Characterisation of fine and coarse atmospheric aerosols at the measuring sites in Riga City Centre, Latvia

Agnese Osite; Arturs Viksna; Janis Kleperis; Iveta Steinberga

Characterisation of fine and coarse atmospheric aerosols at the measuring sites in Riga City Centre, Latvia

Agnese Osite^*
, Arturs Viksna
, Janis Kleperis
, Iveta Steinberga

^*Corresponding author for this work

City Development Department of Riga City Council

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Abstract

Good air quality in urban environment is an important issue for city sustainable development and prosperity of the population. Despite different improvements in vehicle, fuel and heating technologies that have made possible to reduce particulate matter emissions, high ambient aerosol concentrations are still an important challenge in several European cities, among them in Riga city (56°56′N, 24°6′E). PM₁₀, PM_2.5 and PM1 in Riga city is evaluated from direct monitoring results during time period from October 2009 until December 2010. Monthly means of PM₁₀ concentrations ranged from 21 to 73 μg m^-3, PM_2.5 from 13 to 63 μg m^-3 and PM₁ from 10 to 60 μg m ^-3. The data were used to characterize correlations between particulate matter concentrations, some other pollutants and meteorological factors. It is concluded that PM1₀ concentrations exceeded both thresholds: average daily concentration above 50 μg m^-3 more than 35 times a year, and annual average concentration - 40 μg m^-3 only on the densely congested traffic streets - Brivibas and Kr. Valdemara Street.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11
Pages	118-123
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, International Conference on Energy Systems, Environment, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, ICESEEI'11, 4th Int. Conference on Maritime and Naval Science and Engineering, MN'11 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 15 Sept 2011 → 17 Sept 2011

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Name	Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11

Conference

Conference	4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, International Conference on Energy Systems, Environment, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, ICESEEI'11, 4th Int. Conference on Maritime and Naval Science and Engineering, MN'11
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	15/09/11 → 17/09/11

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Coarse and fine particulate matter
Meteorological factors
PM1
PM
PM

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Osite, A., Viksna, A., Kleperis, J., & Steinberga, I. (2011). Characterisation of fine and coarse atmospheric aerosols at the measuring sites in Riga City Centre, Latvia. In Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11 (pp. 118-123). (Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11).

Osite, Agnese ; Viksna, Arturs ; Kleperis, Janis et al. / Characterisation of fine and coarse atmospheric aerosols at the measuring sites in Riga City Centre, Latvia. Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11. 2011. pp. 118-123 (Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11).

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Osite, A , Viksna, A, Kleperis, J & Steinberga, I 2011, Characterisation of fine and coarse atmospheric aerosols at the measuring sites in Riga City Centre, Latvia. in Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11. Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11, pp. 118-123, 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, International Conference on Energy Systems, Environment, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, ICESEEI'11, 4th Int. Conference on Maritime and Naval Science and Engineering, MN'11, Barcelona, Spain, 15/09/11.

Characterisation of fine and coarse atmospheric aerosols at the measuring sites in Riga City Centre, Latvia. / Osite, Agnese ; Viksna, Arturs; Kleperis, Janis et al.
Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11. 2011. p. 118-123 (Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11).

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Osite A , Viksna A, Kleperis J, Steinberga I. Characterisation of fine and coarse atmospheric aerosols at the measuring sites in Riga City Centre, Latvia. In Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11. 2011. p. 118-123. (Recent Advances in Environment, Energy Systems and Naval Science - Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on Environmental and Geological Science and Engineering, EG'11, ICESEEI'11, MN'11).

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