Sources of ambient particulate matter in Skopje urban area

Mirakovski, Dejan and Boev, Blazo and Zendelska, Afrodita and Hadzi-Nikolova, Marija and Boev, Ivan and Sijakova-Ivanova, Tena (2022) Sources of ambient particulate matter in Skopje urban area. In: 11th International Aerosol Conference (IAC), 4-9 Sept 2022, Athens, Greece.

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Abstract

In recent years, high air pollution episodes in most of
North Macedonia's cities have dominated the headlines,
confirming popular view that dirty air is by far the most
serious environmental and health issue confronting the
country's urban population. The country's capital and
most populous city Skopje is frequently at the top of
numerous pollution rankings and is among the cities in
Eastern Europe and Central Asia that significantly
exceed the EU yearly limit value for PM 2.5. (Almeida et
al 2020). However, the restricted scope and temporally
scattered data about pollution sources, allow for
scepticism, thwarting any efforts to apply effective
abatement techniques.
Main goal of Source Apportionment (SA) study
for Skopje Agglomeration was to derive information
about pollution sources and the amount they contribute
to ambient air pollution levels. The study includes
selection of representative receptor/monitoring site,
sampling, chemical speciation, and construction of
multivariate receptor model, following the European
Guide on Air Pollution Source Apportionment with
Receptor Models, Revised version, JRC (2019).
Karposh urban background monitoring station, a
part of national monitoring network, was selected as
representative receptor exposed to the mix of sources
in the urban area.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Engineering and Technology > Environmental engineering
Divisions:	Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences
Depositing User:	Afrodita Zendelska
Date Deposited:	28 Nov 2022 11:53
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2022 11:53
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/30558

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