How Does the Location of Power Plants Impact Air Quality in the Urban Area of Bucharest?
This study investigates the impact of a thermal power plant site on air quality in Bucharest, Romania. It emphasizes the importance of accurate air pollutant inmission measurements in urban areas by utilizing mobile measurements of low-cost sensors, Copernicus’ Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Servi...
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| author | Doina Nicolae Camelia Talianu Jeni Vasilescu Alexandru Marius Dandocsi Livio Belegante Anca Nemuc Florica Toanca Alexandru Ilie Andrei Valentin Dandocsi Stefan Marius Nicolae Gabriela Ciocan Viorel Vulturescu Ovidiu Gelu Tudose |
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| description | This study investigates the impact of a thermal power plant site on air quality in Bucharest, Romania. It emphasizes the importance of accurate air pollutant inmission measurements in urban areas by utilizing mobile measurements of low-cost sensors, Copernicus’ Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS), and satellite retrieval to better understand climate change drivers and their potential impact on near- surface concentrations and column densities of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>NO</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, CO, and PM (particulate matter). It focuses the attention on the need of considering the placement of power plants in relation to metropolitan areas while making this assessment. The research highlights the limits of typical mesoscale air quality models in effectively capturing pollution dispersion and distribution using LUR (Land Use Regressions) retrievals. The authors investigate a variety of ways to better understand air pollution in metropolitan areas, including satellite observations, mobile measurements, and land use regression models. The study focuses largely on Bucharest, the capital of Romania, which has air pollution issues caused by vehicle traffic, industrial activity, heating systems, and power plants. The results indicate how the placement of a power plant may affects air quality in the nearby residential areas. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ae8d9850f3a4524b4207a3d956dac4d2025-08-20T03:27:08ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332025-05-0116663610.3390/atmos16060636How Does the Location of Power Plants Impact Air Quality in the Urban Area of Bucharest?Doina Nicolae0Camelia Talianu1Jeni Vasilescu2Alexandru Marius Dandocsi3Livio Belegante4Anca Nemuc5Florica Toanca6Alexandru Ilie7Andrei Valentin Dandocsi8Stefan Marius Nicolae9Gabriela Ciocan10Viorel Vulturescu11Ovidiu Gelu Tudose12Remote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaRemote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaRemote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaRemote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaRemote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaRemote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaRemote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaRemote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaRemote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaRemote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaRemote Sensing, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, RomaniaMechanisms and Robots Theory Department, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Robotics, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA, Splaiul Independentei 31, 060042 Bucharest, RomaniaINOESY SRL, Mestecanis 8, Valea Lupului, 707410 Iasi, RomaniaThis study investigates the impact of a thermal power plant site on air quality in Bucharest, Romania. It emphasizes the importance of accurate air pollutant inmission measurements in urban areas by utilizing mobile measurements of low-cost sensors, Copernicus’ Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS), and satellite retrieval to better understand climate change drivers and their potential impact on near- surface concentrations and column densities of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>NO</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, CO, and PM (particulate matter). It focuses the attention on the need of considering the placement of power plants in relation to metropolitan areas while making this assessment. The research highlights the limits of typical mesoscale air quality models in effectively capturing pollution dispersion and distribution using LUR (Land Use Regressions) retrievals. The authors investigate a variety of ways to better understand air pollution in metropolitan areas, including satellite observations, mobile measurements, and land use regression models. The study focuses largely on Bucharest, the capital of Romania, which has air pollution issues caused by vehicle traffic, industrial activity, heating systems, and power plants. The results indicate how the placement of a power plant may affects air quality in the nearby residential areas.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/16/6/636surface concentrationsparticulate matternitrogen dioxidepower plant pollutionland use regression modelmobile measurements |
| spellingShingle | Doina Nicolae Camelia Talianu Jeni Vasilescu Alexandru Marius Dandocsi Livio Belegante Anca Nemuc Florica Toanca Alexandru Ilie Andrei Valentin Dandocsi Stefan Marius Nicolae Gabriela Ciocan Viorel Vulturescu Ovidiu Gelu Tudose How Does the Location of Power Plants Impact Air Quality in the Urban Area of Bucharest? Atmosphere surface concentrations particulate matter nitrogen dioxide power plant pollution land use regression model mobile measurements |
| title | How Does the Location of Power Plants Impact Air Quality in the Urban Area of Bucharest? |
| title_full | How Does the Location of Power Plants Impact Air Quality in the Urban Area of Bucharest? |
| title_fullStr | How Does the Location of Power Plants Impact Air Quality in the Urban Area of Bucharest? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Does the Location of Power Plants Impact Air Quality in the Urban Area of Bucharest? |
| title_short | How Does the Location of Power Plants Impact Air Quality in the Urban Area of Bucharest? |
| title_sort | how does the location of power plants impact air quality in the urban area of bucharest |
| topic | surface concentrations particulate matter nitrogen dioxide power plant pollution land use regression model mobile measurements |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/16/6/636 |
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