Modeling the effects of urban vegetation on air pollution

David J. Nowak; Patrick J. McHale; Myriam Ibarra; Daniel E. Crane; Jack Stevens; Chris J. Luley

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Modeling the effects of urban vegetation on air pollution

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Authors:

David J. Nowak, Patrick J. McHale, Myriam Ibarra, Daniel E. Crane, Jack Stevens, Chris J. Luley

Year:

1998

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Gryning, Sven-Erik; Chaumerliac, Nadine, eds. Air pollution modeling and its application XII. New York; Plenum Press: 399-407.

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Abstract

Urban vegetation can directly and indirectly affect local and regional air quality by altering the urban atmospheric environment. Trees affect local air temperature by transpiring water through their leaves, by blocking solar radiation (tree shade), which reduces radiation absorption and heat storage by various anthropogenic surfaces (e.g., buildings, roads), and by altering wind characteristics that affect air dispersion.

Citation

Nowak, David J.; McHale, Patrick J.; Ibarra, Myriam; Crane, Daniel; Stevens, Jack C.; Luley, Chris J. 1998. Modeling the effects of urban vegetation on air pollution. In: Gryning, Sven-Erik; Chaumerliac, Nadine, eds. Air pollution modeling and its application XII. New York; Plenum Press: 399-407.