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MONITORING THE CONCENTRATION OF PARTICULATE MATTER (PM10 AND PM2.5) IN SEVERAL ROADSIDE LOCATIONS IN MACAO
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- Ma, Fa Chong (Author)
- Lei, Man Tat (Contributor)
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MONITORING THE CONCENTRATION OF PARTICULATE MATTER (PM10 AND PM2.5) IN SEVERAL ROADSIDE LOCATIONS IN MACAO
Abstract
Road transportation is one of the main sources of air pollution in Macao. This study mainly explores four major roadside locations with high traffic flow in Macao from March to May 2022 and measures their pollutant concentrations (PM10 and PM2.5), traffic flow and their fuel type, as well as considering the meteorological parameters and pollutant concentration of SMG Macao to analyze the relationship between traffic flow and pollutants on roadside locations. Under the measuring distance between 3 and 6 meters, showing that the four locations had a good correlation with the roadside station data provided by SMG on both weekdays and weekends/holidays (PM2.5: R2 is 0.59 to 0.81 on weekdays and 0.79 to 0.88 on weekends/holidays, p<0.01; PM10: R2 is 0.33 to 0.82 on weekdays and 0.30 to 0.58 on weekends/holidays, p<0.05), the overall PM2.5 is 41 to 86% higher than that of the same period of Macao roadside station (SMG), and 68 to 186% higher than that of Taipa Ambient (SMG), indicating that it is more harmful to daily pedestrians. The overall relationship between PM concentration and traffic flow is small on the long-term scale (PM2.5: R2 is 0.01 to 0.13; PM10: R2 is 0.00 to 0.02). This study also analyzed air quality on EBL, the overall PM2.5 and PM10 decreased by 12.3% to 24.8% compared with non-EBL during the period, so that is indeed beneficial to the reduction of pollutant concentrations. In addition, narrower roads were overall higher when road widths added for comparison. Lastly, meteorological data added for comparison, except for relative humidity, it can be found that there is a significant correlation with long-term pollutants (p<0.05). While previous studies have found that single-day traffic flow is related to the increase in PM concentration, this paper is more inclined to their two-way effect when exploring their long-term relationship
University
University of Saint Joseph
Place
Macau
Date
2023
# of Pages
100
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Library Catalog (Koha)
Call Number
M-ESM 2023 MA,FA
Notes
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Environmental Sciences and Management in the Institute of Science and Environment, University of Saint Joseph, 2023Supervisor : Lei Man Tat
Citation
Ma, F. C. (2023). MONITORING THE CONCENTRATION OF PARTICULATE MATTER (PM10 AND PM2.5) IN SEVERAL ROADSIDE LOCATIONS IN MACAO [University of Saint Joseph]. https://library-opac.usj.edu.mo/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=207372
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