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According To Framework Directive 96/62/EC, Preliminary Assessment As A Tool For Air Quality Monitoring Network Design In A Chinese City

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

74

Pages

10

Published

2004

Size

953 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/AIR040411

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

I. Allegrini, C. PaternĂ², M. Biscotto, W. Hong, F. Liu, Z. Yin & F. Costabile

Abstract

In the framework of the Sino-Italian Program in which the Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory is participating, an Air Quality Monitoring System in the City of Suzhou (China) was implemented by the Institute for Atmospheric Pollution of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-IIA). As stated in Framework Directive 96/62/EC, preliminary assessment of air quality is a very important step in the identification of sites for fixed monitoring stations. To that end, 100 saturation stations, equipped with passive samplers for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, ammonia and BTX (benzene, toluene and xylene), were set up.

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