Statistical distributions for air pollution applied to the study of the particulate problem in Santiago

Authors
Morel, B Yeh, S Cifuentes, L
Citation
B. Morel et al., Statistical distributions for air pollution applied to the study of the particulate problem in Santiago, ATMOS ENVIR, 33(16), 1999, pp. 2575-2585
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology,"Earth Sciences
Journal title
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
ISSN journal
13522310 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
16
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2575 - 2585
Database
ISI
SICI code
1352-2310(199907)33:16<2575:SDFAPA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
An expression relating the distribution of concentrations of air pollutants to the emission levels is derived and applied to the study of the air poll ution problem of Santiago de Chile. Features specific to the area, like the geography and meteorology are included in a stochastic framework. The resu lting distribution is simple. It has two parameters which can be easily est imated from the data. It fits well the data from Santiago and is a powerful tool to analyze pollution data and design a mitigation strategy. The metho dology developed here can be applied to any city. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.