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- Title
Trends of Air Pollution and Its Present Situation in Hiroshima Prefecture.
- Authors
Roy, Prabal K.; Sakugawa, Hiroshi
- Abstract
The ambient concentration of SO2, NOx and Ox in the atmosphere of Hiroshima, Fukuyama and Fuchu city which were monitored by the prefectural monitoring stations, are examined to give a picture of the typical air pollution at these sites. Results show that the yearly concentrations of SO2 in these areas are significantly fall from 20 to 6 ppb during 1978–1996 when the NOx concentrations having no such significant change which varies from 40 to 30 ppb. The Photo-chemical Oxidant (Ox) increases annually at the rate of 0.3 ppb to 0.6 ppb in Hiroshima city only. To know the present situation of air pollution the Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) system is used in the city of Higashi Hiroshima. The daily average concentrations of SO2, NO2, O3 and HONO measured during the period of August 1999 to March 2000 ranged from 1.4 ppb to 2.8 ppb, 13 ppb to 26.9 ppb, 21 ppb to 53.6 ppb and 1 ppb to 4.3 ppb respectively. The patterns of concentrations of NO2 and O3 measured by DOAS look similar to the seasonal patterns of NOx and Ox by the conventional system.
- Subjects
FUKUYAMA-shi (Japan); HIROSHIMA-shi (Japan); JAPAN; AIR pollution; AIR quality; POLLUTION
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2001, Vol 130, Issue 1-4, p1805
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1013992910320