A Spatially and Temporally Disaggregated Anthropogenic Emission Inventory in the Southern Balkan Region

Poupkou, A.; Symeonidis, Panagiotis; Ziomas, I.; Melas, Dimitrios; Markakis, K.

doi:10.1007/s11270-007-9457-2

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“…The hourly values of the biogenic non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) and the anthropogenic NOx, NMVOCs and CO emissions over the entire grid, used as input data to the photochemical model, were based on an emission inventory developed for the modelling domain having a 10-km horizontal spatial resolution (Poupkou et al 2007;Symeonidis et al 2008). The biogenic emissions were calculated following the detailed methodology of the EMEP/CORINAIR emission inventory guidebook (EMEP/CORINAIR 2002;Simpson et al 1999).…”

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Simulated Summertime Regional Ground-Level Ozone Concentrations over Greece

Poupkou

Melas

Ziomas

et al. 2008

Water Air Soil Pollut

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Ground-level ozone concentrations were estimated for Greece during a summer period of the year 2000 using the regional air quality model UAM-V off-line coupled with the mesoscale meteorological model MM5. An anthropogenic NOx, NMVOCs and CO emission inventory and biogenic NMVOCs emission data were used to support model simulations. The evaluation analysis indicates a quite satisfactory model performance in reproducing ozone levels. The simulated mean ozone concentrations are above the 32-ppb EU phytotoxicity limit over almost all continental and maritime areas of Greece. Over the greater part of the country, the background mean ozone levels range from 40 to 55 ppb. Ozone values higher than the 55-ppb EU human health protection limit reaching 60 ppb dominate part of the southern Aegean Sea that is influenced by the Athens urban plume. In the areas where anthropogenic emission densities are high, the mean ozone levels vary between 20 and 40 ppb. Over the greater part of Greece, the simulated mean daily maximum ozone concentrations range from 50 to 65 ppb. More enhanced maximum ozone concentrations up to 95 ppb mainly dominate over the greater areas of the two largest Greek urban centres (Athens and Thessaloniki) and over the continental and maritime areas south of Athens which are under the influence of the urban plume.

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Simulated Summertime Regional Ground-Level Ozone Concentrations over Greece

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et al. 2008

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“…The latter tools are increasingly been used for environmental modelling studies and air pollution analysis. They provide an integrated framework for quantification of emissions and/or spatial data analysis (Brodie 1999;Symeonidis et al 2003;Symeonidis et al 2007). They are the basis for the compilation of spatially and temporally resolved emission inventories which are easily updated and can efficiently provide the demanding input fields of cell-based air quality models.…”

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A Computational Approach Based on GIS Technology for the Development of an Anthropogenic Emission Inventory of Gaseous Pollutants in Greece

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Poupkou

Melas

et al. 2009

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This paper describes a computational system developed for the compilation of an anthropogenic emission inventory of gaseous pollutants for Greece. The inventory was developed using a geographical information system integrated with SQL programming language to provide high temporal gridded emission fields for CO, NO 2 , NO, SO 2 , NH 3 and 23 nonmethane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) species for the reference year 2003. Activity and statistical data from national sources were used for the quantification of emissions from the road transport, the other mobile sources and machinery sectors and from range activities using top-down or bottom-up methodologies. Annual emission data from existing national and European emission databases were also used. The emission data were spatially and temporally disaggregated using source-specific spatiotemporal indicators. On national scale, the road transport sector produces about 60% of the annual CO and NMVOC total emissions, with gasoline vehicles being the main CO and NMVOC emissions source. The road transport is responsible for approximately half of the higher alkanes and for more than half of the ethene and toluene emissions. The maritime sector accounts for about 40% of the annual total NO x emissions, most of which are emitted by the international shipping subsector, whilst SO 2 is emitted mainly by the energy sector. The evaluation of the emissions inventory suggests that it provides a good representation of the amounts of gaseous pollutants emitted on national scale and a good characterisation of the relative composition of CO and NO x emission in the large urban centres.

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“…4 These sources are treated as area emissions and spatially disaggregated with the top-down approach, which was earlier successfully applied for other countries. [32][33][34] Here, the top-down procedure is performed separately for commercial, residential, and agricultural combustion sources and coal and gas fuels ( Figure 2). First, the national total emissions of each subsector and a given fuel are divided into the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) level 2 regions (Figure 2) according to information on coal or gas consumption in the SNAP subsector considered.…”

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The Effect of Emission from Coal Combustion in Nonindustrial Sources on Deposition of Sulfur and Oxidized Nitrogen in Poland

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Werner

Błaś

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Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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Poland has one of the largest sulfur and nitrogen emissions in Europe. This is mainly because coal is a main fuel in industrial and nonindustrial combustion. The aim of this paper is to assess the amount of sulfur and nitrogen deposited from SNAP sector 02 (nonindustrial sources) coal combustion. To assess this issue, the Fine Resolution Atmospheric Multipollutant Exchange (FRAME) model was used. The results suggest that industrial combustion has the largest impact on deposition of oxidized sulfur, whereas the oxidized nitrogen national deposition budget is dominated by transboundary transport. The total mass of pollutants deposited in Poland, originating from nonindustrial coal combustion, is 45 Gg of sulfur and 2.5 Gg of nitrogen, which is over 18% of oxidized sulfur and nearly 2% of oxidized nitrogen deposited. SNAP 02 is responsible for up to 80% of dry-deposited sulfur and 11% of nitrogen. The contribution to wet deposition is largest in central Poland in the case of sulfur and in some areas can exceed 11%. For oxidized nitrogen, nonindustrial emissions contribute less than 1% over the whole area of Poland. The switch from coal to gas fuel in this sector will result in benefits in sulfur and nitrogen deposition reduction.

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A Spatially and Temporally Disaggregated Anthropogenic Emission Inventory in the Southern Balkan Region

Cited by 24 publications

References 22 publications

Simulated Summertime Regional Ground-Level Ozone Concentrations over Greece

Simulated Summertime Regional Ground-Level Ozone Concentrations over Greece

A Computational Approach Based on GIS Technology for the Development of an Anthropogenic Emission Inventory of Gaseous Pollutants in Greece

The Effect of Emission from Coal Combustion in Nonindustrial Sources on Deposition of Sulfur and Oxidized Nitrogen in Poland

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