Sentences with phrase «pollutant emission inventories»

Air pollutant emission inventories are essential in measuring the impact of pollution on air quality and the climate, as they are fed into atmospheric and climate models to make projections for the future.

Not exact matches

While cadmium is a naturally occurring element, industrial emissions in Sarnia totaled 611 tons between 2000 and 2010, according to Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory.

The researchers also aim to rely on the inventories to better assess the impact of pollutant emissions on the health of Africa's urban populations.

On the basis of the inventories for 2005, the researchers estimated African pollutant emissions for 2030 using three scenarios.

The inventory is usually comprised of these factors: the chemical or physical identity of the pollutants included, the geographic area covered, the time period over which emissions are estimated, and the types of activities that cause the emissions.

When Vautard et al. compare their visibility records to an inventory of SO2 emissions, they find that places with greater reductions in the pollutant from 1990 - 2000 also had greater increases in visibility.

Inventorying criteria air pollutants shows that vehicle non-operational components often dominate total emissions.