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标题：Air Quality Trends in Metropolitan Zones in Veracruz, México
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作者：Sergio Natan González Rocha ; Juan Cervantes Pérez ; José M. Baldasano Recio 等
期刊名称：Open Journal of Air Pollution
印刷版ISSN：2169-2653
电子版ISSN：2169-2661
出版年度：2016
卷号：05
期号：02
页码：64-94
DOI：10.4236/ojap.2016.52007
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：Mexico and currently in Veracruz state, there are metropolitan zones (MZ) growing. Therefore, main objective in this paper is to analyze new data and AQ trends during 01.09.2013 to 30.06.2015 of two new AQ monitoring stations installed in Xalapa and Minatitlan MZ in 2013-year. The methodology applied used quality criteria to the datasets, followed by data validation and statistics for further analysis to determine the hourly, weekly and yearly trends of NO2, O3, SO2, PM10 and PM2.5. Indicators were compared with Mexican standards, CAI-LAC report, WHO guidelines, EU and USA standards to evaluate the AQ in both sites. We observed AQ trends from moderate to bad in Xalapa and Minatitlan MZ where the PM10 and PM2.5 surpassed the WHO guidelines and Mexican standards. O3 and SO2 in Xalapa presented a quality from good to moderate and in Minatitlan sometimes were from moderate to bad. NO2 did not exceed the value limits of Mexican standards, only Xalapa has exceeded the WHO guidelines. In Minatitlan, the Mexican limits were not exceeded. Concluding, PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations were the main problem. Others pollutants that influenced the AQ were O3, NO2 and SO2 in Minatitlan MZ due probably to meteorology, site conditions, location and oil and petrochemical industries. In Xalapa, MZ NO2 and SO2 are attributed mainly to road transport.
关键词：Air Pollution;Air Quality Management;Air Quality Trends;NO₂;O₃;PM₁₀;PM_2.5;SO₂;Veracruz