Chapter 14: Evaluation of an emission inventory and air pollution in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires

VENEGAS, L.E.; MAZZEO, N.A.; PINEDA ROJAS, A.L.

Air quality - Models and applications

InTech

Lugar: Rijeka; Año: 2011; p. 261 - 288

This chapter presents a summary of the development and results of a high spatial and temporal resolution version of the emission inventory of carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) for the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (MABA), including area source emissions (motor vehicles, aircrafts, residential heating systems, commercial combustion and small industries). The spatial distributions of CO and NOx annual emission rates from area sources within the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires are shown with a spatial resolution of 1 x 1 km. The urban atmospheric dispersion model DAUMOD is applied to evaluate the air quality in the MABA due to the contribution of area source emissions in the urban area. Estimations of horizontal distributions of CO and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) background concentrations in the MABA are presented.