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KMID : 1024520010100020143
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Journal of the Environmental Sciences
2001 Volume.10 No. 2 p.143 ~ p.151
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Relationship between Thermal Low and Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants
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Lee Hwa-Woon
Kim Yoo-Keun
Kim Hae-Dong
Jung Woo-Sik
Hyun Myung-Suk
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Abstract
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The atmospheric conditions and the transport mechanism of long-range transport of air pollutants from coastal area to inland area were investigated using regular meteorological data and air pollution data obtatined from the southeastern area of Korea. Daytime temperature over the inland area(Taegu) was higher than that over the coastal area(Pusan) and the temperature difference of about 5~6 when the thermal low most fully developed and the sea level pressure over Taegu was lower than that over Pusan by about 4~5hPa at that time. Therefore this low pressure appeared to the thermally induced low. Air mass polluted from the coastal area during the morning period was transported inland area, at first by the sea breeze and by the large scale wind system toward the thermal low generated in the mountainous inland region. This was explained by the fact that the concentration of air pollutants over Taegu increased throughtout the late afternoon.
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KEYWORD
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thermal low, long-range transport, local circulation system
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