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    HighlightsImpact of shipping on air quality in the Adriatic/Ionian area is studied.An approach based on emission inventory, modelling and data was used.Emissions from maritime and road sector are comparable for PM and NOX.Relative impacts on PNC are 2–4 times larger than those on PM2.5 and PM10.Analysis of trends shows a decreasing impact on PM concentrations but not on PAHs.

    AbstractShipping is a growing transport sector representing a relevant share of atmospheric pollutant emissions at global scale. In the Mediterranean Sea, shipping affects air quality of coastal urban areas with potential hazardous effects on both human health and climate. The high number of different approaches for investigating this aspect limits the comparability of results. Furthermore, limited information regarding the inter-annual trends of shipping impacts is available. In this work, an approach integrating emission inventory, numerical modelling (WRF-CAMx modelling system), and experimental measurements at high and low temporal resolution is used to investigate air quality shipping impact in the Adriatic/Ionian area focusing on four port-cities: Brindisi and Venice (Italy), Patras (Greece), and Rijeka (Croatia). Results showed shipping emissions of particulate matter (PM) and NOx comparable to road traffic emissions at all port-cities, with larger contributions to local SO2 emissions. Contributions to PM2.5 ranged between 0.5% (Rijeka) and 7.4% (Brindisi), those to PM10 were between 0.3% (Rijeka) and 5.8% (Brindisi). Contributions to particle number concentration (PNC) showed an impact 2–4 times larger with respect to that on mass concentrations. Shipping impact on gaseous pollutants are larger than those to PM. The contribution to total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) concentrations was 82% in Venice and 56% in Brindisi, with a different partition gas-particle because of different meteorological conditions. The inter-annual trends analysis showed the primary contribution to PM concentrations decreasing, due to the implementation of the European legislation on the use of low-sulphur content fuels. This effect was not present on other pollutants like PAHs.


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    Titel :

    Atmospheric impact of ship traffic in four Adriatic-Ionian port-cities: Comparison and harmonization of different approaches


    Beteiligte:
    Merico, E. (Autor:in) / Gambaro, A. (Autor:in) / Argiriou, A. (Autor:in) / Alebic-Juretic, A. (Autor:in) / Barbaro, E. (Autor:in) / Cesari, D. (Autor:in) / Chasapidis, L. (Autor:in) / Dimopoulos, S. (Autor:in) / Dinoi, A. (Autor:in) / Donateo, A. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2016-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    15 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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