Designed to accompany the new Open University course in Environmental Monitoring and Protection, this is one of four new titles which will equip the reader with the tools to undertake Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). Used in planning, decision-making and management, EIAs review both the theoretical principles and environmental considerations of engineering and environmental projects to help steer fundamental legislation in the right direction. Air Quality Management begins with an introduction to the atmosphere around us and the units of concentration. It then discusses the importance of meteorology and the part it plays in air quality, before detailing the main types of air pollutants, their sources, and their effects on humans and their environments. Further chapters discuss measurement technologies and systems, as well as a selection of control and elimination methods. Finally, the book details methods of modelling atmospheric dispersion. Discover our e-book series on Environmental Monitoring and Protection, published in partnership with The Open University!Find out more about the series editors, the titles in the series and their focus on water, noise, air and waste, and The Open University courses in Environmental Management. Visit wiley.com/go/ouebookseries

Designed to accompany the new Open University course in Environmental Monitoring and Protection, this is one of four new titles which will equip the reader with the tools to undertake Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). Used in planning, decision-making and management, EIAs review both the theoretical principles and environmental considerations of engineering and environmental projects to help steer fundamental legislation in the right direction. Air Quality Management begins with an introduction to the atmosphere around us and the units of concentration. It then discusses the importance of meteorology and the part it plays in air quality, before detailing the main types of air pollutants, their sources, and their effects on humans and their environments. Further chapters discuss measurement technologies and systems, as well as a selection of control and elimination methods. Finally, the book details methods of modelling atmospheric dispersion.Discover our e-book series on Environmental Monitoring and Protection, published in partnership with The Open University!Find out more about the series editors, the titles in the series and their focus on water, noise, air and waste, and The Open University courses in Environmental Management.Visit wiley.com/go/ouebookseries

Section 1: Air basics1.1 Introduction1.2 Clean air - a basic human need1.3 What is air pollution?1.4 Air quality1.5 The human respiratory system1.6 SummarySection 2: Meteorology and air pollutants2.1 Introduction2.2 Physical characteristics of the atmosphere2.3 Dry adiabatic lapse rate theory2.4 Atmospheric stability2.5 The main air pollutants2.6 Effects of air pollutants2.7 Acid deposition2.8 Climate change2.9 SummarySection 3: Environmental monitoring3.1 Introduction3.2 Manual ambient air quality measurement3.3 Particulate matter3.4 Continuous ambient air quality monitoring3.5 Remote or long-path monitoring3.6 Biomonitoring3.7 SummarySection 4: Air pollution control techniques4.1 Introduction4.2 Preventing and controlling particulate emissions4.3 Preventing and controlling gaseous emissions4.4 Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides4.5 Dioxins and related compounds4.6 Dispersion from chimneys4.7 Odour pollution and control4.8 SummarySection 5: Atmospheric dispersion modelling5.1 Introduction5.2 Box models of air quality5.3 The point source, Gaussian plume dispersion model5.4 SummaryGlossaryReferencesAcknowledgements