Chapter 1 - Synthesis of the Key Issues and Findings
Table of contents
- Introduction
- What is the Project for Sustainable Development at Heathrow about?
- How does air quality relate to other areas of work in PSDH?
- Links to Surface Access work-stream
- Links to Airport Operations work-stream
- Links to Airport Noise work-stream
- How was the Air Quality Panels' work peer reviewed?
- What was the remit of the Air Quality Panels?
- What are the pollutants of concern for all Panels?
- What are the constraints on the future operation of Heathrow Airport ?
- Previous assessments - What did they do, and what were the shortcomings?
- What are the key Panel findings and conclusions?
- Was extra monitoring undertaken to better understand air quality around Heathrow ?
- Are air quality standards currently being breached, and are any trends detectable?
- Breaches
- Trends
- Can relative contributions from different sources be estimated from measurements?
- How do air quality models determine the contribution from different sources of emissions?
- What are the principal uncertainties in Emissions Inventories?
- Pollutant characterisations
- Activity data
- Emission factors
- Spatial and temporal representation in emission inventories
- What dispersion models have been compared?
- How good are the tested dispersion models around Heathrow ?
- Is there a recommended model or models?
- How can the recommended dispersion model be improved?
- What future work will be undertaken to assess the impacts of future operations at London Heathrow Airport?
