Posted by: Arnico May 16, 2006
Kathmandu air pollution dissertation online
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I made it online for a few minutes, finding a wifi connection at an airport... Lonely1, thanks for the correction. I had typed the link after having been awake almost 36 hours. Mokshyaa and Icanfly, I hope you were able to access it now. Sorry it took me so long to find out about the error. My immediate plans are 2 weeks in Nepal (resting and getting a better understanding of the ongoing changes), followed by a one-year post-doc at MIT, during which I will be working on two things: (1) turning the dissertation (and follow-up modeling studies) into a series of journal papers as well as articles for the general public. (2) working on an interdisciplinary research project with people in economics and policy to create a system for incorporating air pollution forecasts into varying emissions controls... in other words: how to use science to forecast conditions for bad air pollution 48 hours in advance, and use that information to make emitting pollutants more expensive during the times with bad air quality (using a "time-varying cap" in "cap-and-trade" emissions controls). The starting case-study will be the electricity producers in the northeastern US, but the principles apply to many situations, including Kathmandu. I expect to be away from the internet for yet another day... so if you wish to discuss/debate or chat with me, please do accept my apologies for the delay. Do feel free to e-mail me as well. Arnico.
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