Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ)
ΠΑΡΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΤΜΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΡΥΠΑΝΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΡΥΤΕΡΗΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗΣ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΠΟΛΥΚΥΚΛΙΚΟΥΣ ΑΡΩΜΑΤΙΚΟΥΣ ΥΔΡΟΓΟΝΑΝΘΡΑΚΕΣ
Abstract
dc:descriptionIN THE THESIS THE CONCENTRATIONS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH) IN THE ATHENS ATMOSPHERE WERE STUDIED. NINE DIFFERENT PAH WERE IDENTIFIED AND QUANTIFIED. THE RESULTS OF THESE DETERMINATIONS INDICATE THAT: (I) THE PAH CONCENTRATIONS WERE HIGHER IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF ATHENS CITY THAN IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA (II) THE PAH CONCENTRATIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE LOWER IN SUMMER. THE HIGHERVALUES OF PAH WERE MEASURED DURING SUNDAYS. (IV) THE PAH CONCENTRATIONS WERE HIGHER DURING THE MORNING HOURS 9-11. (V) THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF PAH WAS ABSORBED ON PARTICLES WITH DIAMETER OF LESS THAN 3.3 MM. (VI) DURING WINTER THE MAINPOLLUTION SOURCE OF PAH IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF ATHENS WAS THE CENTRAL HEATING WHILE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA IT WAS INDUSTRY. DURING SUMMER THE MAIN SOURCE WASVEHICLES. FOR BOTH SEASONS DIESEL VEHICLES WERE CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN GASOLINEVEHICLES. (VII) THE PAH CONCENTRATIONS WERE INCREASED DURING DAYS WITH SOUTH-WEST LOW WINDS AND WHEN TEMPERATURE INVERSION OCCURED. (VIII) THE ESTIMATED PROBABILITY OF LUNG CANCER DUE TO PAH CONCENTRATIONS MEASURED IN ATHENS WAS NEGLIGIBLE. (IX) THE PAH CONCENTRATIONS IN ATHENS ATMOSPHERE WERE OF THE SAME OR LOWERLEVEL IN COMPARISON TO THE CORRESPONDING LEVELS OF OTHER POLLUTED CITIES.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ)
- Year dc:date
- 1988
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Βύρας, Λοΐζος
Subjects
dc:subject × 22- Air pollution
- Ames test
- Chemistry
- ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
- LEVELS OF PAH IN ATHENS
- MUTAGENICITY OF AIR PARTICLES IN ATHENS
- Suspended particles
- Αιωρούμενα σωματίδια
- Ρύπανση, Ατμοσφαιρική
- ΔΟΚΙΜΑΣΙΑ AMES
- ΕΠΙΔΡΑΣΗ ΜΕΤΕΩΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΩΝ ΠΑΡΑΜΕΤΡΩΝ ΣΤΗ ΡΥΠΑΝΣΗ
- ΕΠΙΠΕΔΑ ΡΥΠΑΝΣΗΣ ΑΠΟ ΜΟΛΥΒΔΟ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ
- ΕΠΙΠΕΔΑ ΡΥΠΑΝΣΗΣ ΑΠΟ ΠΑΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ
- ΚΑΤΑΝΟΜΗ ΚΑΤΑ ΜΕΓΕΘΟΣ ΣΩΜΑΤΙΔΙΩΝ
- ΜΕΤΑΛΛΟΛΟΓΟΝΟΣ ΔΡΑΣΗ ΣΩΜΑΤΙΔΙΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ
- ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΙΚΗ ΧΗΜΕΙΑ
- ΠΗΓΕΣ ΠΑΥ ΣΤΗΝΑΘΗΝΑ
- Πολυκυκλικοί αρωματικοί υδρογονάνθρακες
- Χημεία
- Φυσικές Επιστήμες
- Natural Sciences
- Chemical Sciences
Rights
- Language dc:language
- gre
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.12681/eadd/1185
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:10442/1185