Seasonal variations of air pollutant concentrations within Krasnoyarsk City.

Autor: Mikhailuta, Sergey V., Taseiko, Olga V., Pitt, Anne, Lezhenin, Anatoly A., Zakharov, Yuri V.
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Zdroj: Environmental Monitoring & Assessment; Feb2009, Vol. 149 Issue 1-4, p329-341, 13p, 5 Charts, 6 Graphs, 3 Maps
Abstrakt: This paper examines the significant differences in seasonal variations of criteria pollutant concentrations in various parts of a large urban area. These differences are caused by the microclimatic heterogeneity of the city and show the influence of breeze and orographic-type circulations on urban air pollution. The temperature heterogeneity of Krasnoyarsk territory during the winter leads to an increase of 150% in CO air pollution levels in the central part of city. During the summer the orographical heterogeneity of Krasnoyarsk City leads to increases of up to 400% in air pollution for different areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index