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

Autori
Merico, Eva ; Gambaro, Andrea ; Argiriou, Athanassios A. ; Alebić-Juretić, Ana ; Barbaro, Elena ; Cesari, Daniela ; Chasapidis, Leonidas ; Dimopoulos, S. ; Dinoi, Adelaide ; Donateo, Antonio ; Giannaros, Christos ; Gregoris, Elena ; Karagiannidis, Athanasios F. ; Konstandopoulos, A.G. ; Ivošević, Tatjana ; Liora, Natalia ; Melas, Dimitrios ; Mifka, Boris ; Orlić, Ivica ; Poupkou, Anastasia ; Šarovic, Kristina ; Tsakis, Apostolos ; Giua, Roberto ; Pastore, Tiziano ; Nocioni, Alessandra ; Contini, Daniele

Izvornik
Transportation research part d-transport and environment (1361-9209) 50 (2017); 431-445

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
shipping ; particulate matter ; receptor models ; emission inventory ; WRF-CAMx

Sažetak
Shipping 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.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija, Kemija, Tehnologija prometa i transport

Napomena
Rad je resultant europskog MED projekta POSEIDON, br. 1M-MED14-12.

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