| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences |
| Session Title | Coastal Industrial Pollution and Regional Air Quality Impact |
| Main Convener | Dr. Julius Chang (University at Albany, State University of New York, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Xiaoyan Tang (Peking University, China) Prof. Tae-Young Lee (Yonsei University, Korea, South) |
| Session Description | For many industrial developments such as nuclear and coal-fired power plants, petrochemical facilities, ore smelting, steel plants and other chemical plants, coastal sites are often desirable. Water for cooling and flushing and closeness to liquid waste disposal locations are necessities. Further, such locations are often relatively far away from urban developments and avoid immediate contamination of the societal environment. But all such plants have atmospheric effluents which can be dispersed far and wide due to wind and turbulent dispersion. At coastal sites special wind flow patterns such as land-sea breezes, local circulations, seasonal flows and enhanced diffusions due to land-sea surface temperature gradients can lead to unique pollutant dispersal phenomena. This kind of situations occur in all major industrial nations in the Western Pacific region, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and will become more so in other developing countries such as Vietnam. We are interested in all works on exploring and understanding interactions between local meteorological conditions and atmospheric chemicals and other pollutants. This session will facilitate exchange of communal information on current understandings and concerns from many countries. It will also provide first contact points for environmental scientists of AOGS for extended exchanges and development of new joint works for the bettering of air quality in the whole region. |