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European legislation sets air quality standards for the protection of human health and obligates member states to implement Air Quality Plans when those standards are exceeded. Atmospheric emissions reduction measures are developed, under the referred plans, to attain a better air quality. Air quality modeling is a useful tool to assess the efficiency and impact of the designed mitigation measures.
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The authors wish to thank the North Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR-N) for their support. Also, the authors are thankful to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology for the PhD grant of E. Sá (SFRH/BD/60474/2009) and the postdoc grants of A. Monteiro (SFRH/BPD/63796/2009), J. Ferreira (SFRH/BPD/40620/2007), and J. H. Amorim (SFRH/BPD/48121/2008).
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Monteiro, A., Amorim, J.H., Ferreira, J., Sá, M.E., Borrego, C. (2014). Reducing Emissions of Atmospheric Pollutants. In: Freedman, B. (eds) Global Environmental Change. Handbook of Global Environmental Pollution, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_22
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