Atmospheric Environmental Protection Department Atmospheric Environmental Protection Department Air quality must still be improved in major urban areas where population and industry are concentrated. The quality of the atmospheric environment is also deteriorating on a global scale. This department is developing systems for the assessment and control of air pollution hazards.
Research is conducted in the department's three divisions.
This division studies reaction mechanisms and newly developed physical and chemical methods for utilizing excited-state compounds in the global environment. Photochemical reactions of carbonyl compounds. Characterization and photochemical reactions of organic compounds in aerosols. Characterization of aerosols in polar stratospheric clouds and reactions among halogen reservior molecules therein. Destruction by solar light of poly-cyclic aromatic compounds fallen onto the surface of the ground.