Emission scenarios for air quality management and applications at local and regional scales including the effects of the future European emission regulation (2015) for the upper Rhine valley

Abstract. Air quality modeling associated with emission scenarios has become an important tool for air quality management. The set-up of realistic emission scenarios requires accurate emission inventories including the whole methodology used to calculate the emissions. This means a good description of the source characteristics including a detailed composition of the emitted fluxes. Two main approaches are used. The so-called bottom-up approach that relies on the modification of the characteristics of the sources and the top-down approach whose goal is generally to reach standard pollutant concentration levels. This paper is aimed at providing a general methodology for the elaboration of such emission scenarios and giving examples of applications at local and regional scales for air quality management. The first example concerns the impact of the installation of the urban tramway in place of the road traffic in the old centre of Strasbourg. The second example deals with the use of oxygenated and reformulated car fuels on local (Strasbourg urban area) and regional (upper Rhine valley) scales. Finally, we analyze in detail the impacts of the incoming European emission regulation for 2015 on the air quality of the upper Rhine valley.

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The representation of dust transport and missing urban sources as major issues for the simulation of PM episodes in a Mediterranean area

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions ◽

10.5194/acpd-9-15295-2009 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 15295-15325 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

E. Flaounas ◽

I. Coll ◽

A. Armengaud ◽

C. Schmechtig

Keyword(s):

Particulate Matter ◽

Air Quality ◽

Quality Management ◽

Road Traffic ◽

Sensitivity Study ◽

Mediterranean Coast ◽

Atmospheric Particulate Matter ◽

Air Quality Management ◽

Diurnal Variability ◽

Dust Transport

Abstract. Due to its adverse effects on human health, atmospheric particulate matter (PM) constitutes a growing challenge for air quality management. It is also a complex subject of study. The understanding of its atmospheric evolution is indeed made difficult by the wide number of sources and the numerous processes that govern its evolution in the troposphere. As a consequence, the representation of particulate matter in chemistry-transport models needs to be permanently evaluated and enhanced in order to refine our comprehension of PM pollution events and to propose consistent environmental policies. The study presented here focuses on a summer particulate pollution episode that occurred on the French Mediterranean coast. It aims at identifying the constitutive elements of this episode and to discuss its representation within a eulerian model. We first highlight the major role of dust transport from western Africa in the formation of a multi-day PM event. This result shows that dust import has to be regarded as a potentially major participant to PM events in Europe, even when considering moderate peak values. In parallel we focus on a lack of diurnal variability in the model, which is attributed to missing urban sources in standard emission inventories, and notably the resuspension of particles by urban road traffic. Through a sensitivity study based on PM and NOx measurements, we could assess the amplitude of this lack as well as the need to reconsider road traffic PM sources. In parallel, by coupling the CHIMERE-DUST model outputs to our simulation, we could show that the representation of transcontinental dust transport is a necessity for a better simulation of atmospheric particles in Southern Europe, and – in the frame of air quality management – for the quantification of the anthropogenic part of particulate matter pollution.

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Effect of Hotel Air Quality Management on Guests’ Cognitive and Affective Images and Revisit Intentions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18179346 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (17) ◽

pp. 9346

Author(s):

Junghyun Park ◽

Jae Leame Yoo ◽

Jongsik Yu

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Air Quality ◽

Quality Management ◽

Hotel Industry ◽

Air Quality Management ◽

Pollution Levels ◽

Revisit Intentions ◽

Hotel Managers ◽

The Impact ◽

The Empirical Analysis

Although city air pollution levels significantly affect the hotel industry, few studies have addressed the impact of air quality management on guests’ cognitive and affective image formation and revisit intentions. Therefore, this research examined the effects of hotel air quality management on the formation of guests’ cognitive and affective images and their revisit intentions. A total of 322 valid samples were obtained by surveying hotel guests who had perceived hotel air quality management activities in the past year, with SPSS 22.0 (IBM, New York, NY, USA) and AMOS 22.0 (IBM, New York, NY, USA) employed for the empirical analysis. The cognitive and affective image constructs revealed that cognitive (perceived value and perceived quality) image influenced revisit intentions but affective image did not. These results provide insights into the need for hotel managers to develop positive cognitive and emotional images through good air quality management and the need to induce customers to revisit based on these images.

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INTEGRATED MODELING OF ROAD TRAFFIC EMISSIONS: APPLICATION TO LISBON AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Cybernetics & Systems ◽

10.1080/0196972049051904 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 35 (5-6) ◽

pp. 535-548 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

C. BORREGO ◽

O. TCHEPEL ◽

L. SALMIM ◽

J. H. AMORIM ◽

A. M. COSTA ◽

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Keyword(s):

Air Quality ◽

Quality Management ◽

Road Traffic ◽

Integrated Modeling ◽

Traffic Emissions ◽

Air Quality Management ◽

Road Traffic Emissions

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The representation of dust transport and missing urban sources as major issues for the simulation of PM episodes in a Mediterranean area

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ◽

10.5194/acp-9-8091-2009 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 9 (20) ◽

pp. 8091-8101 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

E. Flaounas ◽

I. Coll ◽

A. Armengaud ◽

C. Schmechtig

Keyword(s):

Particulate Matter ◽

Air Quality ◽

Quality Management ◽

Road Traffic ◽

Sensitivity Study ◽

Mediterranean Coast ◽

Atmospheric Particulate Matter ◽

Air Quality Management ◽

Diurnal Variability ◽

Dust Transport

Abstract. Due to its adverse effects on human health, atmospheric particulate matter (PM) constitutes a growing challenge for air quality management. It is also a complex subject of study. The understanding of its atmospheric evolution is indeed made difficult by the wide number of sources and the numerous processes that govern its evolution in the troposphere. As a consequence, the representation of particulate matter in chemistry-transport models needs to be permanently evaluated and enhanced in order to refine our comprehension of PM pollution events and to propose consistent environmental policies. The study presented here focuses on two successive summer particulate pollution episodes that occurred on the French Mediterranean coast. We identify and analyze the constitutive elements of the first and more massive episode and we discuss their representation within a eulerian model. The results show that the model fails in reproducing the variability and the amplitude of dust import from western Africa, and that it constitutes a strong bias in PM daily forecasts. We then focus on the lack of diurnal variability in the model, which is attributed to missing urban sources in standard emission inventories, and notably the resuspension of particles by urban road traffic. Through a sensitivity study based on PM and NOx measurements, we assess the sensitivity of PM to local emissions and the need to reconsider road traffic PM sources. In parallel, by coupling the CHIMERE-DUST model outputs to our simulation, we show that the representation of transcontinental dust transport allows a much better representation of atmospheric particles in southern France, and that it is needed in the frame of air quality management for the quantification of the anthropogenic part of particulate matter pollution.

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Investigating Air Quality and Air-related Complaints in the City of Tshwane, South Africa

Clean Air Journal ◽

10.17159/caj/2011/20/2.7182 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

C Wright ◽

M.A Oosthuizen ◽

J Mostert ◽

L Van Niekerk3

Keyword(s):

Air Quality ◽

Quality Management ◽

Performance Indicator ◽

Ambient Air ◽

Health Data ◽

Ambient Air Pollution ◽

Air Quality Management ◽

Tract Infections ◽

The Impact ◽

The City

To determine the impact of implemented air quality interventions beyond ambient air pollution reductions, indicators need to be identified and appropriate health data need to be routinely collected to track airrelated health. Presently, the only regulated environmental health performance indicator routinely collected as part of air quality management is the air-related complaint lodged by the public. Here, five years of air-related complaints (n = 875) made by residents in the City of Tshwane (Pretoria, Gauteng)were analysed and considered in relation to ambient SO and PM concentrations monitored at 2 10 permanent air quality monitoring stations. When considering exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, there were 17 complaint days with either an SO or PM daily average concentration 2 10 exceedance. However, it was very difficult to make meaningful conclusions about the relation between ambient AQ and air-related complaints given social, economic and data challenges and constraints. There is a real need to have local, air-related health data, for example, upper and lower respiratory tract infections, asthma, etc, generated at clinics and hospitals delivered directly and on an on-going, continuously updated basis to those responsible for implementation of air quality management plans.

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