A short review on the effects of aerosols on visibility impairment

Ozone in the lower planetary boundary layer of the earth atmosphere is dangerous to people and vegetation, since it oxidizes natural tissue. The diminished in visibility is because of dispersing of sun based radiation by high convergences of anthropogenic aerosols. Visibility impairment is most prom...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 852; no. 1; pp. 12006 - 12010
Main Authors Emetere Moses, E, Akinyemi, ML
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.05.2017
Subjects
Aerosols
Developing countries
Dispersion
Haze
Impairment
LDCs
Physics
Planetary boundary layer
Recovery
Visibility
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Summary:Ozone in the lower planetary boundary layer of the earth atmosphere is dangerous to people and vegetation, since it oxidizes natural tissue. The diminished in visibility is because of dispersing of sun based radiation by high convergences of anthropogenic aerosols. Visibility impairment is most prominent at high relative mugginess when the aerosols swell by the take-up of water to expand the cross sectional area for dispersing; this is the wonder known as haze. Haze has become a major air pollution challenge the aviation industry has to cope with in recent time. In this review, two major problems were spotted to be responsible for air disaster in any region of the world. While some developed countries had almost resolved the challenge of visibility impairment by seeking relevant solutions, most developing countries do not have a recovery plan. Therefore, the resolution of this major challenge may be the leverage for most developing nations to draw out a recovery plan.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/852/1/012006