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The major environmental pressures associated with urban centers are noise and air pollution, making its monitoring of utmost importance to evaluate and reduce the exposure of the population to these environmental risk factors. In this study, continuous monitoring of sound pressure levels, ozone, nitric oxides, carbon monoxide concentrations, and local meteorological variables were performed during the winter and spring months of 2019 at the Mirandela industrial park. Ozone and nitric oxide levels followed a characteristic daily cycle, consistent with the diurnal evolution of radiation and the intensity of the main air pollution sources prevailing in the local. Hourly ozone levels were highest in July, reaching magnitudes of approximately 80 ppb. Ozone concentrations in the industrial park had a strong local influence, mainly related to the local nitric oxides emissions. The results also showed high influence of meteorological parameters on ozone production, especially during daytime. Regarding noise, typical daily and weekly patterns were observed, and sound pressure levels were compatible with those defined for mixed zones according to the Portuguese General Noise Regulation.
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This study was part of the Trans-National Project Rehabind. The authors would like to thank the Spain-Portugal Transnational Program (POCTEP), with the Financial Support from the European Union under Program FEDER (European Regional Development Fund). The authors acknowledge all the support provided by the Mirandela City Council for the execution of this work.
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Furst, L.C., Feliciano, M., Gonçalves, A., Romero, F. (2020). Noise and Ozone Continuous Monitoring in an Industrial Urban Area of Northeastern Portugal. In: Nesmachnow, S., Hernández Callejo, L. (eds) Smart Cities. ICSC-CITIES 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1152. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38889-8_20
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