The handbook of environmental chemistry O. Hutzinger ed. in chief Air pollution ; Vol. 4: Intercontinental transport of air pollution Transboundary transport of air pollution has been a topic of scientific research for several decades and has also been addressed already by environmental policies. However the importance of air pollution transport on the largest intercontinental scales has been recognized only recently. It was soon found that the meteorological and chemical processes involved in intercontinental pollution transport are distinctly different from those occurring during regional scale transport and thus new scientific methodologies are required for their study. In this book leading scientists review the current state of knowledge in this emerging field of research providing the reader with a process understanding of global scale transport and its influence on the atmospheres chemical composition. Long range transport of anthropogenic pollution is contrasted with that of pollution produced by natural processes such as dust storms or forest fires. Furthermore the prospects for international management of intercontinental transport of anthropogenic pollution are discussed. TOC:Andreas Stohl Sabine Eckhardt: Intercontinental Transport of Air Pollution  An Introduction. Jan Bottenheim Ashu Dastoor Sun Ling Gong Kaz Higuchi Yi Fan Li: Long Range Transport of Air Pollution to the Arctic. Owen R. Cooper: Air pollution export from and import to North America: Experimental evidence. Heidi Huntrieser Hans Schlager: Air Pollution Export From and Import to Europe: Experimental Evidence. Pakpong Pochanart Oliver Wild Hajime Akimoto: Air Pollution Import to and Export From East Asia. Mark G. Lawrence: Export of Air Pollution from Southern Asia and its Large Scale Effects. Stuart J. Piketh Nicola Walton: Characteristics of Atmospheric Transport of Air Pollution for Africa. Martin G. Schultz: Numerical Modelling of Long range Pollution Transport. Anne M. Thompson: Intercontinental Transport of Ozone from Tropical Biomass Burning. Nicole Spichtinger Rakowsky Caroline Forster: Intercontinental Transport of Trace Substances from Boreal Forest Fires. Rudolf B. Husar: Intercontinental Transport of Dust: Historical and Recent Observational Evidence. Terry J. Keating: Prospects for International Management of Intercontinental Air Pollution Transport