17 Using Higher Order Sensitivity Approaches to Assess Aircraft
Emissions Impacts on O 3 and PM 2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Calvin Arter and Sarav Arunachalam
18 Development and Current Status of the GEM-MACH-Global
Modelling System at the Environment and Climate Change
Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Jack Chen, Diane Pendlebury, Sylvie Gravel, Craig Stroud,
Irena Ivanova, Jean DeGranpré and David Plummer
19 Hamilton Airshed Modelling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Anthony Ciccone, Janya Kelly and James Wilkinson
20 On the Urban Canopy Effects in Regional Climate
Simulations—An Inter-Model Comparison and Potential
for Prediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Tomas Halenka, Peter Huszar, Michal Belda, Jan Karlicky
and Tereza Novakova
Part II Local and Urban Scale Modeling
21 Atmospheric Pollution: Experience from Mexico City
and Santiago de Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Luisa T. Molina, Wenfang Lei, Miguel Zavala, Victor Almanza,
Agustin Garcia, Pablo Saide and Marcelo Mena-Carrasco
22 Overview of the Change in NO 2 Assessment Maps During
the Last 15 Years in Flanders: Problems Encountered
and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Wouter Lefebvre, Bino Maiheu, Hans Hooyberghs, Stijn Vranckx,
Felix Deutsch, Stijn Janssen, Karen van de Vel, Guido Cosemans,
Peter Viaene, Jean Vankerkom, Marlies Vanhulsel, Filip Lefebre,
Wim Peelaerts, Bart Degraeuwe, Clemens Mensink, Stijn Van Looy,
Guy Driesen and Nele Smeets
23 Modelling the Potential of Green Infrastructures to Reduce
the Impact of Climate Change on Air Quality at Microscale . . . . . 147
Vera Rodrigues, Sandra Sorte, Sílvia Coelho, Sandra Rafael,
Ana Ascenso, Myriam Lopes, Ana Isabel Miranda
and Carlos Borrego
24 Impact of Urban Land Use and Anthropogenic Heat on Air
Quality in Urban Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Shuzhan Ren, Craig Stroud, Stephane Belair, Sylvie Leroyer,
Michael Moran, Junhua Zhang, Ayodeji Akingunola and Paul Makar
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Emissions Impacts on O 3 and PM 2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Calvin Arter and Sarav Arunachalam
18 Development and Current Status of the GEM-MACH-Global
Modelling System at the Environment and Climate Change
Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Jack Chen, Diane Pendlebury, Sylvie Gravel, Craig Stroud,
Irena Ivanova, Jean DeGranpré and David Plummer
19 Hamilton Airshed Modelling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Anthony Ciccone, Janya Kelly and James Wilkinson
20 On the Urban Canopy Effects in Regional Climate
Simulations—An Inter-Model Comparison and Potential
for Prediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Tomas Halenka, Peter Huszar, Michal Belda, Jan Karlicky
and Tereza Novakova
Part II Local and Urban Scale Modeling
21 Atmospheric Pollution: Experience from Mexico City
and Santiago de Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Luisa T. Molina, Wenfang Lei, Miguel Zavala, Victor Almanza,
Agustin Garcia, Pablo Saide and Marcelo Mena-Carrasco
22 Overview of the Change in NO 2 Assessment Maps During
the Last 15 Years in Flanders: Problems Encountered
and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Wouter Lefebvre, Bino Maiheu, Hans Hooyberghs, Stijn Vranckx,
Felix Deutsch, Stijn Janssen, Karen van de Vel, Guido Cosemans,
Peter Viaene, Jean Vankerkom, Marlies Vanhulsel, Filip Lefebre,
Wim Peelaerts, Bart Degraeuwe, Clemens Mensink, Stijn Van Looy,
Guy Driesen and Nele Smeets
23 Modelling the Potential of Green Infrastructures to Reduce
the Impact of Climate Change on Air Quality at Microscale . . . . . 147
Vera Rodrigues, Sandra Sorte, Sílvia Coelho, Sandra Rafael,
Ana Ascenso, Myriam Lopes, Ana Isabel Miranda
and Carlos Borrego
24 Impact of Urban Land Use and Anthropogenic Heat on Air
Quality in Urban Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Shuzhan Ren, Craig Stroud, Stephane Belair, Sylvie Leroyer,
Michael Moran, Junhua Zhang, Ayodeji Akingunola and Paul Makar
Contents
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