for the spatial instability of photostationary state over idealised 2D urban street canyons
Tracy N.H. Chung; Chun-Ho Liu
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051211
420-430Calculations of external irradiation from radioactive plume in the early stage of a nuclear accident
Petr Pecha; Radek Hofman
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051212
431-440Pollen dispersion and pollen deposition modelling in micro-scale and regional-scale numerical models
Jiri Pospisil; Miroslav Jicha
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051213
441-450Estimates of lateral dispersion parameters in low wind speed conditions
Grégory Turbelin; Pierre Ngae; Hambaliou Balde
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051214
451-459Sensitivity of ozone and aerosols to precursor emissions in Europe
Sebnem Aksoyoglu; Johannes Keller; Daniel C. Oderbolz; Iakovos Barmpadimos; André S.H. Prévôt; Urs Baltensperger
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051215
460-468Computational study of the effects of induced land use changes on meteorological patterns during hot weather events in an urban environment
Diamando Vlachogiannis; Athanasios Sfetsos; Nikolaos Gounaris; Athanasios Papadopoulos
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051216