Abstract
Coastal areas are frequently favored as sites for cities, industrial activity and power plants. Therefore, it is important to understand the meteorological conditions that prevail in coastal zones and how these conditions affect the transport, transformation and diffusion of materials emitted into the atmosphere. A brief review of the atmospheric processes that govern pollutant concentration will provide a basis for discussing shoreline conditions and their effects on concentration.
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Ludwig, F.L. (1985). A Review of Coastal Zone Meteorological Processes Important to the Modeling of Air Pollution. In: De Wispelaere, C. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application IV. Nato — Challenges of Modern Society, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2455-3_12
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