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A regional model for atmospheric transport of four heavy metals: arsenic, cadmium, lead and zinc over the Polish territory is described in this paper. It represents an Eulerian, three-dimensional approach to the transport problem. Heavy metal emissions from Polish sources were collected and compiled to create the emission data base for Poland. This inventory was then used to distribute the emissions in the model grid squares. Calculated concentration/deposition maps for Poland for 1995 are presented in the paper. The model version presented here is compact and fast and can be easily implemented, even on a personal computer.
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Mazur, A. (1999). Modelling of the Long-Term Atmospheric Transport of Heavy Metals Over Poland. In: Zlatev, Z., et al. Large Scale Computations in Air Pollution Modelling. NATO Science Series, vol 57. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4570-1_20
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