… <strong>the</strong> development of comprehensive monitoring systems, data-assimilation tools <strong>and</strong> predictive models that integrate a diverse set of data into a coherent framework is a priority. Guy Brasseur
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Brasseur .......... 10 The global atmosphere: greenhouse gases <strong>and</strong> urban pollution by Euan Nisbet <strong>and</strong> Martin Manning ................................................................. 16 Possible influences of <strong>air</strong> pollution, dust- <strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong>storms on <strong>the</strong> Indian monsoon by William K.M. Lau, Kyu-Myong Kim, Christina N. Hsu <strong>and</strong> Brent N. Holben .......................................................................................... 22 Air-quality management <strong>and</strong> <strong>we</strong>a<strong>the</strong>r prediction during <strong>the</strong> 2008 Beijing Olympics by Jianjie Wang, Xiaoye Zhang, Tom Keenan <strong>and</strong> Yihong Duan .. 31 <strong>WMO</strong> research <strong>and</strong> development activities in <strong>air</strong> quality, <strong>we</strong>a<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> <strong>climate</strong> to benefit Africa by André Kamga Foamouhoue, Jose María Baldasano, Emilio Cuevas Agulló, Aïda Diongue-Niang, Carlos Pérez García-P<strong>and</strong>o, Eugene Poolman <strong>and</strong> Madeleine Thomson ............................................................................... 41 Air quality, <strong>we</strong>a<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> <strong>climate</strong> in Mexico City by Luisa T. Molina, Benjamin de Foy, Oscar Vázquez Martínez <strong>and</strong> Víctor Hugo Páramo Figueroa ............. 48 The carbonaceous aerosol—a remaining challenge by Karl Espen Yttri, Cathrine Lund Myhre <strong>and</strong> Kjetil Tørseth ............................................................. 54 The impacts of atmospheric deposition to <strong>the</strong> ocean on marine ecosystems <strong>and</strong> <strong>climate</strong> by Robert A. Duce, James N. Galloway <strong>and</strong> Peter S. 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