Estimation of wind blown dust emissions in Europe and its vicinity

Anthropogenic and natural constituents in particulate matter in the Netherlands

“…During this study we could only identify one day with a significant impact of Saharan dust to PM (contribution ∼4% of the annual mean MD concentration). Korcz et al (2009) and Schaap et al (2009) show that wind blown dust at the European continent is a much smaller source for dust than traffic re-suspension and agricultural land management. More importantly, the wind blown dust source strength from soils other than arable land is low.…”

Determination of air quality zones in Turkey

“…Local authorities and municipalities, especially in metropolises, have made political decisions and actions to provide a fuel shift from coal to natural gas during the last decade in Turkey. Yilmaz (2009) stated that Turkey is 9th in lignite reserves, 8th in lignite production, and 12th in total coal (hard coal and lignite) consumption in the world (Janssen et al, 2008;Korcz et al, 2009;Yilmaz, 2009). Hard coal production is not able to meet Turkey's demand and covers only 13% of its consumption, but lignite production meets its demand in Turkey.…”

“…Turkey's arable land potential is mostly distributed over inland Anatolia and Northwestern Anatolia. Agricultural activities, in addition to dry and arable areas, are highly potential PM sources (Janssen et al, 2008;Karaca et al, 2009;Korcz et al, 2009). In Figure 1, a significant part of VCAZ and CAZ is located in the eastern part The air pollution profile cannot only be explained by the effect of meteorology and topography, but is also related to land use and washing out mechanisms during rain events.…”

Spatial statistical modelling of urban particulate matter

“…Wind activity is an important factor in the dust emission process, with the strength of emissions being a function of wind speed and landscape characteristics including soil type, vegetation and built surfaces. According to previous studies, wind speeds in excess of 6 m s −1 have been observed to induce emission fluxes in desert and arable areas (Korcz et al, 2009). For the Witwatersrand area which is part of our study area, Oguntoke et al (2013) found that wind speeds during dust episodes were at least 4 m s −1 .…”

“…The conditional or intra-class Kappa assessment are chosen for final validation or testing at a randomly selected AOI where all five land cover classes are evaluated (Banerjee et al, 1999). 3.3.3 Assessing the variability of observed PM 10 attributed to land cover Natural and anthropogenic sources of fugitive dust emissions in urban areas are a challenge in terms of separability (Mansell et al, 2007;Korcz et al, 2009). This is complicated by the reduction effect that vegetation and built structures have on ambient dust particles.…”