A Kriging-based approach for locating a sampling site - in the assessment of air quality

Bayraktar H., Turalioglu F. S.

STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT, cilt.19, sa.4, ss.301-305, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00477-005-0234-8
  • Dergi Adı: STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.301-305
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: sampling location, sampling point, Kriging method, air monitoring, POLLUTION, MORTALITY, CITIES
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Air quality assessment studies have either high sampling or analyses costs. In these studies the representation of a city by a single sampling point is still a serious problem, especially in the metropolitans of developing countries, because of the absence of equipments required for sampling at different locations. In this paper, the smoke data measurements of long years are used in the determination of the region for the representation of the city by drawing contours through the Kriging method. Then, the selection of the sampling site in this region is done on the basis of the criteria recommended by the EPA. By this way, the data taken from this sampling point are used for assessing the average city concentrations with lower sampling and analyses costs. This information is valuable for monitoring the air quality and defining environmental policies, although the local distribution and the extreme concentration values over the city are not measurable.