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Chapter
Air Pollution in European Cities — an Overview
Europe is a highly urbanised continent. In 1990, more than 70% of the total population lived in cities. The concentration of human activities on a relatively small area causes an enormous pressure on the natur...
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Chapter
Modeling Studies on the Atmospheric Long-Range Transport of Toxic Metals to the Lake Balaton, Hungary
In absolute terms the rate of toxic metals’ deposition is significantly lower than that of e.g. acidifying compounds. However, toxic metals can accumulate in soils, vegetation and surface waters after their we...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluation of the air quality in Budapest based on the data of a monitoring network and measurement campaigns
The present general air pollution conditions in Budapest (more than 2 million inhabitants over 525 km2) are mostly determined by the emissions from mobile line sources (road traffic). The structure of the emissio...
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Chapter
Regional Scale Modeling Case Studies for Aerosol Transport Over Hungary
Aerosol samples were daily taken simultaneously on Nuclepore filters in suburban Budapest and at the regional background air pollution station (K-puszta) 80 km far from Budapest. The samples were analysed amon...
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Chapter
Model Simulation of the Atmospheric Input of Trace Metals into the North, Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Seas
Since the middle of this century, energy generation, industrial production and transportation have caused serious environmental contamination by trace elements including heavy metals. The rate of contamination...