pollution mapping Articles
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Real-time pollution maps for Smart Cities
Massive-scale urbanization, industrialization, and population growth along with an increase in vehicular traffic and energy use have made urban air quality a global concern. The distribution of air pollution concentration over a large urban area predominantly depends on local emission sources and atmospheric flow conditions. Also, smart cities are the centres of various activities having ...
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Monitoring with the use of passive samplers ? a useful source of information for the mapping and modelling of urban atmosphere pollution
Due to human activities, increasing numbers of harmful substances are emitted into the atmosphere; they are recognised as potentially dangerous to living organisms, mainly because of their toxicity. Among others, compounds from the BTEX group, e.g. benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes, are considered as such toxic substances. They are present in the air above urbanised as well as rural ...
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Evaluation of air pollution trends in Istanbul
Previously, SO2 and PM10 (particulate matter less than 10 Bm in size) concentration distributions have been investigated in order to assess air pollution in Istanbul during the winter season (November–March) in which the concentration of these pollutants had reached formidably high levels due to the consumption of low-quality fuels (mainly coal) for residential heating. In this study, the effect ...
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Spatial mapping of the city of Lisbon using biomonitors
Biomonitoring is used to study the performance of a single air sampler as representing air elemental concentrations in Lisbon. A database of chemical elements' concentrations was obtained by analysing exposed lichens and bark, hung on courtyard trees of 22 Lisbon basic schools from January to May 2008 and June to October 2008 (winter and summer campaigns). Electric conductivity was also measured ...
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Festival music never sounded so good
Jochen Schaal, Managing Director at SoundPLAN GmbH – a market leader in sound and air pollution mapping software – looks at the developments in understanding and mitigating nuisance noise at open air events. Introduction Music festivals have been popular for decades, with millions of attendees across the globe at events such as Lollapalooza in Argentina and Chile, Glastonbury in ...
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Synergetic use of TERRA/MODIS imagery and meteorological data for studying aerosol dust events in Cyprus
This paper presents the results from the analysis of TERRA/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) images for the detection and mapping of particulate air pollution in Cyprus. For this purpose, a set of selected air pollution events for the year 2002 was used, mainly associated with dust transported over the area from the surrounding deserts. The results depict the potential of the use ...
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Estimating the spatial-temporal distribution of Radon releases from the K-65 silos
This study investigates the spatial and temporal distribution of Radon at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP), in southwest Ohio in 1999. It employs the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Industrial Source Complex Short Term 3 (ISCST3) dispersion model, existing monitoring data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as tools to ...
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A method for mapping the air pollution in cities with the combined use of measured and calculated concentrations
The aim of this paper is to develop the technique for mapping the air pollution in cities using measured and computed concentrations. It is based on the combined use of deterministic and stochastic modelling. Two different approaches are applied to extrapolate the measurements to the regular grid points covering the city. The first uses the method of the principal components, and the second is ...
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Noisy sites setting alarm bells ringing?
Industrial sites such as refineries and factories will always be noisy, but with millions of people across the world occupationally exposed to hazardous noise, and noise-related hearing loss listed as one of the most prevalent occupational health concerns, what can be done about it? Arne Berndt, owner / adviser at SoundPLAN GmbH and SoundPLAN International LLC – a market leader in sound and ...
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Drone-based technologies for a more sustainable industry!
Ecomesure is thrilled to announce its partnership with DroneXperts, the Canadian leader in drone integration. We share a strong common desire to use embedded technology to help organizations adopt new eco-friendly practices. The combination of our skills allows us to offer you a complete environmental monitoring ...
By Ecomesure
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How the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research informs policy and public health with hyperlocal air quality mapping
NIWA has pioneered the use of dense air quality sensor networks to uncover block-by-block air pollution patterns within towns across New Zealand. 40 Clarity Node-S solar-powered air quality sensors deployed 3x Higher PM2.5 levels detected in air pollution hotspots compared to cleanest areas 6 km Maximum distance NIWA deployed Clarity sensors downwind to capture pollution plumes Across New ...
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Pollution Atmosphérique
We are Pleased to Introduce the number 205 in Our Magazine Atmospheric Pollution, dated January-March 2010. The topics of air pollution That Are The foundation of the magazine are: Accompanied by various documents dealing 'with the climate, health and society. This issue we started 'the topic of climate change by proposing a 'Special Issue:' Copenhagen presents The Teachings of the conference. As ...
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Studies of air quality predictors based on neural networks
In recent years, urban air pollution has emerged as an acute problem because of its negative effect on health and living conditions. Regional air quality problems, in general, are linked to violations of specified air quality standards. The current study aims to find neural network based air quality predictors, which can work with a limited number of datasets and are robust enough to handle data ...
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FPI in Cambodia: Our Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station Is Making a Hit
According to Aqicn, Cambodia ranks 162nd (out of 178 countries) on the Environmental Performance Index for Air Quality. As a leading tourism nation, Cambodia has gained a great economic surge but also witnessed a deteriorating environment. The issue shares mixed reasons. On the one hand is the chain effect caused by gushes of tourists and the outdated local transportation, which keep emitting ...
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Airparif uses Isatis to process 11 million+ mesh grids and generate daily air quality maps - Case Study
Isatis has been part of Airparif data processing workflow for 10+ years. The software is used daily to gather data and map air pollution over Paris area. The facts Airparif is part of the French AASQA network (“Associations Agréées de Surveillance de la Qualité de l’Air”). The AASQA are a French non-profit association accredited by the French Ministry of ...
By Geovariances
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A holiday from noise pollution
A holiday from noise pollution Tourism is one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world and offers significant benefits, but among the many challenges the industry faces is protecting the local population, environment, and the travellers themselves, from excessive noise. The modes of transport (especially planes and cars) and mass arrivals at airports, railway stations, and ports and ...
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