An experimental study of the dispersion of the emissions from chimneys in reading—I: The study of long-term average concentrations of sulphur dioxide

Marsh, K.J.; Foster, Michaela

doi:10.1016/0004-6981(67)90022-4

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“…Most former investigators-for example, Höschele, 1 Marsh and Foster, 2 Bringfelt, 3 and Elsom and Chandler 4 -adopted their models of statistical analysis on a simple power-law expression, each parameter raised to a certain power as a multiplier. On the other hand, Annand and Hudson 5 proposed the nonlinear model to correlate pollutant concentrations and some meteorological parameters.…”

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Determination and Parameterization of Some Air Pollutants as a Function of Meteorological Parameters in Kayseri, Turkey

Kartal

Özer

1998

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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In this paper, the statistical relations between meteorological parameters and some pollutant ground level concentrations are presented. The daily average sulfur dioxide and smoke values were measured at five stations in Kayseri over 20 months. The model adopted for analysis differed from the power-law form selected by former investigators. Wind speed, degree-day temperature, the percentage of relative humidity, the previous day's pollution concentrations, and the amount of global solar radiation were the variables of multiple regression equations that were derived to calculate pollutant concentrations. The amount of cloud cover, however, had no important effect on the pollutant concentrations. The average variances of these regression equations were found as 84 and 75% for sulfur dioxide and smoke concentrations, respectively. The calculated pollutant concentrations utilizing forecast meteorological parameters reflected that the occurrence of high pollutant concentrations can be predicted.

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Determination and Parameterization of Some Air Pollutants as a Function of Meteorological Parameters in Kayseri, Turkey

Kartal

Özer

1998

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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“…The variable most highly correlated with sulfur dioxide is air temperature, with r = -0.51 for the five years of data ( N = 451 days). This inverse relationship, primarily a result of increased space heating requirements, has been confirmed in numerous studies (Marsh and Foster 1967;Cleroux, Ray, and Robert 1980;Bringfelt 1971). Dewpoint, which is strongly collinear with air temperature ( r = .89), showed a slightly weaker inverse relationship with sulfur dioxide.…”

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A Synoptic Climatological Approach For Geographical Analysis: Assessment of Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations

Kalkstein

Corrigan

1986

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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The popularity of using synoptic climatological approaches to evaluate environmental problems has undergone a recent resurgence, and several objective procedures have been developed. The purpose of this study is to propose an objective methodology to characterize air masses at a given locale and to show that a holistic synoptic approach may provide better results than traditional statistical approaches in evaluating the impact of climate on sulfur dioxide concentrations. The relationships between individual weather variables and sulfur dioxide were weak when they were examined via stepwise multiple regression. The synoptic methodology, using principal components analysis and a clustering procedure, proved more informative. We were able to identify air mass categories exhibiting particularly high sulfur dioxide concentrations and synoptic scenarios of long duration contributing to severe concentration levels. Additionally, those air mass categories most strongly associated with low-level, pollution-inducing inversions were noted. The synoptic procedure should prove helpful in determining if long-term trends in concentration can be attributed to weather conditions or to changes in emissions.

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“…In the United States, the establishment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) created the need for emission inventories, because once there were standards, there was a need to quantify the extent of pollution, and to identify the sources, the type, and the amount of pollution they produced (Cabreza 1999). Two of the earliest inventories prepared in the UK were for Sheffield (Garnett 1967) and Reading (Marsh & Foster 1967). The first London inventory was prepared by the Scientific Branch of the former Greater London Council by David Ball and Sam Radcliffe (1979).…”

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2003

Handbook of Atmospheric Science

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An experimental study of the dispersion of the emissions from chimneys in reading—I: The study of long-term average concentrations of sulphur dioxide

Cited by 30 publications

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Determination and Parameterization of Some Air Pollutants as a Function of Meteorological Parameters in Kayseri, Turkey

Determination and Parameterization of Some Air Pollutants as a Function of Meteorological Parameters in Kayseri, Turkey

A Synoptic Climatological Approach For Geographical Analysis: Assessment of Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations

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