An air pollution episode is an unusual combination of emissions and meteorology that gives rise to high levels of air pollution over a large area. Examples of air pollution episodes include:
- 1930 Meuse Valley Episode
- 1939 Saint Louis Episode[1]
- 1948 Donora Episode[2]
- 1952 London Episode[3]
- 1997 Indonesian forest fires Episode[4]
- 2005 Malaysian Haze Episode
- 2006 Southeast Asian Haze Episode
- 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy Episode
See also
References
- ↑ "Nov. 28 1939: The day 'Black Tuesday' rolled into St. Louis | Post-Dispatch Archives | stltoday.com".
- ↑ "Smog Deaths in 1948 Led to Clean Air Laws". NPR.org.
- ↑ "The Great Smog of 1952 recalled". BBC News.
- ↑ "A nation of fire: What should we learn from the 1997/1998 haze? - National - The Jakarta Post".
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