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Biomass burning tracers in urban and rural particles in Silesia - Poland

(Corresponding) Czaplicka M., Janoszka K.

Topic:

Air pollution

The major tracers are thermal degradation products from the biopolymer cellulose, namely the didehydromonosaccharide derivatives levoglucosan (LG), galactosan (GL) and mannosan (MN) and the resin acid derivative dehydroabietic acid, with minor β-sitosterol. The relative proportions of levoglucosan...Read more

Keywords:

Air pollutnts, Biomass burning tracers

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00184

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00184

The influence of methane emission and hard coal production on air quality and greenhouse effect in 1994-2017 in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland)

(Corresponding) Dreger M.

Topic:

Air pollution

The Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) is the largest coal basin in Poland and one of the largest in Europe. It is the most industrialized region in Poland. The main natural resource and energy raw material is hard coal which was produced by 65 mines in the early nineties. The USCB geology is very...Read more

Keywords:

The Upper Silesia Coal Basin, hard coal production, methane emission, greenhouse effect, air pollution

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00211

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00211

Development and Validation of a multistep derivatization method for the determination of polar species in organic aerosol

Kanellopoulos P., Koukoulakis K., Chrisohou E., Papadakis I., (Corresponding) Bakeas E.

Topic:

Air pollution

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a significant constituent of airborne fine particles. A multistep derivatization method was developed, optimized, and fully validated for the determination of organic compounds in the atmospheric aerosol with mono- and multi-functional species, with GC/MS. The...Read more

Keywords:

Secondary Organic Aerosol, Multistep derivatization, GC-MS, Oxygenated compounds

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00215

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00215

Impact of traffic management strategies on air quality and health in a Portuguese urban area

(Corresponding) Silveira C., Ferreira J., Lopes D., Miranda A.

Topic:

Air pollution

This paper aims to assess the air quality improvement and resulting health implications in a Portuguese urban area, by testing traffic management scenarios focused on nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emission reduction. To that end, an integrated multiscale modelling system was developed and applied for a...Read more

Keywords:

Urban NO2 pollution, Traffic management scenarios, Microscale modelling, Health benefits

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00438

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00438

Statistical modeling of meteorological conditions and air pollution over Athens, Greece

(Corresponding) DELIGIORGI D., PHILIPPOPOULOS K., DIAMANTI A.

Topic:

Air pollution

The importance of meteorological parameters and topography in determining the air pollution levels in a specific area is well established. The aim of this study is to model the association between air pollution levels and meteorological parameters for a single site in Athens, Greece. The...Read more

Keywords:

air pollution, meteorology, multiple linear regression

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00613

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00613

Ultrafine and nanoparticles emissions from hospital waste incineration: characterization and chemical speciation.

(Corresponding) Cernuschi S., Lonati G., Ozgen S., Signorini S.

Topic:

Air pollution

Focus on atmospheric particulate matter has recently steadily shifted towards finer size fractions, namely those particles with dimensions included from 2.5 µm down to the minimum practical detection limit of few nm. These fractions share the higher burden of health related effects arising from...Read more

Keywords:

emissions, ultrafine particles, incineration, hospital waste, trace metals

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00677

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00677

Influence of Varying Concentration of Toluene in a Soil Biofilter with Water Content Control

Badilla D.

Topic:

Air pollution

Contaminant concentration affects rate of removal of air contaminant in biofiltration. In this study, extent of degradation rate at varying concentrations of toluene (from 50 to 700 ppm) as the air contaminant in terms of elimination capacity (EC) was measured in a soil biofilter with water content...Read more

Keywords:

biofiltration, toluene, concentration, water content, air pollution control

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00686

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00686

Risk assessment and apportionment studies of particulate pollution at Ankamaly, South India

R K., (Corresponding) N S., Varghese L.

Topic:

Air pollution

In the present world which is engulfed by the ill-effects of air pollution, stringent permissible emission standards to curb pollution are mandatory. Source and risk apportionment studies help to understand the sources and their contributions. Four parameters, lifetime average daily dose, hazard...Read more

Keywords:

Human health risk, Excess cancer risk,Inhalation, Chromium,India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00749

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00749

Monitoring of bio-aerosols, gaseous and Particulate Matter (PM) pollution of Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland.

(Corresponding) Dyda M., Pyzik A., Drabik P., Istel L., Wiłkojć E., Buchwald-Zięcina O., Bogdanowicz-Prus A., Skłodowska A.

Topic:

Air pollution

Krakow is now firmly established as one of the Europe’s top tourist destinations and, at the same time, it is one of the cities with the worst air quality in Europe. The Wawel Royal Castle is of the most important museum and predominatingly visited attraction of the city of Krakow (in 2017, the...Read more

Keywords:

cultural heritage, particulate matter pollution, microbiological contamination, air pollution, preventive conservation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00887

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00887

Moss-specific accumulation of atmospheric element deposition?

Dr. Nickel S., (Corresponding) Dr. Schröder W.

Topic:

Air pollution

This article presents statistical analyses of elements concentrations in mosses which were collected in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2015 throughout Germany at 592, 1026, 1028, 726 and 400 sites, respectively, and chemically analysed according to harmonised methods throughout Europe. The evaluations...Read more

Keywords:

Conversion factors; heavy metals; Random Forest Regression; Multiple Linear Regression; Commonality Analysis.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2019.00955

Conference:

CEST2019

Paper ID:

cest2019_00955