scholarly journals A short review on different techniques used for site selection of air quality monitoring stations

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Hemanth Kollati ◽  
◽  
Animesh Debnath ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Air Quality Index ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring Stations ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Monitoring Stations

Air pollution has become a serious concern across the world in the last few decades. In specific cities, the air quality index value had changed from very unhealthy to a hazardous level of health concern. Air pollution has a serious impact on daily lives in those cities. Monitoring of air pollution is becoming necessary these days. Air quality monitoring stations are installed to get the air pollution data, which indicates in the air quality index (AQI) value. In order to contain a proper air quality index (AQI) value, it is essential to locate the air quality monitoring stations in the appropriate place of the study area. Several techniques were being used for site selection of air quality monitoring stations for the last few decades. In this short review, all such techniques have been studied systematically, and comprehensive analysis has been reported for further use by the scientific community and policymakers. In this study, the methods used in the site selection of air quality monitoring stations were categorized into four groups. (1) Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques; (2) Geographical Information System (GIS); (3) hybrid techniques; and (4) miscellaneous. In the site selection of air quality monitoring stations, the decision-makers should consider various parameters based on the study area. While considering various parameters, the problem solving becomes complex. At this point, MCDM techniques, GIS, and Hybrid techniques are found to be helpful tools for the decision-makers.

scholarly journals A New Approach for Site Selection of Air Quality Monitoring Stations: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1390-1402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halil İbrahim Hacıoğlu ◽  
Akif Arı ◽  
Aysun Özkan ◽  
Tolga Elbir ◽  
Gürdal Tuncel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring Stations ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Monitoring Stations

scholarly journals Analysis of a Pollution Transmission Process in Hefei City Based on Mobile Lidar

2020 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 02006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Zhaoming Zhou ◽  
Conglei Ye ◽  
Jibing Shi ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring ◽  
Lidar System ◽  
Transmission Process ◽  
A New Technique ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring Stations ◽  
Pollution Transmission ◽  
Monitoring Stations

The air pollution has been regional in China with the development of economy. To monitoring the air pollution transmission, a new technique, mobile lidar system (GBQ-S01), was introduced. In this paper, a pollution transmission process happened on October 26th, 2017, was analyzed with the use of mobile lidar, air quality monitoring stations data, and Hysplit backward trajectories. The results showed that the polluted air mass was transferred from northeast under the force of air pressure. Under the influences of air pollution transmission and bad meteorological diffusion conditions, The PM10 quality concentrations in Hefei increased a lot within 5 hours; among all the 10 national air quality monitoring stations, the Luyang District (the northernmost one) and Changjiang Middle Road (the easternmost one) received the most serious impact with PM10 concentration reached up to 252 μg/m3 and 219 μg/m3 at 22:00 (Beijing Time).

scholarly journals Fuzzy Based Prediction Model for Air Quality Monitoring for Kampala City in East Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Calorine Katushabe ◽  
Santhi Kumaran ◽  
Emmanuel Masabo
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Air Quality Index ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring ◽  
Pollutant Concentrations ◽  
Kampala City ◽  
Air Pollutant Concentrations

The quality of air affects lives and the environment at large. Poor air quality has claimed many lives and distorted the environment across the globe, and much more severely in African countries where air quality monitoring systems are scarce or even do not exist. Here in Africa, dirty air is brought about by the growth in industrialization, urbanization, flights, and road traffic. Air pollution remains such a silent killer, especially in Africa, and if not dealt with, it will continue to lead to health issues, such as heart conditions, stroke, and chronic respiratory organ unwellness, which later result in death. In this paper, the Kampala Air Quality Index prediction model based on the fuzzy logic inference system was designed to determine the air quality for Kampala city, according to the air pollutant concentrations (nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and fine particulate matter 2.5). It is observed that fuzzy logic algorithms are capable of determining the air quality index and therefore, can be used to predict and estimate the air quality index in real time, based on the given air pollutant concentrations. Hence, this can reduce the effects of air pollution on both humans and the environment.

scholarly journals Layout Methods of Monitoring Stations for Diesel Freight Trucks Emission Supervision Using Highway Traffic Survey Data—— Taking Shanxi Province as an Example

2020 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 02026
Author(s):  
Rui Wu ◽  
Honglei Xu ◽  
Jie Liu ◽  
Xiaowen Yang ◽  
Xiaoyu Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring ◽  
Road Inspection ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring Stations ◽  
Monitoring Stations

The in-use diesel trucks have high use intensity, high mobility, and frequent excessive emissions, which have become one of the important air pollution sources. The Action Plan for Tackling the Challenges of Diesel Truck Pollution Control issued by the Chinese government requires the establishment of a national monitoring network for transport-related air pollution and the use of various means to monitor diesel truck emissions. This study briefly summarized the requirements for diesel truck emission monitoring and supervision. Relying on the highway network traffic survey data, a method for identifying the main route of regional highway freight transportation was proposed. Then referring to the experience of highway air quality monitoring networks at home and abroad, the article proposed layout methods for roadside air quality monitoring stations, vehicle remote sensing monitoring stations, and road inspection stations, which fills the gap in domestic methods. At last, a demonstration study on the layout plan for the in-use diesel truck emissions monitoring stations in Shanxi Province was carried out. Taking Shanxi’s main highway freight corridors as the key supervision area, this article screened out 44 roadside air quality monitoring stations, 24 vehicle remote sensing monitoring stations, and 15 road inspection stations.

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