『Abstract
To assess the effect of changes in traffic density and fuels
used for heating at the beginning of the 1990s, 1992-2005 monthly
averages of PM10, SO2,
NO2, NO, CO and O3 from
Prague, the Czech capital, were analyzed together with long term
trends in emissions of major pollutants, fuel consumption and
number of vehicles registered in Prague. The data from all monitoring
stations were retrieved from the database of the state automated
monitoring system. Correlation coefficients between ambient monthly
averaged temperature and all pollutants of concern showed distinct
seasonal trends. The results showed that while SO2
and to some extent also CO concentrations dropped namely in the
first half of the analyzed period (1992-1997) as a result decreased
fossil fuel consumption for local heating, the behaviour of other
pollutant concentrations followed a different pattern. PM10 concentrations decreased during the beginning
of the 1990s but showed a sign of increase after 2000. concentrations
of ozone and NO2 did not reveal any significant
change throughout the whole studied period. It can be concluded
that during the studied period traditional urban sources of pollution,
such as coal and oil combustion, lost their importance but were
simultaneously substituted by pollutants from automotive transport
(namely PM and NO2) making the problem of
air quality even worse.
Keywords: Urban air quality; Emission; Traffic; Sulfur dioxide;
Carbon monoxide; Nitrogen dioxide; Tropospheric ozone; Particulate
matter』
1. Introduction
2. Site and methods
3. Results and discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgement
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