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    Air pollutant concentrations, as measured or as calculated by air pollution dispersion modeling, must often be converted or corrected to be expressed...
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    requires an air pollutant concentration over a specified averaging period, obtained from an air monitor or model. Taken together, concentration and time...
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  • regulations limiting the allowable concentrations of gaseous pollutants in the ambient air or in emissions to the ambient air. Such regulations involve a number...
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    Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans...
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    pollutants are not destroyed, but rather converted into less harmful substances, or diluted/dispersed to non-harmful concentrations. Many pollutants are...
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    National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS, pronounced /ˈnæks/ naks) are limits on atmospheric concentration of six pollutants that cause smog, acid...
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    that govern the pollutant dispersion. The dispersion models are used to estimate the downwind ambient concentration of air pollutants or toxins emitted...
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    Roadway air dispersion modeling is the study of air pollutant transport from a roadway or other linear emitter. Computer models are required to conduct...
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    profile are air pollutant concentrations and sound levels. In each of those cases it may be important to analyze (air pollutant concentrations or sound levels)...
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    sensor data. Air dispersion models that combine topographic, emissions, and meteorological data to predict air pollutant concentrations are often helpful...
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  • In order to meet these needs, the individual pollutant concentrations are compared to Alberta's Ambient Air Quality Objectives (AAQOs). The national AQHI...
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    major air pollutant concentrations exceeded Chinese standards. In the last few years, however, China has made significant progress in reducing air pollution...
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    indoor air pollution in some places can be much worse than that of the ambient air. Various factors contribute to high concentrations of pollutants indoors...
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    buildings. Air quality laws are often designed specifically to protect human health by limiting or eliminating airborne pollutant concentrations. Other initiatives...
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    Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. They...
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    important, the National Ambient Air Quality Standards program sets standards for concentrations of certain pollutants in outdoor air, and the National Emissions...
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    Global warming portal Environment portal Air pollution measurement Criteria air pollutants Air pollutant concentrations Emission standard Environmental issues...
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  • Acetaldehyde (category Hazardous air pollutants)
    Y. (2009). "Air pollutant concentrations near three Texas roadways, part II: Chemical characterization and transformation of pollutants". Atmospheric...
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  • following list of countries by air pollution sorts the countries of the world according to their average measured concentration of particulate matter (PM2...
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    high concentrations of pollutants such as particulate matter from wood smoke (especially during stagnant atmospheric conditions/inversions). Air quality...
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    Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) is a type of air quality index used in Singapore, which is a number used to indicate the level of pollutants in air....
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  • regulations) regarding air pollution control. Air pollution emission plume – flow of pollutant in the form of vapor or smoke released into the air. Plumes are of...
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    specialized facilities to treat their wastewaters so that the pollutant concentrations in the treated wastewater comply with the regulations regarding...
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    ordinary 12-hour average when pollutant levels are changing. The PM NowCast is used in lieu of a 24-hour average PM concentration in the calculation of the...
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    counters. Urban air quality index (AQI) values are computed by combining or comparing the concentrations of a "basket" of common air pollutants (typically...
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    by particulate matter concentration List of least polluted cities by particulate matter concentration Criteria air pollutants Ghazipur landfill Bhalswa...
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  • followed these initiatives. The Clean Air Act sets numerical limits on the concentrations of a basic group of air pollutants and provide reporting and enforcement...
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    the last 10 years, concentrations below the three limits were recorded. However, in all stations the concentrations of this pollutant as a daily average...
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  • conditions such as age of air and concentration of pollutants are spatially uniform. In many air distribution arrangements, air is neither uniform nor perfectly...
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  • location and time. An algorithm prediction of the pollutant concentrations can be translated into air quality index, same as actual measurements. Countries...
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