Vehicle traffic effects on Madrid urban atmospheric pollution: featuring ozone dynamics by infrared lidar-dial technique

Taieb Gasmi; Angel Gonzalez Urena

doi:10.1117/12.452775

9 January 2002 Vehicle traffic effects on Madrid urban atmospheric pollution: featuring ozone dynamics by infrared lidar-dial technique

Taieb Gasmi, Angel Gonzalez Urena

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Proceedings Volume 4484, Lidar Remote Sensing for Industry and Environment Monitoring II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452775
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

In the present work, an IR lidar-dial technique was used to monitor ozone concentration in Madrid urban atmosphere. Interestingly, it was found an unusual increase of ozone concentration due to heavy traffic conditions accompanying the holiday rush despite the prevailing low photochemical activity. Consequently, the usual daily ozone profile shifts towards late hours. A direct and quantitative correlation between ozone pollution and human activity such as the excess of vehicle traffic accompanying summer holidays departures from Mdrid City was observed. This new type of information can stimulate the development of local models to understand the dynamic underlying urban pollution.

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Taieb Gasmi and Angel Gonzalez Urena "Vehicle traffic effects on Madrid urban atmospheric pollution: featuring ozone dynamics by infrared lidar-dial technique", Proc. SPIE 4484, Lidar Remote Sensing for Industry and Environment Monitoring II, (9 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452775

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