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The effect of anthropogenic activity on BTEX, NO2, SO2, and CO concentrations in urban air of the spa city of Sopot and medium-industrialized city of Tczew located in North Poland
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The major goal of the present study is to compare the air quality of two urban locations situated in Northern Poland – the spa City of Sopot and the medium-industrialized city of Tczew using chemometric methods. As a criterion for the assessment of atmospheric air quality, measurements of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and total xylenes were used (collected from atmospheric air using diffusion-type passive samplers) as well as measurements of inorganic compounds - CO, NO2 and SO2, which were subject to routine control and determined by means of automatic analysers. Studies related to determination of defined chemical compounds in the urban air in the monitored area were performed from January 2013 to December 2014. By interpreting the results obtained and using basic multivariate statistical tools (cluster analysis and principal components analysis), major sources of emissions of determined pollutants in the air in urbanized areas were defined. The study also shows the potential influence of the sea breeze on concentrations of chemical compounds in the atmospheric air in the spa city of Sopot.
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Michalina Bielawska
- 2Agency of Regional Air Quality Monitoring in the Gdansk Metropolitan Area Fundacja ARMAAG
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Vasil Simeonov prof. dr hab. inż.
- University of Sofia Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
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- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
no. 147,
pages 513 - 524,
ISSN: 0013-9351 - Language:
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- 2016
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- Marć M., Bielawska M., Simeonov, V., Namieśnik J., Zabiegała B.: The effect of anthropogenic activity on BTEX, NO2, SO2, and CO concentrations in urban air of the spa city of Sopot and medium-industrialized city of Tczew located in North Poland// ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. -Vol. 147, (2016), s.513-524
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.envres.2016.03.014
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