Air pollution episode
An air pollution episode is an unusual combination of emissions and meteorology that gives rise to high levels of air pollution over a large area. Examples of air pollution episodes include:
- 1930 Meuse Valley Episode
- 1939 Saint Louis Episode[1]
- 1948 Donora Episode[2]
- 1952 London Episode[3]
- 1997 Indonesian forest fires Episode[4]
- 2005 Malaysian Haze Episode[5]
- 2006 Southeast Asian Haze Episode
See also
Smog, Haze, Ozone, PM2.5, Air Pollution, Inversion
References
- ↑ http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/a-look-back-black-tuesday-spurred-crackdown-on-coal-pollution/article_00c3b6cd-ba69-5a19-b498-fbc29f9630c4.html
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103359330
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-20615186
- ↑ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/06/25/a-nation-fire-what-should-we-learn-19971998-haze.html
- ↑ http://www.ijens.org/Vol_13_I_02/113905-1302-7272-IJBAS-IJENS.pdf
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