scholarly journals Spatio-temporal variations of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide in Turkey based on satellite remote sensing

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-175
Author(s):  
Doğukan Yavaşlı

The satellite observations of NO2 acquire the total tropospheric column over an area while the current ground observations lack spatial and temporal coverage. In this study the Dutch Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) NO2 (DOMINO) data product v2.0 for 2004 - 2019 period was used to analyze the spatial and temporal variations of NO2 in Turkey. Considering the seasonality characteristics of NO2, we have used pixel based Seasonal Kendall (S-K) test to investigate the trend of the change. The highest values of NO2 has been found at the metropolitan areas and perimeter of the high capacity power plants in the observed period. The monthly average concentrations of NO2 are higher in winter months due to the higher demand of heating and power usage. The S-K trend test results indicate a statistically negative trend at the largest cities such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. However statistically significant positive trend has been found in some areas and Syrian border provinces in particular. Our results show that there is an abrupt change by 2011 in the tropospheric NO2 concentrations, same period when the first Syrian refugees have arrived after the political disorder. The dramatic change at the emission landscape of the NO2 in the region can be explained by changes in population concentration due to political circumstances.

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Lin YANG ◽  
Zhen-Wei SONG ◽  
Hong WANG ◽  
Quan-Hong SHI ◽  
Fu CHEN ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Sahour ◽  
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Mohamed Sultan ◽  
Karem Abdelmohsen ◽  
Sita Karki ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kassim S. Mwitondi ◽  
Isaac Munyakazi ◽  
Barnabas N. Gatsheni

Abstract In the light of the recent technological advances in computing and data explosion, the complex interactions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) present both a challenge and an opportunity to researchers and decision makers across fields and sectors. The deep and wide socio-economic, cultural and technological variations across the globe entail a unified understanding of the SDG project. The complexity of SDGs interactions and the dynamics through their indicators align naturally to technical and application specifics that require interdisciplinary solutions. We present a consilient approach to expounding triggers of SDG indicators. Illustrated through data segmentation, it is designed to unify our understanding of the complex overlap of the SDGs by utilising data from different sources. The paper treats each SDG as a Big Data source node, with the potential to contribute towards a unified understanding of applications across the SDG spectrum. Data for five SDGs was extracted from the United Nations SDG indicators data repository and used to model spatio-temporal variations in search of robust and consilient scientific solutions. Based on a number of pre-determined assumptions on socio-economic and geo-political variations, the data is subjected to sequential analyses, exploring distributional behaviour, component extraction and clustering. All three methods exhibit pronounced variations across samples, with initial distributional and data segmentation patterns isolating South Africa from the remaining five countries. Data randomness is dealt with via a specially developed algorithm for sampling, measuring and assessing, based on repeated samples of different sizes. Results exhibit consistent variations across samples, based on socio-economic, cultural and geo-political variations entailing a unified understanding, across disciplines and sectors. The findings highlight novel paths towards attaining informative patterns for a unified understanding of the triggers of SDG indicators and open new paths to interdisciplinary research.


2014 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gui-Peng Yang ◽  
Bin Yang ◽  
Xiao-Lan Lu ◽  
Hai-Bing Ding ◽  
Zhen He

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