Particulate Matter Science for Policy Makers
A NARSTO Assessment

Concise, comprehensive volume on airborne particulate matter for policy makers and scientists.

Peter H. McMurry (Edited by), Marjorie F. Shepherd (Edited by), James S. Vickery (Edited by)

9780521842877, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 November 2004

542 pages, 67 b/w illus. 99 colour illus. 53 tables
22.3 x 28.7 x 3.4 cm, 1.65 kg

'… concise and comprehensive discussion of the current understanding of airborne particulate matter … The technical quality of the book is very good. A lot of flow diagrams, schemes, tables, figures and images support the information content … It is really necessary as information source for each policy maker but also for each library of research institutes.' Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Particulate Matter Science for Policy Makers: A NARSTO Assessment was commissioned by NARSTO, a cooperative public-private sector organization of Canada, Mexico and the United States. It is a concise and comprehensive discussion of the current understanding by atmospheric scientists of airborne particulate matter (PM). Its goal is to provide policy makers who implement air-quality standards with this relevant and needed scientific information. The primary audience for this volume will be regulators, scientists, and members of industry, all of whom have a stake in effective PM management. It will also inform exposure and health scientists, who investigate causal hypotheses of health impacts, characterize exposure, and conduct epidemiological and toxicological studies.

1. Perspective for managing PM Marjorie Shepherd
2. Health effects context Roger McClellan
3. Atmospheric aerosol processes Spyros Pandis
4. Emission characterization George Hidy and Thompson Pace
5. Particle and gas measurements Fred Fehsenfeld, Don Hastie, Paul Solomon and Judy Chow
6. Spatial and temporal characterization of PM Charles Blanchard
7. Receptor methods Jeff Brook, Elizabeth Vega and John Watson
8. Chemical transport models Christian Seigneur and Michael Moran
9. Visibility and radiative balance effects Ivar Tombach and Karen McDonald
10. Conceptual models of PM for North American areas James Vickery
11. Recommended research to inform public policy Peter McMurry.

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Environment law [LNKJ], Politics & government [JP]