Quality Management System in Air Quality Measurements for Sustainable Development
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- EN 14625:2013 Ambient air. Standard method for the measurement of the concentration of ozone by ultraviolet photometry [12];
- EN 14212:2012 Ambient air. Standard method for the measurement of the concentration of sulphur dioxide by ultraviolet fluorescence [13];
- EN 14211:2013 Ambient air. Standard method for the measurement of the concentration of nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen monoxide by chemiluminescence [14];
- EN 12341:2014 Ambient air. Standard gravimetric measurement method for the determination of the PM10 or PM2.5 mass concentration of suspended particulate matter [15].
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Number of Valid Records | Mean | Uncertainty | Min. | Uncertainty | Max. | Uncertainty | SD | CV | Median |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PM2.5 [µg/m3] | 93 | 9.6 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 20.1 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 35.6 | 8.9 |
PM10 [µg/m3] | 93 | 19.6 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 0.6 | 93.5 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 66.4 | 15.7 |
NO2 [µg/m3] | 93 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 30.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 45.8 | 8.6 |
SO2 [µg/m3] | 93 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 46.2 | 4.0 |
O3 [µg/m3] | 93 | 33.1 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 79.2 | 11.9 | 22.5 | 68.0 | 30.7 |
RH [%] | 93 | 84.9 | 54.8 | 99.1 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 90.4 | |||
AT [°C] | 93 | 14.1 | 3.8 | 19.7 | 3.6 | 25.2 | 14.9 | |||
WD [°C] | 93 | 218.1 | 30.5 | 339.0 | 74.8 | 34.3 | 235.5 | |||
WS [m/s] | 93 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 66.0 | 1.2 |
Parameter | PC1 | PC2 | PC3 |
---|---|---|---|
PM2.5 | 0.6 | −0.70 * | 0.1 |
PM10 | 0.6 | −0.75 * | 0.1 |
NO2 | 0.2 | −0.5 | −0.2 |
SO2 | −0.3 | −0.1 | 0.94 * |
O3 | −0.97 * | −0.1 | 0.1 |
RH | 0.87 * | −0.2 | −0.4 |
AT | −0.72 * | 0.4 | −0.2 |
WD | −0.75 * | 0.4 | −0.3 |
WS | −0.82 * | 0.3 | −0.2 |
Variance | 48% | 18% | 14% |
Cumulative variance | 48% | 66% | 80% |
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Kozłowski, R.; Szwed, M.; Kozłowska, A.; Przybylska, J.; Mach, T. Quality Management System in Air Quality Measurements for Sustainable Development. Sustainability 2024, 16, 7537. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177537
Kozłowski R, Szwed M, Kozłowska A, Przybylska J, Mach T. Quality Management System in Air Quality Measurements for Sustainable Development. Sustainability. 2024; 16(17):7537. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177537
Chicago/Turabian StyleKozłowski, Rafał, Mirosław Szwed, Aneta Kozłowska, Joanna Przybylska, and Tomasz Mach. 2024. "Quality Management System in Air Quality Measurements for Sustainable Development" Sustainability 16, no. 17: 7537. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177537