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Climate in cities
Basics |
1. Criteria of pollution
Worksheet 1 |
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It is useful to classify the air pollution, to get some information on the human impact on it, as well as on the relations between and effects of different pollutants.
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authors: Anita Bokwa, Michael Seesing,
Pawel Jezioro (©2004)
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Mark the apprpriate field to allocate the kind of air pollution to the appropriate criteria. If a clear allocation is impossible to you, then mark that region in a different way. |
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transformation
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type of
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natural
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anthro-pogenic |
primary
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secon-dary |
aerosols
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gases
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sulphur dioxide from a coal-fired stove. |
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ozone from the forest burning in Indonesia 1997
(see Espere-website: Lower atmosphere / Basics // 2.Vegetations... / Fire) |
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smoke from the forest burning in Indonesia 1997
(see the same website) |
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zinc oxide from the abrasion of car tires. |
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carbon dioxide from a modern coal-fired power station with a high chimney |
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carbon dioxide from a modern coal-fired power station with a low chimney |
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silicon dioxide from the eruption of the vulcano Mt. Pinatubo
(see Espere-website: higher atmosphere/basics// 1. understanding the stratosphere/ - composition) |
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nitrogen oxides from a stationary diesel generator |
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terpene (volatile hydrocarbons) from a pine tree |
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sulphur dioxide from motorbuses |
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ozone above a large city in the summer |
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caesium 137 from the nuclear accident in Chernobyl (Ukraine) 1986 |
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sulphuric acid in clouds |
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About this page:
Authors: M. Seesing, M. Tausch - Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg / Germany
Reviewer: Dr. Anita Bokwa - Jagiellonian University - Cracow / Poland
Last update: 2004-05-13 |
