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The links between microclimatic and particulate matter concentration in a multi-storey car parking: a case study iran

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Multi-storey cars increasing with population growth have excellent security and temporary parking for cars in big cities, which isn’t suitable for parking in the streets. The goals of this study are (1) to determine PM concentrations in the ZGP and (2) to investigate the effect of temperature and humidity on PM concentration in ZGP. This study measured the levels of emitted PM1, PM2.5, and PM10 by GRIMM EDM 107 laser dust monitor in a busy multi-storey parking garage located in Qom. Moreover, the relationship between microclimatic parameters and the contaminants mentioned above was investigated. Samples were collected in two stages in different spatiotemporal conditions, namely, the summer and autumn of 2017. The results indicate that during the sampling period, the daily mean ± standard deviation of PM10, PM2.5, and PM1 were 120.9 ± 90.6, 28.5 ± 10.4, and 10.8 ± 3.8 µg/m3, respectively. A decrease in pollution level was observed during the measurement period. During rush hours, the levels of particulate matter increased. Also, a significant positive relationship between indoor humidity and particle level was observed, while there was a meaningful, inverse relationship between temperature and particle level. The high PM concentration in the parking garage indicates the necessity of proper management and planning.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to appreciate the Research Center for Environmental Pollutants of the Qom University of Medical Science (grant number: 96899) for providing financial support for this research. The authors would like to extend their appreciation to Mostafa Rezaali for reviewing the manuscript.

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This work was supported by the Research Center for Environmental Pollutants of the Qom University of Medical Science.

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  1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Nayereh Rezaei Rahimi

  2. Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

    Reza Fouladi-Fard, Hasan Mojarrad & Ahmadreza Yari

  3. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Rezvani Ghalhari

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Mahdi Farajollahi

  5. Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Qom University of medical sciences, Qom, Iran

    Amir Hamta

  6. Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Maria Fiore

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Nayereh Rezaei Rahimi: Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, ,Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing. Reza Fouladi-Fard: Conceptualization, Methodology, review & editing, Writing - original draft, Supervision, Project administration. Mohammad Rezvani Ghalhari: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing. Hasan Mojarrad: Sampling, Methodology. Ahmadreza Yari: Methodology, Conceptualization, Writing - original draft. Mohammad Mahdi Farajollahi: Writing - original draft, review & editing. Amir Hamta: Methodology, Conceptualization. Maria Fiore: Methodology, Conceptualization, Writing - original draft.

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Rezaei Rahimi, N., Fouladi-Fard, R., Rezvani Ghalhari, M. et al. The links between microclimatic and particulate matter concentration in a multi-storey car parking: a case study iran. J Environ Health Sci Engineer 20, 775–783 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40201-022-00818-x

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