| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences IG - Interdisciplinary Geosciences |
| Session Title | Haze: Sources, Transformations, and Impacts |
| Main Convener | Dr. Jason Cohen (National University of Singapore, Singapore) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Benjamin Grandey (Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore) Dr. Chien Wang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States) Dr. Yun Qian (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States) |
| Session Description | Particulate pollutants and associated gases from fossil and biomass burning cause persistent atmospheric haze worldwide. In particular throughout Asia, severe haze events have become both more intense and frequent in recent years, degrading the environment and ecosystem at large, threatening the health of human and ecosystems, and causing societal issues. Particulate matter, due to its interactions with radiation and clouds, plays an important role in the chemistry, physics, and dynamics of the atmosphere and can have a significant impact on the regional and global climate including the land and hydrologic systems, as well as certain weather patterns including extreme weather events. As both economic development and urban expansion will continue to occur throughout this region, so will likely the extensive use of fossil and biofuels - the major sources of particulate matter and associated gases. Therein the problem of severe haze will likely continue to grow. This interdisciplinary session solicits papers assessing sources, transformations, and transport of haze, and its impacts on global and regional climate, environment including air and water quality, and certain weather patterns including extreme weather events. Although this is a session focused on the science of haze, applications making connections between scientific advances and how they impact human health, and social and economic activities, are also welcome. Research addressing haze related policy and risk assessment issues as well as projections are also welcome, as long as they make a connection with an issue of scientific interest. We hope that this session will serve as a forum for a diverse range of discussions of haze-related research. |