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Air pollution analysis in western Romania and the necessity of complementary vertical resolved LIDAR observation

I. VETRES1,* , I. IONEL1, F. POPESCU1, N. LONTIS1

Affiliation

  1. ”Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Timisoara, Romania

Abstract

The Western part of Romania is one of the most developed industrial areas of Romania, with many urban agglomerations. Thus, the regional air pollution monitoring and assessment are of exclusive importance for the sustainable development of the society in the region. This article is focusing on the identification of the air pollution regimes and types, as well as on the main driven factors. Representative ground measurements data sets of O3, NOx, SO2 and PM10, will be analyzed and presented, in the context of regional photochemistry potential. The effect of the traffic trough an urban region will be also analyzed. Finally, the author will demonstrate the complementarily necessity of the LIDAR based observations, for an appropriate and more complex evaluation of the vertical mixing structures and planetary boundary layer dynamics, where the atmospheric pollution events and reactions are mainly located.

Keywords

LIDAR, Aerosol, Planetary boundary layer, Regional air pollution.

Citation

I. VETRES, I. IONEL, F. POPESCU, N. LONTIS, Air pollution analysis in western Romania and the necessity of complementary vertical resolved LIDAR observation, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 8, August 2010, pp.1256-1260 (2010).

Submitted at: July 1, 2010

Accepted at: Aug. 12, 2010