Modelling Acid Deposition and the Possible Effects of Emission Controls

GEOGRAPHERS HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT part in highlighting the effects of acid deposition on aquatic ecosystems and on built environments (see Battarbee and Cooke pp. 353-366). At the same time a major, yet largely separate, field of research has been the development of models to investigate the long-range transport of the acidic gases (SOx, NOy, NHx) which result in what has been known as acid rain. Initially, the aim of these models was to investigate the physical and chemical processes involved in the transport of pollutants over hundreds or thousands of kilometres (e.g. Eliassen, 1978). Increasingly, however, as our understanding has improved, the models have come to be seen as important tools in structuring environmental policies to control trans-boundary pollution and to assess possible future acid deposition loads in sensitive areas. The work described here is the result of collaboration between a geographer and a chemist and has placed considerable emphasis on the observed and modelled spatial distributions of pollutants across the UK

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