Urban Air Quality: Measurement, Modelling and Management: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Urban Air Quality: Measurement, Modelling and Management Held at the Computer Science School of the Technical University of Madrid 3–5 March 1999

Front Matter....Pages i-1
Using Measurements of Nitrogen Oxides to Estimate the Emission Controls Required to Meet the UK Nitrogen Dioxide Standard....Pages 3-11
Emission and Performance Characteristics of a 2 Litre Toyota Diesel Van Operating on Esterified Waste Cooking Oil and Mineral Diesel Fuel....Pages 13-20
Modelling of Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Emissions Using a Power-Based Model....Pages 21-29
Validation of Urban Emission Inventories....Pages 31-39
A Three-Dimensional Model Study of the Impact of AVOC and BVOC Emissions on Ozone in an Urban Area of the Eastern Spain....Pages 41-48
Effects of Traffic Management and Transport Mode on the Exposure of Schoolchildren to Carbon Monoxide....Pages 49-57
Benzene Exposure Assessment at Indoor, Outdoor and Personal Levels. The French Contribution to the Life Macbeth Programme....Pages 59-67
Characterisation of Particulate Matter Sampled During a Study of Children’s Personal Exposure to Airborne Particulate Matter in a UK Urban Environment....Pages 69-77
Analysis of the Daily Variations of Wintertime Air Pollution Concentrations in the City of Graz, Austria....Pages 79-87
Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compound Monitoring. Ozone Induced Artefact Formation....Pages 89-97
Long Period Benzene Measurements in Urban Atmosphere....Pages 99-107
Project of an Air Quality Monitoring Network for Industrial Site in Italy....Pages 109-117
Urban Air Pollution Monitoring with DOAS Considering the Local Meteorological Situation....Pages 119-127
A New All Season Passive Sampling System for Monitoring Ozone in Air....Pages 129-137
Spatial and Temporal Variation of Ozone Concentrations at High Altitude Monitoring Sites in Germany....Pages 139-146
Seasonal Differences in the Levels of Gaseous Air Pollutants in the Vicinity of a Waste Dump....Pages 147-153
Sampling and Analysis of Organic Compounds in Diesel Particulate Matter....Pages 155-163
Elemental Composition of Urban Aerosol Collected in Florence, Italy....Pages 165-173
Monitoring of Particle Mass and Number in Urban Air....Pages 175-180
Application of CFD Methods for Modelling in Air Pollution Problems: Possibilities and Gaps....Pages 181-189
Environmental wind tunnel study on a municipal waste incinerator....Pages 191-199
On the Performance and Applicability of Nonlinear Two-Equation Turbulence Models for Urban Air Quality Modelling....Pages 201-209
Numerical Simulations of the Urban Roughness Sub-Layer : a First Attempt....Pages 211-219
Physical Modeling of Emissions from Naturally Ventilated Underground Parking Garages....Pages 221-229
Near Field Dispersion in the Urban Environment — A Hydraulic Flume Study....Pages 231-238
Investigation of Building — Influenced Atmospheric Dispersion Using a Dual Source Technique....Pages 239-247
Dispersion in Urban Environments....Pages 249-257
A Simple Model for Urban Background Pollution....Pages 259-267
Model Assessment of Air-Pollution in Prague....Pages 269-276
Forecasting Air Quality Parameters Using Hybrid Neural Network Modelling....Pages 277-286
The Sensitivity of Mesoscale Chemistry Transport Model Results to Boundary Values....Pages 287-295
Use of Neural Net Models to Forecast Atmospheric Pollution....Pages 297-304
The Ozone Fine Structure Model: Model Concept and Options....Pages 305-312
Grey Box and Component Models to Forecast Ozone Episodes: A Comparison Study....Pages 313-321
OSPM — A Parameterised Street Pollution Model....Pages 323-331
An Integrated Approach to Street Canyon Pollution Modelling....Pages 333-342
Dispersion of Pollutants in Street Canyon Under Traffic Induced Flow and Turbulence....Pages 343-351
Experimental and Numerical Verification of Similarity Concept for Dispersion of Car Exhaust Gases in Urban Street Canyons....Pages 353-361
Comparison of Numerical Street Dispersion Models with Results from Wind Tunnel and Field Measurements....Pages 363-370
Measurements and Modelling of Air Pollution in a Street Canyon in Helsinki....Pages 371-379
The Draft of the New German Guideline VDI 3782/8 to Model Automobile Exhaust Dispersion....Pages 381-387
Turbulent ventilation of a street canyon....Pages 389-396
The Effect of Large-Scale Turbulent Structures on a Simple 2-D Canyon-Type Flow....Pages 397-405
Influence of Building Density and Roof Shape on the Wind and Dispersion Characteristics in an Urban Area: A Numerical Study....Pages 407-415
Carbon Monoxide Concentration in a Street Canyon of Buenos Aires City (Argentina)....Pages 417-424
Air Quality in Norwich, UK Multi-Scale Modelling to Assess the Significance of City, County and Regional Pollution Sources....Pages 425-433
Assessment of Air Quality, Emissions and Management in a Local Urban Environment....Pages 435-442
Air Quality Monitoring and Management in Lisbon....Pages 443-450
Development and Use of Integrated Air Quality Management Tools in Urban Areas with the Aid of Environmental Telematics....Pages 451-458
Application of the UAM-V and Use of Indicator Species to Assess Control Strategies for Ozone Reduction in the Lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia....Pages 459-467
The Impact of Road Traffic in Madrid Community by Using a Nested Gaussian-Mesoscale Air Quality Model (GAMA)....Pages 469-476
On the Use of MRF/AVN Global Information to Improve the Operational Air Quality Model OPANA....Pages 477-484