EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Sulfur Dioxide, Particulates, Sulfur
19 Jun 2013
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Really cold, therefore had to heat house, used coal. Indonesian fires: tropical area, slash and burn} slash burn forests to make soil fertile. Monsoon helps to extinguish fires }naturally controlled. "97 monsoon came late, fire continued damaging, growing areas. Smog and air pollutants released to atmosphere. Hemoglobin has high affinity for co than o2. Nitric less soluble in water than sulfuric. Nitric acids mostly produced in vehicles ==> nitric acid product of traffic. Not much big problem now in air. Comes from leaded gasoline ==> increased octane. Deposits on soil ==> danger to children. Voc + nox + heat + sunlight = o3. Ground level ozone is what we"re referring to ==> bad ozone. Climate influences ozone levels (winter vs. summer) } more in summer. O3 lower in morning and increases in day b/c: Photochem smog = la smog, brown smog. Most vulnerable population are children and elderly, sick people } more prone.
