Automatic Control, Robotics, and Information Processing

What is it about?

Emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere is a major problem affecting the further development of humanity. Many shorter living pollutants are a source of risk to human health. This is, among others, connected with a huge increase in the population of cities, where the concentration of harmful compounds in the air is usually much higher. On the other hand, in the long-term perspective, excessive greenhouse gas emissions may be a reason for climatic changes covering the whole globe, with difficult to predict effects. Complicated dependencies between emissions and effects require a systemic approach, involving modeling and computer aided decisions on rationally reducing the pollutant emissions, both at local, national, international, and even global levels. This chapter contains an overview of related issues, with particular emphasis on the problems studied at the Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences. They are related to all elements of integrated atmospheric modeling: human activity, the emissions of pollutants and their dispersion in the atmosphere, the assessment of pollution impact on population health risk, as well as computer supported decision making to reduce the emissions harmful effects

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Why is it important?

Consequences and modeling challenges connected with atmospheric pollution