DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.02.031
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84923040856
论文题名: Assessment of long-term measurements of particulate matter and gaseous pollutants in South-East Mediterranean
作者: Mouzourides P ; , Kumar P ; , Neophytou M ; K ; -A
刊名: Atmospheric Environment
ISSN: 0168-2563
EISSN: 1573-515X
出版年: 2015
卷: 107 起始页码: 148
结束页码: 165
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Background pollutant concentration
; Nicosia - Cyprus
; Pollution concentration exceedances
; Scanning electron microscope
; Transboundary pollution
; Urban air quality monitoring
Scopus关键词: Air quality
; Atmospheric movements
; Dust
; Fog
; Industrial emissions
; Laws and legislation
; Particles (particulate matter)
; Pollution
; Scanning electron microscopy
; Urban transportation
; Nicosia - Cyprus
; Pollutant concentration
; Pollution concentration
; Trans-boundary pollution
; Urban air quality
; Air pollution
; aluminum
; calcium
; carbon monoxide
; chlorine
; indium
; lead
; magnesium
; nitrogen
; nitrogen dioxide
; oxygen
; politef
; potassium
; rain
; rubitium
; sodium
; unclassified drug
; air quality
; atmospheric modeling
; atmospheric pollution
; concentration (composition)
; industrial emission
; long-term change
; numerical model
; particulate matter
; pollution control
; pollution monitoring
; transboundary pollution
; urban pollution
; air pollutant
; air pollution
; air quality
; air temperature
; airborne particle
; Article
; atmospheric pressure
; autumn
; barometric pressure
; car
; climate
; construction work
; Cyprus
; environmental temperature
; histogram
; human
; humidity
; meteorology
; mineral dust
; particulate matter
; priority journal
; scanning electron microscopy
; season
; seasonal variation
; solar radiation
; spring
; summer
; traffic
; urban area
; wind
; wind direction
; wind speed
; winter
; Cyprus
; Europe
; Nicosia [Cyprus]
; Nicosia [Nicosia (DST)]
Scopus学科分类: Environmental Science: Water Science and Technology
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Earth-Surface Processes
; Environmental Science: Environmental Chemistry
英文摘要: This work examines long-term measurements of major criteria pollutants concentrations in an urban station in South-Eastern Mediterranean, in Nicosia - Cyprus, which is susceptible both to transboundary air pollution transport from Sahara-dust events as well as to evaporative transport of sea-sprays. The work investigates in particular the role of such multi-scale contributions in the urban air quality measurements, which are important considerations in the assessment of the effectiveness of any mitigation policies implemented by regulatory authorities. Attention is drawn in the regional-scale component of the particulate matter concentrations (PM10; ≤10μm in diameter) and its contribution in the local measurements. Hourly averaged data of CO, NOx and PM10 concentrations as well as of meteorological parameters were collected from the Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS) of the University of Cyprus over a period of more than 5 years (2008-13) and were analysed. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was used to identify chemical characteristics of PM10 and to attribute it to possible sources. A total of 321 days over the entire period were found to exceed the daily limit value of 50μg/m3 for PM10 concentrations which corresponds to ~19% of the actual monitored time. Numerical simulations using the Dust REgional Atmospheric Model from Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC/DREAM) gave a strong indication that PM10 exceedances were associated with the high regional background dust concentrations during westerly winds. It was also found that despite the implementation of tighter regulations for vehicular and industrial emissions in Europe, the monthly average concentration values of criteria pollutants do not exhibit any falling trend. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/81883
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作者单位: Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, 1 Panepistimiou Ave., Nicosia, Cyprus; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (FEPS), University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom; Environmental Flow (EnFlo) Research Centre, FEPS, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Mouzourides P,, Kumar P,, Neophytou M,et al. Assessment of long-term measurements of particulate matter and gaseous pollutants in South-East Mediterranean[J]. Atmospheric Environment,2015-01-01,107