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There is increasing observational evidence that heavy metals’ air emissions cause not only local contamination, but also travel long distances in Europe and contribute to widespread, although low-level, contamination of the environment (e.g. Pacyna, et al, 1984; Ottar, et al, 1989). The TRACE model (TRB.cetoxic Air Concentrations in fftirope) has been developed to compute the long range transport of various heavy metals (As, Cd, Pb, and Zn) on the European-scale. A preliminary version of this model was reported in Alcamo, et al (1991a) and model refinements and application are given in Alcamo, et al (1991b) and Bartnicki et al (1991).
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Alcamo, J., Bartnicki, J., Olendrzynski, K., Pacyna, J. (1992). Results from a Climatological Model of Heavy Metals in Europe’s Atmosphere. In: van Dop, H., Kallos, G. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application IX. NATO Challenges of Modern Society, vol 17. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3052-7_50
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