Relationship between high concentration of air pollutants and meteorological condition in Nagoya, a coastal city in central Japan
Conference
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OSTI ID:466295
- Toyohahsi Univ. of Technology (Japan)
To obtain knowledge for urban and regional planning suitable for the prevention of air pollution, the relationship between the high concentration of air pollutants and the meteorological condition was statistically investigated, using hourly SO{sub 2} and NO{sub x} concentration data measured in Nagoya for one year from April 1985 through March 1986. First, the daily average and maximum concentration of SO{sub 2} and NO{sub x} were calculated. Secondly, the {open_quotes}polluted days{close_quotes} were selected for each of warm and cool periods: the polluted days stand for those in which the concentrations at more than 50% of the monitoring stations of all within the highest thirties. Thirdly, for those selected days the diurnal variations of SO{sub 2}, NO{sub x} and meteorological factors such as wind speed, wind direction and atmospheric stability, were analyzed. Results are as follows. In the warm period, there was a clear difference in meteorological condition between the high-SO{sub 2} and high-NO{sub x} days. The high-SO{sub 2} days appeared mainly in {open_quotes}land and sea breezes{close_quotes} situation (hereafter LSB), which occurs in fine weather with light synoptic pressure gradient. In the days, SO{sub 2} concentration at many observation points showed sharp and clear peak in a day. Namely, the SO{sub 2} concentration reaches its peak value when sea breeze front passes over the observation point, and then decreases rapidly. On the other hand, the high-NO{sub x} concentrations usually occurs in cloudy and rainy days with weak mean wind (hereafter BW, {open_quotes}bad weather{close_quotes}). In these days, NO{sub x} concentration gradually rises to its peak value in the morning, and remains high during daytime. In the cool period, both of the high SO{sub 2} and NO{sub x} concentrations appeared mainly with the BW situation, and sometimes with a fine weather under very weak synoptic-scale pressure gradient conditions.
- OSTI ID:
- 466295
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606185--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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