U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Long Range Transport of Pollutants under Complex Flow Situations

该奖项将支持爱荷华大学的Gregory Carmichael教授和日本国立环境研究所的Hiromasa Ueda博士进行为期两年的合作研究。通过在日本的一个全面的实地项目和详细的建模分析，将对影响污染物长距离迁移的运输、化学和去除过程进行调查。该项目的主要目标是了解涉及山区地形和海/陆相互作用的复杂流动情况下污染物的远距离运输。随着世界范围内工业化速度的加快，对污染物远距离运输的了解变得越来越重要。在这项研究中获得的关于污染物运输的信息将应用于美国和其他地方的复杂流动情况。日本调查人员收集的数据集是同类数据库中最全面的数据库之一，其中包括污染物运输的详细气象和化学观测。Carmichael博士在模拟污染物运输、化学反应和去除方面有着丰富的经验。他对经验数据集的诊断性分析将对解释非常有用。

This award will enable collaborative research between Professor Gregory Carmichael of the University of Iowa and Dr. Hiromasa Ueda of the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan over a two-year period. The transport, chemical, and removal processes affecting long range transport of pollutants will be investigated via a comprehensive field program in Japan and a detailed modeling analysis. The primary objective of the project is to understand long range transport of pollutants in complex flow situations involving mountainous terrains and sea/land interactions. Understanding of long range pollutant transport is increasingly important as the rate of industrialization increases worldwide. Information on pollutant transport gained in this study is to be applied to complex flow situations in the U.S. and elsewhere. The data set being collected by the Japanese investigators is one of the most comprehensive data bases of its kind, and includes both detailed meteorological and chemical observations of pollutant transport. Dr. Carmichael has extensive experience in modeling pollutant transport, chemical reactions and removal. His diagnostic analysis of the empirical data set will be extremely useful for interpretation purposes.