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The Impact of Selected Parameters on Visibility: First Results from a Long-Term Campaign in Warsaw, Poland

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Title (Dublin Core)

The Impact of Selected Parameters on Visibility: First Results from a Long-Term Campaign in Warsaw, Poland

Description (Dublin Core)

The aim of this study was to investigate how atmospheric air pollutants and meteorological conditions affected atmospheric visibility in the largest Polish agglomeration. The correlation analysis, principal component analysis (PCA) and generalized regression models (GRMs) were used to accomplish this objective. The meteorological parameters (temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, wind speed and insolation) and concentrations of the air pollutants (PM10, SO2, NO2, CO and O3) were recorded in 2004–2013. The data came from the Ursynów-SGGW, MzWarszUrsynów and Okęcie monitoring stations, located in the south of Warsaw (Poland). It was shown that the PM10 concentration was the most important parameter affecting the visibility in Warsaw. The concentration, and indirectly the visibility, was mainly affected by the pollutant emission from the flat/building heating (combustion of various fuels). It changed intensively during the research period. There were also periods in which this emission type did not have a great influence on the pollutant concentrations (mainly PM10) and visibility. In such seasons, the research revealed the influence of the traffic emission and secondary aerosol formation processes on the visibility.

Creator (Dublin Core)

Grzegorz Majewski
Wioletta Rogula-Kozłowska
Piotr O. Czechowski
Artur Badyda
Andrzej Brandyk

Subject (Dublin Core)

visibility
air pollutants
meteorological parameters
principal component analysis
generalized regression model
Meteorology. Climatology
QC851-999

Publisher (Dublin Core)

MDPI AG

Date (Dublin Core)

2015-08-01T00:00:00Z

Type (Dublin Core)

article

Identifier (Dublin Core)

2073-4433
10.3390/atmos6081154
https://doaj.org/article/de71f66e51524ab49653c9cbfd692390

Source (Dublin Core)

Atmosphere, Vol 6, Iss 8, Pp 1154-1174 (2015)

Language (Dublin Core)

EN

Relation (Dublin Core)

http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/6/8/1154
https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4433

Provenance (Dublin Core)

Journal Licence: CC BY