Chapter Seven. Automating the Air: Atmospheric Simulations and Digital Beings
Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307870.ch7
Copyright © 2009 Mark Whitehead
Book Title
State, Science and the Skies: Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere
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Whitehead, M. (2009) Automating the Air: Atmospheric Simulations and Digital Beings, in State, Science and the Skies: Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444307870.ch7
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- Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
- Published Print: 11 SEP 2009
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Print ISBN: 9781405191746
Online ISBN: 9781444307870
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- automating the air - atmospheric simulations and digital beings;
- 100-year struggle - comprehensive and scientifically rigorous survey of British air pollution;
- governmental role of National Air Pollution Survey - coming under scrutiny;
- rethinking atmospheric pollution and environmental revolution in British government;
- automation, digitisation and birth of real-time atmosphere;
- air measurement in Britain and rise of real-time governmentality;
- emissions and government's AURN and passive sampling networks;
- differing governmental utilities - actual and surrogate statistics marshalled by NAEI;
- changing modes of atmospheric conduct in digital age;
- real-time air data - new patterns of environmental decision making and conduct
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Reviewing the National Air Pollution Survey and the ‘Environmental Revolution’ in British Government
Automation, Digitisation and the Birth of the Real-Time Atmosphere
Changing Modes of Atmospheric Conduct in a Digital Age
Conclusions