Ozone Monitoring In Lombardia (Northern Italy): The Towns, The Po Plain, The Alps
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
4
Pages
7
Published
1994
Size
442 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/AIR940272
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
G. Valli & R. Vecchi
Abstract
Ozone monitoring in Lombardia (Northern Italy): the towns, the Po Plain, the Alps G. Valli, R. Vecchi Instituto de Fisica Generale Applicata - University TA'a CWorm, Jg - 2073 MzWt, ABSTRACT Ozone and main pollutants' monitoring stations have been installed by the "Istituto di Fisica Generale Applicata" in various sites in Lombardia (Northern Italy) characterized by the different orography. In this paper we'll report on the Og measuring campaignes which have been carried out in Milan, in the Po Plain, on pre-Alps and Alps in the last years. Aim of our research is the study of ozone transport either on an horizontal scale and on a vertical one, besides the on-line monitoring of this pollutant's levels. The data analysis shows interesting trends with an increasing in Oo concentrations going from the Po Plain towards the pre-Alps. In fact in Brunate, on pre-Alps, we found monthly mean concentrations of 60-80 ppb in summer and of 20Keywords