A041
Connecting Atmospheric Chemistry of Indoor and Outdoor Environments
Connecting Atmospheric Chemistry of Indoor and Outdoor Environments
Session ID#: 158209
Session Description:
Indoor air constitutes a small fraction of the Earth’s atmosphere, which is important because humans spend 80-90% of time indoors. Indoor and outdoor environments are distinctly different, yet tightly connected. Outdoor pollutants such as ozone and particulate matter (PM) are transported indoors, contributing to human exposure. Indoor emissions, caused by solid-fuel combustions and use of volatile chemical products (VCPs) among others, make substantial impacts on local and regional air pollution.
This session aims to bring together indoor and outdoor air research communities to exchange ideas and promote scientific progress of this interdisciplinary research. Highlight topics include but are not limited to:
- Outdoor-to-indoor transport of PM, ozone, NO2, and other trace gases.
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Indoor-to-outdoor emissions of organic compounds, ammonia, PM, and other pollutants, and the impacts on local and regional atmospheric chemistry.
- Indoor chemical sources such as building and furnishing materials, solid-fuel combustion, cooking activities, use of VCPs (e.g., personal care products, cleaning products, and disinfectants).
- Exposure assessments considering both indoor and outdoor air.
We invite contributions from broad atmospheric modeling, measurement and environmental policy research which relate to urban and built environments.
Index Terms:
0345 Pollution: urban and regional [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
Primary Convener: Yingjun Liu, Peking University, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Beijing, China
Convener: Pawel K Misztal, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, TX, United States
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