Integrated Assessment Modeling of Air Pollution in Four European Countries.
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Summary, in English
The integrated assessment modeling on acid rain has incorporated several related effects and pollutants into a multi-pollutant/multi-effect approach, resulting in complex integrated models and policy assessments. The development and implementation of effects-oriented cost-effective emission reduction strategies in Europe are based on integrated assessment models. The project on national integrated assessment modeling in Finland, Denmark, Spain and Sweden aimed to support the national evaluation of European emission reduction strategies. The tasks covered the comparison of inventories and projections for emissions of sulfur, nitrogen oxides, ammonia and volatile organic compounds, assessment of control techniques and related costs, concentration and deposition scenarios to estimate environmental effects of acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone and their temporal aspects, uncertainty analyses on both individual modules and whole integrated models, and dissemination of results to stakeholders. The integrated assessment modeling provided a consistent framework for the harmonization of input data and in-depth scientific research tasks on emissions, pollutant loading and impacts including comprehensive uncertainty analyses, and facilitated the dissemination of knowledge to policy-makers.
Department/s
Publishing year
2001
Language
English
Pages
175-186
Publication/Series
Water, Air and Soil Pollution
Volume
130
Issue
1-4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Chemical Engineering
Keywords
- integrated assessment
- model
- acidification
- eutrophication
- ozone
- Europe
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1573-2932