Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Millions of deaths worldwide are attributed annually to exposure degraded surface air quality and UV-induced skin cancer. However, the focus has been on surface emissions, and the contribution of high altitude emissions to these issues is rarely examined. In this thesis, potential links are investigated between high altitude emissions and damages or benefits to human health via photochemical effects. Changes in population exposure to fine particulate matter, ozone and UV-B radiation resulting from current and future high altitude emissions are calculated, applying epidemiologically-derived impact functions to estimate resultant mortality and morbidity. A stratospheric extension is developed for the widely-used tropospheric model GEOS-Chem, which has
Author: Sebastian D. Eastham
Language: English
Subfield: Atmospheric Science
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1708863468