Contents

### **Preface XIII**





Chapter 17 **A Non-Homogeneous Markov Chain Model to Study Ozone Exceedances in Mexico City 375**

Eliane R. Rodrigues, Mario H. Tarumoto and Guadalupe Tzintzun

**Section 3 Air Pollution Risk Assessment 395**

Chapter 7 **Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Throughfall Deposition of**

Chapter 9 **Artificial and Biological Particles in Urban Atmosphere 203**

Chapter 11 **A Comprehensive Research of Atmospheric Haze by Optical Remote Sensing in Central China Region (CCR) 251**

Chapter 12 **Temporal and Spatial Trends (1990–2010) of Heavy Metal Accumulation in Mosses in Slovakia 275**

> **Activity in an Urban Center 285** Alberto Mendoza and Edson R. Carrillo

**Section 2 Air Pollution Modelling 307**

Danni Guo

Albuquerque

Mark A. Wolters and C.B. Dean

B. Maňkovská, M. V. Frontasyeva and T. T. Ostrovnaya

Chapter 13 **Ambient Level of NOx and NOy as Indicators of Photochemical**

Chapter 14 **Modelling PM2.5 with Fuzzy Exponential Membership 309**

**Simulation in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer 329** Davidson Martins Moreira, Tiziano Tirabassi and Taciana

Chapter 16 **Issues in the Identification of Smoke in Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery — A Machine Learning Approach 349**

Chapter 15 **On the Analytical Formulations for Pollutant Dispersion**

**Terminos Lagoon 147**

Chapter 8 **Sea Transport Air Pollution 165** Ivan Komar and Branko Lalić

Chapter 10 **Emission Control Technology 221**

Nguyen

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Zavala, C. Carballo and R.C. Escoffie

Chang-Jin Ma and Mariko Yamamoto

**Nitrogen and Sulfur in the Mangrove Forests Associated to**

R.M. Cerón, J.G. Cerón, M. Muriel, F. Anguebes, M. Ramirez, J.

Thanh-Dong Pham, Byeong-Kyu Lee, Chi-Hyeon Lee and Minh-Viet

Wenqing Liu, Zhenyi Chen, Pinhua Xie, Jianguo Liu and Tianshu


Elaine Patrícia Araújo, Divânia Ferreira da Silva, Shirley Nobrega Cavalcanti, Márbara Vilar de Araujo Almeida, Edcleide Maria Araújo and Marcus Vinicius Lia Fook


#### **Section 5 Air Quality and Health 569**

#### Chapter 25 **Health Effects of Metals in Particulate Matter 571**

T.I. Fortoul, V. Rodriguez-Lara, A. Gonzalez-Villalva, M. Rojas-Lemus, L. Colin-Barenque, P. Bizarro-Nevares, I. García-Peláez, M. Ustarroz-Cano, S. López-Zepeda, S. Cervantes-Yépez, N. López-Valdez, N. Meléndez-García, M. Espinosa-Zurutuza, G. Cano-Gutierrez and M.C. Cano-Rodríguez
