Effect of vegetation on air quality: the value of forest vegetation as a filter for industrial sources of air pollutants

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5569868

Murphy, Jr., C. E.; Ares, J. O.

A general model that can be used to estimate the deposition of gaseous pollutants by forests is made with described. Then the model is used to estimate the deposition of fluoride as hydrogen fluoride (HF) around an aluminum refinery. A comparison of spatial and temporal concentration patterns is made with data collected around the ALUAR plant in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Finally, the area of forest needed to remove a significant portion of the fluoride from the atmosphere is estimated.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.; Aluar Alumino Agentino, Madryn (Argentina)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-09-0001
• OSTI ID: 5569868
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-79-72; CONF-800327-5
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. joint conference on applications of air pollution meteorology, New Orleans, LA, USA, 24 Mar 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION
ALUMINIUM ORES
ARGENTINA
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FILTERS
FORESTS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
METAL INDUSTRY
REFINING
SINKS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
INORGANIC ACIDS
LATIN AMERICA
ORES
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
PROCESSING
SOUTH AMERICA
WASTES
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)