Physico-Chemical Behaviour of Atmospheric Pollutants, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
Proceedings of the Second European Symposium held in Varese, Italy, 29 September – 1 October 1981

Proceedings of the Second European Symposium held in Varese, Italy, September 29-October 1, 1981

I. Identifacation and Analysis of Pollutants.- Determination of ground level OH concentrations by a long path laser absorption technique.- Characterization of airborne particles by laser microRaman spectrosocopy.- Automatic Beta gauge instrument for atmospheric dust monitoring.- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of emissions of a municipal incineration installation.- Some measurements of the concentration of chlorine and sulphur containing molecules.- Electrostatic accumulation furnace for electrothermal atomic spectrometry : A new apparatus for the determination of metals in the atmosphere.- Application of the TCM denuder for SO2 collection.- Analytical and sampling techniques in the determination of nitrate in the atmospheric aerosol.- Gaseous reference materials — certification — traceability.- Gas chromatographic detection of hydrocarbons in the atmosphere using specific GC detectors and mass spectrometry in select ED ion monitoring mode.- Polychlorodibenzodioxins and -dibenzofurans in the environment.- Quantitative determination of terpenes emitted by conifers.- The determination of linear PTGC retention indices for use in environmental organics analysis.- II. Chemical and Photochemical Reactions.- Atmospheric reactivity of oxygenated motor fuel additives.- The rate constant for the reaction of the hydroxyl radical with HO2 NO2.- Rate constants for reactions of OH with carbonic acids.- Reactions of disubstituted benzenes with OH in the gas phase benzene, O-, M- P-dichlorobenzene, and P-chloroaniline.- Product analysis of chemical reactions relevant to atmospheric chemistry.- Rate constant of the reaction CH3 + O2 ? CH2O + OH.- Reactions of the triplet state of ketones with molecular oxygen.- Decomposition of the t-butoxy radical.- Chlorine photosensitized oxidation of chloromethanes, -ethanes and -ethylenes.- Laboratory kinetic investigations of the tropospheric oxidation of selected industrial emissions.- Oxidation rates of SO2 in deliquescent salt aerosols.- Photochemical experiments under simulated atmospheric conditions.- Ozone formation in a smog chamber at constant and variable light intensity.- Atmospheric photochemistry : kinetics and mechanism of reactions between aromatic olefins and hydroxyl radical.- III. Aerosols.- Results of 11-years’ measurements of aerosol particle spectra at 0.7, 1.8 and 3.0 km altitude.- Concentration chimique élémentaire de l’aérosol atmosphérique prélevé sur les Alpes françaises.- Granulométrie de l’aérosol marin.- A comprehensive physical and chemical characterization of an urban aerosol by way of example Berlin.- The interpretation of particle size distributions of organic pollutants : physicochemical and toxicological implications.- The relative contributions of scattering and absorption of light to visibility degradation by aerosols.- The fate of lead, zinc and cadmium particles emitted from a lead smeltery stack.- A study of aerosols in smoke.- The size and chemical composition of suspended particles in the ambient atmosphere.- Influence of particle properties on heterogeneous SO2 reactions.- SO2 conversion in a marine atmosphere.- Discussion on the particle formation processes in the Po valley.- IV. Pollutant Cycles.- Cycles of organic gases in the atmosphere.- Production of gaseous hydrocarbons in soil.- Distribution d’alcanes et de composés aromatiques C6 et C7 dans l’atmosphère de régions semi-rurales beiges (Occurence of alkylbenzenes and alkanes immissions in Belgium).- Etude de la source d’ozone dans la couche limite planétaire (Study of the ozone source in the planetary boundary layer).- Vertical profiles of formaldehyde in the troposphere.- Airborne mercury and its origin.- Spectroscopic measurements of nitrous acid and formaldehyde — implications for urban photochemistry.- Rates of sulphur dioxide sink processes.- Investigation of the regional distribution of wet deposition of pollutants.- Résultats préliminaires d’une étude de la composition chimique de l’aérosol côtier.- The increase of carbon dioxide at rural sites of Germany.- Measurement of F?, Cl?, NO?3 and SO=4-ions in rainwater and particulate matter by aid of ionic-chromatography.- V. Transport and Modelling — Field Experiments.- Measurements of NO-oxidation in power plant plumes by correlation spectroscopy.- Measurements by aeroplane of the distribution of ozone and primary air pollutants.- Aircraft measurements of oxidants and precursors in the plumes of heavy-industrialized areas.- Studies of the fate of atmospheric emissions in power plant plumes over the North Sea.- Photochemical ozone transport in an industrial coastal area.- Herkunftsanalyse des atmosphärischen Aerosols in Wien (Source analysis of the Vienna atmospheric aerosol).- Size-segregated measurements of particulate elemental carbon by optical methods at urban and remote sites.- On the use of SF6-tracer releases for the determination of fugitive emissions.- Utilisation d’une équation pour l’énergie cinétique turbulente dans les modèles numériques de méso-échelle — applications et commentaires (Equation for the spatio-temporal evolution of the turbulent kinetic energy).- Intercomparison of Lidar and spectroscopic data for the study of power plant emissions.- The real meaning of dry deposition velocities for dispersion calculations.- Reasons for seasonal and daily variations of CO2 and O3 at 0.7, 1.8 and 3.0 km altitude recorded since 1977.- Analysis of a photochemical smog episode and preparation of the meteorological input data for a three dimensional air quality dispersion model.- Urban ozone — an indicator of photochemical smog?.- Modèle numérique de dispersion pour l’étude de l’interaction entre polluants gazeux radioactifs et gouttelettes issues de réfrigérants atmosphériques.- Numerical model of dispersion in atmosphere of chemically reactive pollutants.- On the results of the aerosol measuring network for particulate sulphates and nitrates in the period 1979–1980 in the Netherlands (Part 1).- Assessment and chemical analysis of water soluble atmospheric fall-out on some sites in France where brackish-water cooling towers may be constructed; contribution of salt droplets emission from the towers.- Quelques aspects de la simulation hydraulique de la couche limite atmosphérique et de phénomènes connexes (A few insights in hydraulic modelling of the atmospheric boundary layer and related phenomena).- The presence of PAN in long-range transported polluted air masses.- The turnover of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the atmospheric boundary layer.- Chairmen’s Summaries.- Identification and analysis of pollutants.- Chemical and photochemical reactions.- Aerosols.- Pollutant cycles.- Transport and modelling — Field experiments.- List of Participants.- Index of Authors.