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Air Quality Management in Izmir Region of Turkey as Required by Clean Air Plans

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Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus

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As a first step to work out an abatement plan against air pollution, a local emission inventory with 1 hr temporal and 1 km spatial resolution in the city of Izmir and its surroundings was prepared. The study area consisted of a 200 × 170 km2 rectangle having the city of Izmir at the centre. The studied pollutants were total particulate matter (PM), sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOC) and carbon monoxide (CO). Emissions of these pollutants were determined by estimation methods making use of suitable emission factors. Emission sources were evaluated in three categories; point, area and line sources. For year 2000 total emissions in the study area on an average day were estimated as 173 tons PM, 299 tons SOx, 136 tons NOx, 68 tons VOC and 320 tons CO. At the second part of the study, calculated emissions were transformed into air quality predictions in the area by using the Industrial Source Complex – Short Term (ISCST3) dispersion model. Model results were tested with monitoring data from urban air quality stations obtained during the year 2000. Results of the past, present and future air quality estimates in the region were discussed. In order to do so, future scenarios including various control technology applications were formulated and tested to see their effect on the future air quality.

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  1. Department of Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Kaynaklar Campus, 35160, Buca/Izmir, Turkey

    Aysen Muezzinoglu, Tolga Elbir & Abdurrahman Bayram

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Muezzinoglu, A., Elbir, T. & Bayram, A. Air Quality Management in Izmir Region of Turkey as Required by Clean Air Plans. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus 3, 307–323 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026034018785

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