Determination of air quality zones in Turkey

Karaca, Ferhat

doi:10.1080/10473289.2012.655883

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“…Environmental quality is a term associated with several aspects of “comfort,” both for people and for biological systems, and depends primarily on the availability of water, air quality, and temperature (Buchholz et al 2014 ; Harlan et al 2014 ; Karaca 2012 ). Water that falls as rain becomes an important regulator of temperature and, in turn, is related to extreme events, such as drought and dust storms (Al-Kaisi et al 2012 ; Zhang et al 2012 ).…”

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“…The impact analysis of future climatic variability in terms of rainfall and temperature began with the creation of a projected layer (shp) according to the locations ( x , y ) for each WS. The data were interpolated for all of the variables included in the study (zi) using an inverse distance-weighted (IDW) method in ArcMap 10.1® (ESRI, Redlands, CA, USA); the same method has been used in similar studies (Karaca 2012 ; López-Santos et al 2013 ). The first product of this process was the creation of a raster layer adjusted to the maximum and minimum extreme values.…”

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Use of two indicators for the socio-environmental risk analysis of Northern Mexico under three climate change scenarios

López-Santos

Martínez-Santiago

2014

Air Qual Atmos Health

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The aims of this study were to (1) find critical areas susceptible to the degradation of natural resources according to local erosion rates and aridity levels, which were used as environmental quality indicators, and (2) identify areas of risk associated with the presence of natural hazards according to three climate change scenarios defined for Mexico. The focus was the municipality of Lerdo, Durango (25.166° to 25.783° N and 103.333° to 103.983° W), which has dry temperate and very dry climates (BSohw and BWhw). From the Global Circulation Models, downscaling techniques for the dynamic modeling of environmental processes using climate data, historical information, and three regionalized climate change scenarios were applied to determine the impacts from laminar wind erosion rates (LWER) and aridity indices (AI). From the historic period to scenario A2 (ScA2, 2010–2039), regarding greenhouse gas emissions, the LWER was predicted to reach 147.2 t ha−1 year−1, representing a 0.5 m thickness over nearly 30 years and a change in the AI from 9.3 to 8.7. This trend represents an increase in drought for 70.8 % of the study area and could affect 90 % of the agricultural activities and approximately 80 % of the population living in the southeastern Lerdense territory.

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Use of two indicators for the socio-environmental risk analysis of Northern Mexico under three climate change scenarios

López-Santos

Martínez-Santiago

2014

Air Qual Atmos Health

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“…The critical elements are the availability of fresh water, air quality and temperature (Karaca, 2012;Kuo-Jen et al, 2012). The water in the form of rain becomes important in regulating temperature and its relationship with extreme events, such as drought and dust storms, among others (Sun et al, 2003;Batjargal et al, 2006;Zhang et al, 2012).…”

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“…The data were interpolated for each of the variables included in the study (zi), using an inverse distance-weighted (IDW) method in ArcMap 10 (ESRI), the same method used by Karaca (2012). The first product of this process was the creation of a raster layer adjusted to maximum and minimum extreme values.…”

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Modeling the potential impact of climate change in northern Mexico using two environmental indicators

López-Santos¹,

Espinoza²,

López³

et al. 2013

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RESUMENLa modelación de impactos locales, caracterizados por deterioro de los recursos naturales -especialmente agua y suelo-ante los efectos globales del cambio climático, se ha convertido en una poderosa herramienta en la búsqueda de medidas de mitigación y adaptación. Los objetivos de la presente investigación fueron: 1) evaluar mediante procesos de modelación el impacto potencial del cambio climático para el periodo 2010-2039 y 2) advertir sobre riesgos futuros a partir de la identificación de forzantes radiativos locales o áreas críticas, considerando el índice de aridez (IA) y erosión laminar del suelo causada por el viento (ELV) como dos indicadores de calidad ambiental. Se usaron técnicas de evaluación de los recursos naturales empleadas por el Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático (INECC) para los estudios de ordenamiento ecológico territorial. Los insumos empleados comprenden información climática actual y futura, cubiertas de suelos y propiedades edáficas asociadas al municipio de Gómez Palacio, Durango, México (25.886º N y 103.476º W). Los cálculos realizados a partir de las anomalías para los promedios anuales de precipitación y temperatura indican que el territorio municipal en el escenario A2 podría tener un impacto promedio de 63% causado por la ELV, en tanto que el IA probablemente cambie su promedio histórico de 9.3 a 8.7; se estima que el impacto promedio sobre este índice en el futuro será de 0.53 ± 0.2. ABSTRACTModeling the deterioration of natural resources, especially water and soil that results from the global effects of climate change has become a powerful tool in the search for mitigation and adaptation measures. The objectives of this research were: (1) to model the potential impact of climate change for the period 2010-2039, and (2) to offer advice about future risks based on local radiative forcing or critical areas and taking into account two indicators of environmental quality, the aridity index (AI) and laminar wind erosion (LWE). Evaluation techniques for natural resources, similar to those applied by the Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático (National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change) were used for studies of ecological land use. The inputs include climate information (current and future), soil cover and edaphic properties related to the municipality of Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico (25.886º N, 103.476º W). According to calculations estimated from the anomalies for the mean annual rainfall and mean annual temperature, in a future climate change scenario, an average impact of approximately 63% would be caused by LWE, and the AI would change from its historical value of 9.3 to 8.7. It is estimated that the average impact on the AI in the future will be 0.53 ± 0.2.

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“…Turkey followed the European Directive to define AQZs for eight different regional areas within its 81 provinces (CYGM, 2010). The process used multiple methods and tools, including statistical analysis of monitoring station historical data, use of geodatabases and Geographic Information System (GIS) evaluations, air dispersion and local sources, and meteorological effects (Karaca, 2012). Furthermore, the Turkish evaluation only employed average daily values of pollutants, instead of hourly averages, with daily values discarded if more than 30% of hourly data was unavailable.…”

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confidence: 99%