Abstract for presentation at 14th IUAPPA World Congress

Air Quality and Urban Climate of the Megacity Buenos Aires

  • Marcelina Arkouli, Universität Stuttgart, Institute of Process Engineering and Power Plant Technology, Germany
  • Ulrich Vogt, Universität Stuttgart - Institute of Process Engineering and Power Plant Technology, Germany
  • Wilfried Endlicher, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
  • Günter Baumbach, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
  • Eckart Schultz, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Dept. Human-Biometeorology, Germany
  • Marlen Müller, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
  • Uta Wolf-Benning, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
  • Graciela Ulke, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Laura Dawidowski, National Commission of Atomic Energy

    • The project BARUCA (Buenos Aires Research on Urban Climate and Air Pollution) was established to determine the air pollution situation in Buenos Aires city as well as the existence of specific local flow systems in the urban atmosphere and their influence on air pollutant dispersion in Buenos Aires. The purpose is to form the basis for an effective air pollution prevention management, which should be a critical component of future city planning. To achieve this objective, an intensive measurement period of one year from May 2006 till June 2007 is being performed. During this period air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), volatile organic compounds (VOC), as well as meteorological parameters were measured using passive sampling of NO2 and VOC, photometric and gravimetric estimation of PM and standard meteorological measurement techniques. For the investigation of local flow systems such as land and sea breezes coming from La Plata River, vertical soundings up to a height of 1000 meters above ground were performed using tethered balloon systems.
    Keywords: PM, NO2, VOC, land-sea breeze

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