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The theoretical distribution of airborne pollution from factory chimneys
Author(s) -
Sutton O. G.
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49707331715
Subject(s) - environmental science , pollution , chimney (locomotive) , factory (object oriented programming) , meteorology , air pollution , population , atmospheric sciences , atmospheric pollution , smoke , geography , geology , computer science , chemistry , ecology , demography , organic chemistry , sociology , biology , programming language
The dispersal of pollution from factory chimneys is now recognised as a problem of considerable importance, both as affecting the health of the population in the neighbourhood of the source and for economic reasons. The release of accurate experimental data on atmospheric diffusion makes it possible to give reasonably reliable estimates of the concentrations of smoke and spread of the pollution downwind. It is shown that the earlier work of Bosanquet and Pearson is in general qualitative agreement with the more accurate expressions of the present paper, which are also shown to be in accordance with recent observations of Hewson on the distribution of sulphur dioxide in the vicinity of a large factory. Tables are given from which it is possible to estimate concentrations of pollution downward of an elevated source emitting at a known rate in various meteorological conditions.