Application of the urban mixing-depth concept to air pollution problems

Peter W. Summers

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Application of the urban mixing-depth concept to air pollution problems

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Authors:

Peter W. Summers

Year:

1977

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Heisler, Gordon M.; Herrington, Lee P., eds. Proceedings of the conference on metropolitan physical environment; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-25. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 273-277

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Abstract

A simple urban mixing-depth model is used to develop an indicator of downtown pollution concentrations based on emission strength, rural temperature lapse rate, wind speed, city heat input, and city size. It is shown that the mean annual downtown suspended particulate levels in Canadian cities are proportional to the fifth root of the population. The implications of this and other results of the model are discussed.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the conference on metropolitan physical environment

Citation

Summers, Peter W. 1977. Application of the urban mixing-depth concept to air pollution problems. In: Heisler, Gordon M.; Herrington, Lee P., eds. Proceedings of the conference on metropolitan physical environment; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-25. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 273-277