The direct influence of ship traffic on atmospheric PM2.5, PM10 and PAH in Venice

Contini, Daniele; Gambaro, Andrea; Belosi, Franco; Pieri, S. De; Cairns, Warren R. L.; Donateo, Antonio; Zanotto, E.; Citron, M.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.01.016

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“…Diesel exhaust is known to contain more particulate matter than gasoline exhaust, and heavier PAH, such as DahA, BghiP and IcdP are associated with these particles (Cristale et al, 2012;Manoli et al, 2004;Ravindra et al, 2008;Umbuzeiro et al, 2008). Different authors also attributed the high contribution of high molecular weight to both maritime and airport traffic emissions (Contini et al, 2011;Lee et al, 2004;Moldanová et al, 2009). The CPF (Figure 3) plot for this factor points that high source contribution was more likely related to an easterly wind direction in the cold period suggesting an impact from the highways and an industrial park known as "Ciudad del Transporte" (Figure 1) where most of the heavy-duty vehicles are parked.…”

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Nature and sources of particle associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the atmospheric environment of an urban area

Callén

López

Iturmendi

et al. 2013

Environmental Pollution

133

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The total PAH associated to the airborne particulate matter (PM10) was apportioned by one receptor model based on positive matrix factorization (PMF) in an urban environment (Zaragoza city, Spain) during February 2010-January 2011. Four sources associated with coal combustion, gasoline, vehicular and stationary emissions were identified, allowing a good modelling of the total PAH (R 2 =0.99). A seasonal behaviour of the four factors was obtained with higher concentrations in the cold season. The NE direction was one of the predominant directions showing the negative impact of industrial parks, a paper factory and a highway located in that direction. Samples were classified according to hierarchical cluster analysis obtaining that, episodes with the most negative impact on human health (the highest lifetime cancer risk concentrations), were produced by a higher contribution of stationary and vehicular emissions in winter season favoured by high relative humidity, low temperature and low wind speed. Keywords: PM10; PAH; receptor model; PMF; source apportionment.Episodes with the most negative impact on human health regarding PAH were produced by a higher contribution of stationary and vehicular emissions in winter season.

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Section: Pah Source Apportionment By Pmfmentioning

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Nature and sources of particle associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the atmospheric environment of an urban area

Callén

López

Iturmendi

et al. 2013

Environmental Pollution

133

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“…In more detail, first with reference to the technical perspective, several studies have investigated CO 2 emissions or other dangerous airborne emissions arising from international shipping [46,[57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67]. Other studies have investigated carbon emissions per passenger-kilometer, as well as the burning of oil (especially heavy fuel oil and marine diesel oil) from international vessels regarding the emission of CO 2 , SO 2 , NO x , and hydrocarbons into the atmosphere [62,[68][69][70][71][72].…”

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Management Innovation for Environmental Sustainability in Seaports: Managerial Accounting Instruments and Training for Competitive Green Ports beyond the Regulations

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Abstract:In the last 30 years, environmental sustainability has been receiving increasing attention by scholars and operators. All the seaport stakeholders, including port authorities (PAs), policy-makers, port users, any port stakeholders, and local communities, must invest substantial resources to achieve high competitiveness with respect of the environment. Drawing from the extant regulations system and conducting a deep review of the main contributions on the phenomenon, this conceptual study suggests managerial accounting instruments and training, which are still under-researched, as effective measures for enforcing and encouraging green port development. This three-step study consists of a systematic review of the regulatory frameworks and literature on the phenomenon, and an outline of the gap of the legislative framework and research, from a management innovation perspective, where effective managerial practices for environmental sustainability are not successfully suggested and implemented within seaports. On the one hand, the Balanced Scorecard and Tableau de Bord are identified and proposed as managerial accounting instruments for assessing, monitoring, measuring, controlling, and reporting the organizational processes of port players, mainly PAs, for developing competitive green ports. On the other hand, training has been suggested to educate and guide the human resources at all organizational levels within seaports, for supporting and developing awareness and behavioral attitudes in the direction of environmental sustainability.

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“…High loadings of larger molecular weight PAHs and low loadings of the smaller ones have been also linked to the combustion of heavy oils, like those used as fuels for jets and big ships (Lee et al 2004). As in Venice both maritime and airport traffic emissions are significant (Contini et al 2011), this latter interpretation appears the most probable for this factor.…”

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GC-MS analyses and chemometric processing to discriminate the local and long-distance sources of PAHs associated to atmospheric PM2.5

Masiol

Centanni

Hofer

et al. 2012

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Purpose This study presents a procedure to differentiate the local and remote sources of particulate-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Methods Data were collected during an extended PM 2.5 sampling campaign (2009)(2010) carried out for 1 year in Venice-Mestre, Italy, at three stations with different emissive scenarios: urban, industrial, and semirural background. Diagnostic ratios and factor analysis were initially applied to point out the most probable sources. In a second step, the areal distribution of the identified sources was studied by applying the discriminant analysis on factor scores. Third, samples collected in days with similar atmospheric circulation patterns were grouped using a cluster analysis on wind data. Local contributions to PM 2.5 and PAHs were then assessed by interpreting cluster results with chemical data.Results Results evidenced that significantly lower levels of PM 2.5 and PAHs were found when faster winds changed air masses, whereas in presence of scarce ventilation, locally emitted pollutants were trapped and concentrations increased. This way, an estimation of pollutant loads due to local sources can be derived from data collected in days with similar wind patterns. Long-range contributions were detected by a cluster analysis on the air mass back-trajectories. Results revealed that PM 2.5 concentrations were relatively high when air masses had passed over the Po Valley. However, external sources do not significantly contribute to the PAHs load. Conclusions The proposed procedure can be applied to other environments with minor modifications, and the obtained information can be useful to design local and national air pollution control strategies.

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The direct influence of ship traffic on atmospheric PM2.5, PM10 and PAH in Venice

Cited by 111 publications

References 40 publications

Nature and sources of particle associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the atmospheric environment of an urban area

Nature and sources of particle associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the atmospheric environment of an urban area

Management Innovation for Environmental Sustainability in Seaports: Managerial Accounting Instruments and Training for Competitive Green Ports beyond the Regulations

GC-MS analyses and chemometric processing to discriminate the local and long-distance sources of PAHs associated to atmospheric PM2.5

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