Investigation of chemical properties and transport phenomena associated with pollutants in the atmospheric boundary layer

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Title Investigation of chemical properties and transport phenomena associated with pollutants in the atmospheric boundary layer
Publication Type dissertation
School or College College of Engineering
Department Mechanical Engineering
Author Holmes, Heather A
Date 2010-12
Description Under the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is required to determine which air pollutants are harmful to human health, then regulate, monitor and establish criteria levels for these pollutants. To accomplish this and for scientifi c advancement, integration of knowledge from several disciplines is required including: engineering, atmospheric science, chemistry and public health. Recently, a shift has been made to establish interdisciplinary research groups to better understand the atmospheric processes that govern the transport of pollutants and chemical reactions of species in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). The primary reason for interdisciplinary collaboration is the need for atmospheric processes to be treated as a coupled system, and to design experiments that measure meteorological, chemical and physical variables simultaneously so forecasting models can be improved (i.e., meteorological and chemical process models).
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Air pollution; Atmospheric boundary layer; Atmospheric mercury; Deposition; Dispersion; Particulate matter; Transport phenomena
Subject LCSH Boundary layer (Meteorology;); Air --Pollution
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name PhD
Language eng
Rights Management ©Heather A. Holmes.
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 25,958,331 bytes
Source Original in Marriott Library Special Collections, TD7.5 2010 .H65
ARK ark:/87278/s6dj5w7j
Setname ir_etd
ID 193558
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dj5w7j
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