Open AccessInvestigation the influence of some meteorological factors on shipping air emissions in the Istanbul Strait
Author(s) -
Aydın Tokuşlu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scientific bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-8956
pISSN - 1454-864X
DOI - 10.21279/1454-864x-21-i1-022
Subject(s) - environmental science , air quality index , human health , relative humidity , wind speed , air pollution , pollutant , humidity , precipitation , population , meteorology , nox , atmospheric sciences , air pollutants , air temperature , environmental engineering , environmental protection , geography , environmental health , ecology , biology , medicine , geology , chemistry , organic chemistry , combustion
Shipping emissions are one of the most important environmental problems in Istanbul city and people living around the Bosphorus are unprotected from these effects every day. 35% of the population of Istanbul city (about 15 million people) live at a distance of approximately 4/5 km to the Bosphorus. Exhaust gas emissions (NOX, SOX, and PM) generated from transit ships have direct harmful effects on human health, the ecosystem, and the environment. Meteorological conditions play an important role in affecting air quality and human health due to seasonal changes and are closely related to air pollutant concentrations. In this study, the relationship of meteorological parameters (such as wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, pressure, precipitation) on the distribution of transit ship emissions was investigated using stepwise multiple regression and correlation analysis. A "good relationship" between the pollutants (NOX, SOX, PM) concentrations and meteorological parameters have been found.