Table and Figure List Chapter
18
- Air Pollution
(to see a figure click on its title)
SUBJECT
TITLE
Pollutants and their Sources
Types and Sources of Air Pollution
Primary Air Pollutants by Weight (pie chart)
Human-Related Sources of Air Pollution (pie chart)
Monitoring a Natural Source of Air Pollution
Ozone Production and Removal
Some Characteristics of Major Pollutants
History of Problem
History of Air Pollution Time Chart
Weather Factors in Pollution
Severe Air Pollution Contributing Factors
Visibility
Average Annual S
tandard US Visual Range,
2004
Acid Rain
Precipitation pH
(7.0 = neutral, 5.6 = normal, so pH<5.0 is called "acid rain.")
and
Rainfall concentrations of Nitrate Ion
(NO
3
-
)
and Sulfate Ion
(SO
4
2-
)
(which exacerbate the pH problem)
and Ammonium Ion
(NH
4
+
) (which eases the problem)
Heat Island Effect
Thermal Image of Salt Lake City
Trends
Atmospheric Concentration of Carbon Dioxide
Two Century Variation in Selected Atmospheric Pollutants
Smog Days in Selected American Cities during the 1990s