Abstract
The contribution of different anthropogenic source-sectors on ozone mixing ratios and PM2.5 concentrations over Europe is assessed for a summer month (July 2006) using the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Models-3 framework and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) anthropogenic emissions for 2006. Anthropogenic emission sources have been classified into 10 different Standard Nomenclature for Air Pollution (SNAP) categories. The road transport category, which is mainly responsible for NOX emissions, is estimated to have the major impact on Max8hrO3 mixing ratio suggesting an increase of 6.8% on average over Europe, while locally it is more than 20%. Power generation category is estimated to have the major impact on PM2.5 concentrations since it is the major source of SO2 emissions, suggesting an increase of 22.9% on average over Europe, while locally it is more than 60%. Agriculture category is also contributing significantly on PM2.5 concentrations, since agricultural activities are the major source of NH3 emissions, suggesting an increased by 16.1% on average over Europe, while in regions with elevated NH3 emissions the increase is up to 40%.
Highlights
Air pollution is a major environmental problem due to its known or suspected harmful effects on human health and the environment, e.g., [1,2]
A minor impact is simulated for the rest of the Standard Nomenclature for Air Pollution (SNAP) categories since
A minor impact is simulated for the rest of the SNAP categories, while the inclusion of SNAP 6 leads to a minor decrease on PM2.5 concentrations, locally
Summary
Air pollution is a major environmental problem due to its known or suspected harmful effects on human health and the environment, e.g., [1,2]. Air quality management strategies have been applied over recent years to reduce atmospheric pollutant concentrations, ozone and particulate matter pollution are still an issue. The sources of air pollutant emissions can be categorized as anthropogenic and natural emissions. While natural emissions have an important role in regulating the atmospheric composition Anthropogenic emissions are the source of air quality degradation [4]. Since only the anthropogenic part can be influenced by abatement measures, assessing the effect of different anthropogenic emission sectors on gaseous and particle concentrations is very important for more effective adaptation and implementation guidelines in air quality planning. Anthropogenic emission sources have been classified into different categories according to the Standard Nomenclature for Air Pollution (SNAP).
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