Introducing the AQM Book Series"Never again!" That was my recurring thought when, at last, the Air Pollution Modeling book was completed and printed in 1990. The accomplishment came with a mixture of relief, satisfaction, and frustration, as noted in the Preface. In some ways, it was the end of a nightmare. I was moderately happy about the publication, but one thought was well defined in my mind: never again! About ten years later, I had to revisit the entire project. The book was still used and appreciated, but, of course, it was showing its age. No comprehensive new books from other authors had appeared for replacement. Something needed to be done. I decided then to ask leading scientists in different fields to write individual chapters for a new edition. Acting as an editor I thought would have been a manageable task. Again, of course, I underestimated the level of effort, but scientists tend to make this mistake over and over again I will not bother the reader with further description of problems and difficulties. No more whining! The third volume of the book series now called, "Special Issues" is almost completed and that is all that counts. However, I feel compelled to give the reader some explanation of our editing and publishing approaches. I have great respect for large scientific publishers, but, in the last few years, I have found it more and more difficult to interact with them because of their bureaucracy, conflicting management layers, and - often hesitation in embracing new technologies and approaches. I was happy and lucky to establish an excellent working collaboration with the A&WMA, which is co-publishing the book series, together with the EnviroComp Institute. Why a book series? Because we concluded that this publication format is the most useful to the readers. After the first volume, with the basic chapters on Air Quality Modeling, the following volumes will provide both additional chapters on new, related topics, and revision and expansion of previous chapters. Every new volume, then, will expand the latitude of our effort, making sure that the reader is provided with a growing and fully updated body of information. We also decided to provide the book volumes either as printed textbooks which is the traditional way still preferred by many people, libraries, and organizations and in electronic format on CD-ROMs. The EnviroComp Institute has pioneered the production of electronic books in environmental sciences. But we found it hard, in the past, to convince people to abandon the printed format for the CD-ROM version. We want the readers to be aware that, in our production, the CD-ROM version is, of course, superior, since it provides features such as instant searching capabilities, internet pointers, color pictures and animations that a printed copy cannot provide. It is also cheaper and faster to produce and, for this reason, we decided to set a lower price for the CD-ROM, in order to share the cost savings with the readers. We encourage the readers to use the electronic version and fight that subtle inertia that still keep many people attached to the old fashion way. All three volumes in this series are available in both formats. Volume I primarily presented introductory material and Volume II focused on more advanced topics. Volume III presents special air quality issues, such as emission modeling, mesoscale meteorology, computational fluid dynamics for microscale flows, Gaussian plume and puff models, odor modeling, greenhouse gasses and global climate change, modeling pre-processors and post-processors, and resources on the Web. We encourage readers and potential readers to visit the book series web page. At that site, information can be found about the contents of incoming volumes, the publication schedule, purchasing options, errata/corrige, and other relevant issues. We also expect to include a web page in which readers and chapter authors will be able to have public discussions and interactions. I would like to conclude with sincere thanks to the chapter authors, the referees, and all those friends and colleagues who have helped me with encouragement and constructive criticism. The quality, extensiveness, and completeness of the work provided by the chapter authors have exceeded even my most optimistic expectations. I really hope that a new generation of air quality scientists will use this book series as a tool to learn in two years what it took us twenty years to try to master that would be the best accomplishment of all. Paolo Zannetti The EnviroComp Institute (http://www.envirocomp.org) and EnviroComp Consulting, Inc. (http://www.envirocomp.com) Table of Contents of the Volume I
1.
The Problem Air Pollution
2. The Tool Mathematical Modeling 3. Emission Modeling 4. Air Pollution Meteorology 5. Meteorological Modeling 6. Plume Rise 7. Gaussian Plume Models 8. Gaussian Puff Models 9. Special Applications of Gaussian Models 10. Eulerian Dispersion Models 11. Lagrangian Particle Models 12. Atmospheric Transformations 13. Deposition Phenomena 14. Indoor Air Pollution Modeling
15.
Modeling of Adverse Effects
16.
Statistical Modeling 17. Performance Evaluation of Air Pollution Models 18. Regulatory Modeling 19. Case Studies Air Pollution Modeling at Local, Regional, Continental, and Global Scales 20. The Future of Air Pollution Modeling 21. Active Groups in Air Pollution Modeling 22. Available Software 23. Available Data Bases 24. Physical Modeling Table of Contents of the Volume II
1.
The Problem Air Pollution
2. The Tool Mathematical Modeling 3. Emission Modeling 4. Air Pollution Meteorology 5. Meteorological Modeling 6. Plume Rise 7. Gaussian Plume Models 8. Gaussian Puff Models 9. Special Applications of Gaussian Models 10. Eulerian Dispersion Models 11. Lagrangian Particle Models 12. Atmospheric Transformations 13. Deposition Phenomena 14. Indoor Air Pollution Modeling
15.
Modeling of Adverse Effects
16.
Statistical Modeling 17. Evaluation of Air Pollution Models 18. A Historical Look at the Development of Regulatory Air Quality Models for the USEPA 19. Case Studies Air Pollution Modeling at Local, Regional, Continental, and Global Scales 20. The Future of Air Pollution Modeling 21. Active Groups in Air Pollution Modeling 22. Available Software 23. Available Data Bases 24. Physical Modeling Table of Contents of the Volume III
1.
The Problem Air Pollution
2. The Tool Mathematical Modeling 3. Emission Modeling and Inventory 4. Air Pollution Meteorology 5.
Modeling of Adverse Effects 6. Plume Rise
7.
Gaussian Plume Models 8. Gaussian Puff Models 9. Special Applications of Gaussian Models 10. Eulerian Dispersion Models 11. Lagrangian Particle Models 12. Atmospheric Transformations 13. Deposition Phenomena 14. Indoor Air Pollution Modeling
15.
Modeling of Adverse Effects 16.
Statistical Modeling 17. Evaluation of Air Pollution Models
18.
Regulatory
Modeling 19. Case Studies Air Pollution Modeling at Local, Regional, Continental, and Global Scales 20. The Future of Air Pollution Modeling 21. Active Groups in Air Pollution Modeling 22. Available Software 23. Available Data Bases
24.
Physical Modeling
of Air Pollution 25. Tracer Studies 26. Air Quality Modeling: Pre-Processing and Post-Processing 27. Air Quality Modeling Resources on the Web
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