Roustan, Yelva (2005) Modeling of the atmospheric fate and transport of mercury, lead and cadmium over Europe. PhD thesis, ENPC.
Abstract
Lead, mercury and cadmium are identified as the most worrying heavy metals within the framework of the long range air pollution. Understanding and modeling their transport and fate allow for making effective decisions in order to reduce their impact on people and their environment.
The first two parts of this thesis relate to the modeling of these trace pollutants for the impact study at the European scale. While mercury is mainly present under gaseous form and likely to chemically react, the other heavy metals are primarily carried by the fine particles and considered as inert.
The third part of this thesis presents a methodological development based on an adjoint approach. It has been used to perform a sensitivity analysis of the model and to carry out inverse modeling to improve boundary conditions which are crucial with a restricted area model.
| Item Type: | PhD Thesis (PhD) |
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| Thesis Supervisor: | Dutot, Alain |
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| Date: | December 2005 |
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| Board of examiners: | Rosset, Robert and Seigneur, Christian and Cautenet, Guy and Balkanski, Yves and Boquet, Marc and Musson Genon, Luc and Dutot, Alain |
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| Collection (Fonds): | ENPC |
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| Institution: | ENPC |
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| Subjects: | 8. Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Modèle de chimie-transport, Métaux lourds, Pollution transfrontière, Méthode adjointe, Analyse de sensibilité, Modélisation inverse |
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