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Boundary Layers and Air Quality in Mountainous Terrain

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In this chapter, the general problem of air pollution in mountainous terrain is discussed. Terrain effects on the spatial distribution and temporal variability of air pollutants are described including specific effects encountered in stable- and convective boundary layers and under dynamically driven conditions. The uses of numerical models, scale models, and observational studies are described as tools for understanding air pollution in mountainous terrain. Specific integrated regional studies of air pollution conducted in the Lower Fraser Valley, Canada and in the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany are used to illustrate the terrain effects. The chapter concludes with a discussion of approaches to forecasting air pollution in mountainous terrain.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the three anonymous reviewers and the book editors for their helpful comments that improved this chapter. We also would like to thank Prof. Franz Fiedler from the ‘Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research' of the ‘Karlsruhe Institute of Technology' (Germany) for his permission to use Fig. 5.4, Dr. Jerome Fast for his permission to use Fig. 5.3, and Eric Leinberger who drafted Figs. 5.1 and 5.11.

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  1. Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Douw G. Steyn

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Stephan F. J. De Wekker

  3. Climate and Environment Consultancy, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach am Main, Germany

    Meinolf Kossmann

  4. CIEMAT Unidad de Contaminacion Atmosferice, Madrid, Spain

    Alberto Martilli

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    Fotini K. Chow

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    Stephan F.J. De Wekker

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    Bradley J. Snyder

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Steyn, D.G., De Wekker, S.F.J., Kossmann, M., Martilli, A. (2013). Boundary Layers and Air Quality in Mountainous Terrain. In: Chow, F., De Wekker, S., Snyder, B. (eds) Mountain Weather Research and Forecasting. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4098-3_5

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