Publications

Aerosol-mediated transport and deposition of brominated diphenyl ethers to Antarctica.

Dickhut, R.M.; Cincinelli, A.; Cochran, M.; Kylin, H.

Sub-grid variability and covariance downscaling for improving exposure assessment. Covariance downscaling for exposure assessment. Statistical downscaling method for regional and urban scale models. NILU F

Denby, B.R.

Relationships between POPs and baseline corticosterone levels in black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) across their breeding cycle.

Nordstad, T.; Moe, B.; Bustnes, J.O.; Bech, C.; Chastel, O.; Goutte, A.; Sagerup, K.; Trouvé, C.; Herzke, D.; Gabrielsen, G.W.

BAPMAN Mission 4: Project planning and further AQ screening. 18-23 February 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh. NILU OR

Randall, S.; Sivertsen, B.

The Bangladesh Air Pollution Management (BAPMAN) project is an institutional-building project where NILU lends the necessary Air Quality Management (AQM) tools and associated training to the Clean Air and Sustainable Environment (CASE) program at the Department of Environment (DoE). Mission 4 of the BAPMAN project occurred in Dhaka from 18-23 February 2012 where the target of the mission was to hold project planning meetings for administration of the project and to establish future missions to Dhaka and trainings at NILU in Norway, especially for the beginning of Task 2 (CAMS training). In addition, field data was collected on PM levels, traffic density flow estimates, and SO2 concentrations from select brick kilns using a UV camera.

Ambient air quality in Abu Dhabi. 2011 annual report. NILU OR

El-Araby, T.

This Annual Report has been based on data from ten air quality monitoring stations operated in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi during 2011. The data have been ¿cleaned¿ and prepared as a basis for the statistics presented in this report. Air pollution in Abu Dhabi is dominated by suspended particles in the air. One of the main sources is linked to dust from the desert areas and to the occurrence of sand storms. Air Quality limit values for PM10 were exceeded at all monitoring sites in Abu Dhabi in 2011.
Limit values for 8-hour average ozone concentrations were also exceeded at all stations. Limit values for SO2, NO2 and CO were not exceeded in Abu Dhabi Emirate during 2011.

Impact of agglomeration and different dispersions of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on the human related in vitro cytotoxicity and genotoxicity.

Magdolenova, Z.; Bilanicova, D.; Pojana, G.; Fjellsbø, L.M.; Hudecova, A.; Hasplova, K.; Marcomini, A.; Dusinska, M.

Measurement of air quality in exhibition and storage rooms at Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, Poland. NILU OR

Dahlin, E.; Grøntoft, T.

The report is part of the project ¿Development of a showcase for a safe display of silk banners¿ (ENVISILK). which was funded by the Cultural Exchange Fund within the framework of EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism, through a financial agreement with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland.
The report presents the methodology used and the results from examination of the environmental conditions in the exhibition and storage rooms for the silk banners at the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow. In addition it presents guidelines for the best possible design for a protective showcase with optimal environment for display and storage of the silk banners.

Dispersion calculations Toten Metall AS. NILU OR

Haugsbakk, I.; Tønnesen, D.

Stack height calculatoons have been carried out for emissions from a facility for metal refinery to avoid smoke plume at nearby road. Minimum stack height is calculated to 28 meters above ground level with input presented in this report.

Air quality impact assessment, Kinyerezi, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. NILU OR

Sivertsen, B.; Castell-Balaguer, N.

Concentrations of air pollutants from the 150MW Jacobsen Electro power plant planned for the Kinyerezi area near Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania has been estimated using two different dispersion models. The estimated annual average contribution to the ground level concentrations of NO2, SO2 , PM and CO is negligible compared to international and national standards. Only the highest one hour average concentrations may be of some concern.
The estimated absolute maximum hourly ground level concentrations of NO2 from the 150 MW gas fired power plant was found within about 2 to 3 km from the power plant. The maximum ground level concentration might reach 11 µg/m3 during very special meteorological conditions and wind from west.
Contributions to the ground level NO2 concentrations from the 150 MW power plant operated with Jet A1 liquid fuel is somewhat higher. It, however, never seems to exceed 32 µg/m3 (NOx as NO2) as a one hour average maximum concentration.
Over the city of Dar Es Salaam, about 15 km east of the plant site, the two plants will contribute during maximum conditions to about 12 to 20 µg/m3 NO2 .
The green house gas (GHG as CO2 equivalents) emissions will be less than 1 % of the present national emissions of GHG in Tanzania.

Operational prediction of ash concentrations in the distal volcanic cloud from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption.

Webster, H.N.; Thomson, D.J.; Johnson, B.T.; Heard, I.P.C.; Turnbull, K.; Marenco, F.; Kristiansen, N.I.; Dorsey, J.; Minikin, A.; Weinzierl, B.; Schumann, U.; Sparks, R.S.J.; Loughlin, S.C.; Hort, M.C.; Leadbetter, S.J.; Devenish, B.J.; Manning, A.J.; Witham, C.S.; Haywood, J.M.; Golding, B.W.

Assessment of sorbent impregnated PUF disks (SIPs) for long-term sampling of legacy POPs.

Schuster, J.K.; Gioia, R.; Harner, T.; Lee, S.C.; Breivik, K.; Jones, K.C.

CARIBIC aircraft measurements of Eyjafjallajökull volcanic clouds in April/May 2010.

Rauthe-Schöch, A.; Weigelt, A.; Hermann, M.; Martinsson, B. G.; Baker, A. K.; Heue, K.-P.; Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M.; Zahn, A.; Scharffe, D.; Eckhardt, S.; Stohl, A.; van Velthoven, P.F.J.

Introduction to the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) and observed atmospheric composition change during 1972-2009.

Tørseth, K.; Aas, W.; Breivik, K.; Fjæraa, A.M.; Fiebig, M.; Hjellbrekke, A.-G.; Lund Myhre, C.; Solberg, S.; Yttri, K.E.