| Title: | [Air pollution in an urban area nearby the Rome-Ciampino city airport] |
| Author(s): | Di Menno di Bucchianico A; Cattani G; Gaeta A; Caricchia AM; Troiano F; Sozzi R; Bolignano A; Sacco F; Damizia S; Barberini S; Caleprico R; Fabozzi T; Ancona C; Ancona L; Cesaroni G; Forastiere F; Gobbi GP; Costabile F; Angelini F; Barnaba F; Inglessis M; Tancredi F; Palumbo L; Fontana L; Bergamaschi A; Iavicoli I; |
| Address: | Istituto superiore per la protezione e la ricerca ambientale (ISPRA). alessandro.dimenno@isprambiente.it |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1120-9763 (Print) 1120-9763 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "OBJECTIVES: to assess air pollution spatial and temporal variability in the urban area nearby the Ciampino International Airport (Rome) and to investigate the airport-related emissions contribute. DESIGN AND SETTING: the study domain was a 64 km2 area around the airport. Two fifteen-day monitoring campaigns (late spring, winter) were carried out. Results were evaluated using several runs outputs of an airport-related sources Lagrangian particle model and a photochemical model (the Flexible Air quality Regional Model, FARM). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: both standard and high time resolution air pollutant concentrations measurements: CO, NO, NO2, C6H6, mass and number concentration of several PM fractions. 46 fixed points (spread over the study area) of NO2 and volatile organic compounds concentrations (fifteen days averages); deterministic models outputs. RESULTS: standard time resolution measurements, as well as model outputs, showed the airport contribution to air pollution levels being little compared to the main source in the area (i.e. vehicular traffic). However, using high time resolution measurements, peaks of particles associated with aircraft takeoff (total number concentration and soot mass concentration), and landing (coarse mass concentration) were observed, when the site measurement was downwind to the runway. CONCLUSIONS: the frequently observed transient spikes associated with aircraft movements could lead to a not negligible contribute to ultrafine, soot and coarse particles exposure of people living around the airport. Such contribute and its spatial and temporal variability should be investigated when assessing the airports air quality impact" |
| Keywords: | Air Pollutants/*analysis Air Pollution/*analysis *Airports Rome Urban Health; |
| Notes: | "MedlineDi Menno di Bucchianico, Alessandro Cattani, Giorgio Gaeta, Alessandra Caricchia, Anna Maria Troiano, Francesco Sozzi, Roberto Bolignano, Andrea Sacco, Fabrizio Damizia, Sesto Barberini, Silvia Caleprico, Roberta Fabozzi, Tina Ancona, Carla Ancona, Laura Cesaroni, Giulia Forastiere, Francesco Gobbi, Gian Paolo Costabile, Francesca Angelini, Federico Barnaba, Francesca Inglessis, Marco Tancredi, Francesco Palumbo, Lorenzo Fontana, Luca Bergamaschi, Antonio Iavicoli, Ivo ita English Abstract Italy 2014/08/15 Epidemiol Prev. 2014 May-Aug; 38(3-4):244-53" |
