The Rains Model of Acidification

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The RAINS Model of Acidification Science and Strategies in Europe Joseph Alcamo, Roderick Shaw, and Leen Hordijk, eds. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis The extent of Europe's acid rain problem became known in the 1970s and early 1980s. In response, the scientific community amassed a wealth of information about the problem in the 1980s. Now the 1990s will be a time for utilizing this information for taking action. With this science-policy link in mind, an Éast-We^t team of scientists at HASA has been working since 1983 to translate scientific information into a form useful for making decisions about control of acidification in Europe. To accomplish this goal they have built an integrated model called RAINS (Régiónál Acidification INformation and Simulation). The model is integrated in the sense that it links public policy alternatives with their consequences in nature, and alsó because it brings information about costs of control, ejnissions, atmospheric... Tovább

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The RAINS Model of Acidification Science and Strategies in Europe Joseph Alcamo, Roderick Shaw, and Leen Hordijk, eds. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis The extent of Europe's acid rain problem became known in the 1970s and early 1980s. In response, the scientific community amassed a wealth of information about the problem in the 1980s. Now the 1990s will be a time for utilizing this information for taking action. With this science-policy link in mind, an Éast-We^t team of scientists at HASA has been working since 1983 to translate scientific information into a form useful for making decisions about control of acidification in Europe. To accomplish this goal they have built an integrated model called RAINS (Régiónál Acidification INformation and Simulation). The model is integrated in the sense that it links public policy alternatives with their consequences in nature, and alsó because it brings information about costs of control, ejnissions, atmospheric transport, and ecological impacts together in one place in a consistent manner. The main goal of the book is to describe comprehensively and clearly the scientific basis of the RAINS model, and to review major findings from using the model. In doing so, the book provides a comprehensive and quantitative overview of European-scale acidification from a systems analysis perspective. Vissza