Assessment of regional air pollution distribution by point cumulative semivariogram method at Erzurum urban center, TURKEY

TURALIOĞLU F. S., BAYRAKTAR H.

STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT, cilt.19, sa.1, ss.41-47, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00477-004-0203-7
  • Dergi Adı: STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.41-47
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: air pollution, point cumulative semivariogram, radius of influence, sulphur dioxide, total suspended particulate, TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS, VARIABILITY, MORTALITY, SYSTEMS, MODELS, OZONE, SPAIN
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In the assessment of air quality, regional distribution and dispersion with distance are important, together with the variations of pollutants in time. On this occasion, the point cumulative semi-variogram (PCSV) method is used in order to find simply regional distribution of pollutants of Erzurum urban centre. This method is based simply on the summation of square differences in air pollutant concentrations between different sites. Monthly regional variation maps of Erzurum are constructed by finding radius of influence (for SO2, from 1000 m to 3500 m and, for TSP, 1000-2000 m) and PCSV scattering diagram data at different levels by using monthly average sulphur dioxide (SO2) and total suspended particulate (TSP) matter concentrations in 2001-2002 winter season. Consequently, the air pollution distribution of Erzurum is assessed.