Title
Tropospheric ozone production in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo Associated to the vehicular and industrial sources emissions
Date Issued
01 December 2008
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Moreira A.
Ynoue R.Y.
Sánchez-Ccoyllo O.R.
Andrade M.F.
Abstract
On a worldwide basis, vehicular emissions are prevailing contributors to air pollution in urban areas. The Metropolitan Area of Sao Paulo (MASP), Brazil, is no exception to this rule. Sao Paulo is a megacity of ∼ 18 million inhabitants which bears an unconventional mixture of vehicle types, burning various fuels, e.g., oxygenated gasoline (with ethanol), CNG, hydrated ethanol, and biofuels. Road vehicle emissions are considered the main source of air pollution in MASP. The impact of stationary and mobile sources on tropospheric ozone production in Sao Paulo was studied. The inclusion of the stationary sources resulted in an improvement of the correlation between the simulated and measured data, and a reduction in the mean bias. There is an urgent need to upgrade and update the information regarding other types of sources. The results should be viewed as an incremental enhancement in the knowledge of pollution dynamics in Sao Paulo. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 101st AWMA Annual Conference and Exhibition (Portland, OR 6/24-27/2008).
Start page
2580
End page
2584
Volume
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias ambientales
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-70449336843
ISBN
9781605607887
Source
Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA
ISSN of the container
10526102
Conference
101st Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition 2008
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