On-road traffic is a significant source of air pollutants. The spatial and temporal configuration of onroad emissions should be described with the best available information, to underpin the air quality management, or to undertake studies about the behavior of pollutants in the atmosphere. The emission maps are typically built using intensity maps and hourly traffic profiles. We present an updated map for the year 2013, of the daily intensity of traffic of the Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ) and its hourly variation by type of day, based on counting 335 points developed by the Secretary of Mobility from the Municipality of Quito. The roads with most traffic are located mainly in the north of the urban area of Quito and those that connect to the valleys of Los Chillos Cumbayá and Tumbaco. In the north, the traffic flow of working days is over Saturday flows (10 %) and Sundays (60 %). In the south, traffic flow on Saturdays is similar to the values of working days. On Sundays, the traffic intensity is reduced by 26 %. In roads of the urban area of Quito the traffic is reduced during holidays. However, in the ways of the periphery there is an increase (between 11 and 47 %) compared to the flow of the weekdays. In the future this information will be used to generate maps of high spatial and temporal resolution of the emissions of primary air pollutant. These maps will allow the performance of updated studies of air pollutants dispersion in the DMQ.Keywords. DMQ, emission inventories, top-down approach, traffic profile. ResumenEl tráfico vehicular es una fuente relevante de contaminantes del aire. La configuración espacial y temporal de las emisiones vehiculares debe caracterizarse con la mejor información disponible, para apuntalar la gestión de calidad del aire, o emprender estudios del comportamiento de los contaminantes en la atmósfera. Los mapas de emisión se estructuran típicamente en base de mapas de la intensidad y de los perfiles horarios de tráfico. Presentamos una caracterización actualizada al año 2013 de la intensidad media diaria del tráfico vehicular del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ) y de su variación horaria por tipos de día, en base al conteo en 335 puntos desarrollado por la Secretaria de Movilidad del Municipio de Quito. Las vías con mayor actividad se localizan principalmente al norte de la zona urbana de Quito y en aquellas que conectan con los valles de Los Chillos, Cumbayá y Tumbaco. En la zona norte, el flujo vehicular de días laborables es mayor a los flujos de los sábados (en un 10 %) y domingos (en un 60 %). En la zona sur, el flujo vehicular de los sábados es similar a los valores de días laborables. Los domingos, la intensidad de tráfico se reduce en un 26 %. En la zona urbana de Quito el tráfico se reduce en días feriados. Sin embargo, en las vías de la periferia hay un incremento (entre 11 y 47 %) con respecto al flujo de los días laborables. A futuro esta información será utilizada para generar mapas de alta resolución espacial y temporal de las emisiones de conta...
On-road traffic is an important source of air pollutants in the Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ). Until today the emissions from this sector in the DMQ were performed mainly using emission factors from the international literature. This paper updates the atmospheric emission inventory from the on-road traffic in the DMQ, taking 2012 as the base year. The best available information of sales statistics and properties of fuels, the composition of the vehicular park, and traffic intensity were used. The emission factors were deduced using the emission records of the Vehicular Technical Control (VTC) from the DMQ. The on-road traffic emits 102.7 kt/y of CO, 20.9 kt/y of NOx, 13.2 kt /y of NMVOC, 1.7 kt/y of PM10, 1.2 kt/y of PM2,5 and 0.5 kt/y of SO2. It was estimated that during 2012, in the DMQ circulated 519 111 vehicles, of which 94.4 % correspond to gasoline vehicles and 5.6 % to diesel vehicles. The analyses of the VTC's database shown that 390 326 vehicles were controlled during 2012. The difference in comparison with the estimated vehicle park that actually circulated in the DMQ, indicates that 25 % of vehicles not fulfilled the VTC. The gasoline vehicles emit 86.3 % of CO, 77.0 % of NMVOC and 75.3 % of SO2. The diesel vehicles emit 82.5 % of PM2,5, 76.4 % of PM10 and 60.6 % of NOx. The information used for this emission inventory implies a reduction in the level of uncertainty in relation to previous emission inventories. Hourly emission maps obtained from this inventory can be used to perform air pollutants chemical transportation studies, using last-generation numerical models.Keywords. Vehicular Technical Control, emission factors, DMQ, gasoline vehicles, diesel vehicles. ResumenEl tráfico vehicular es una fuente relevante de emisiones atmosféricas en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ). Hasta la fecha, la estimación de las emisiones de este sector en el DMQ ha sido elaborada principalmente en base de factores de emisión de la literatura internacional. Este artículo presenta una actualización del inventario de emisiones atmosfé-ricas del tráfico vehicular en el DMQ, tomando como base el año 2012. Se utilizó la mejor información disponible sobre las estadísticas de venta y propiedades de los combustibles, la composición del parque vehicular y de la intensidad de tráfico. Se utilizaron factores de emisión deducidos en base de los registros de emisiones de la Revisión Técnica Vehicular (RTV) en el DMQ. El tráfico vehicular presenta un aporte de: 102.7 kt/año de CO, 20.9 kt/año de NOx, 13.2 t/año de COVNM, 1.7 kt/año de MP10, 1.2 kt/año de MP2,5 y 0.5 kt/año de SO2. Se estimó que en el DMQ durante el año 2012 circularon 519 111 vehículos, de los cuales 94.4 % corresponden a vehículos a gasolina y 5.6 % a vehículos a diésel. Del análisis de la base de datos de la RTV 2012 se deduce que 390 326 vehículos se sometieron al control de emisiones. La diferencia con la cantidad estimada de vehículos que efectivamente circularon en el DMQ, indica que un 25 % de los vehículos no se sometieron a la RTV. Los ve...
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