title: Air-quality modelling in the Lake Baikal region.
abstract: In this paper, we assess the status of the air quality in the Lake Baikal region which is strongly influenced by the presence of anthropogenic pollution sources. We combined the local data, with global databases, remote sensing imagery and modelling tools. This approach allows to inventorise the air-polluting sources and to quantify the air-quality concentration levels in the Lake Baikal region to a reasonable level, despite the fact that local data are scarcely available. In the simulations, we focus on the month of July 2003, as for this period, validation data are available for a number of ground-based measurement stations within the Lake Baikal region.
authors.affiliation: Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Boeretang 200, Mol, Belgium. karen.vandevel@vito.be
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van de Vel
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mensink
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Ridder
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deutsch
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vliegen
authors.forename: Artash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aloyan
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yermakov
authors.forename: Vardan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arutyunyan
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Khodzher
authors.forename: Bas
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mijling
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005618:Fresh Water; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012800:Siberia
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants