Air Quality Levels in the Vicinity of Three Major Greek Airports

Koulidis, Alexandros; Progiou, Athena; Ziomas, Ioannis

dc.contributor.author	Koulidis, Alexandros
dc.contributor.author	Progiou, Athena
dc.contributor.author	Ziomas, Ioannis
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-09T16:13:20Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-09T16:13:20Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/60174
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.26240/heal.ntua.27870
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού - Παρόμοια Διανομή 3.0 Ελλάδα	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/gr/	*
dc.subject	Emissions	en
dc.subject	Greek airports	en
dc.subject	Air pollution levels	en
dc.subject	EDMS	en
dc.subject	Computational approach	en
dc.subject	Exceedances	en
dc.title	Air Quality Levels in the Vicinity of Three Major Greek Airports	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Environment	en
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	ntua	el
heal.publicationDate	2020-02-10
heal.bibliographicCitation	Koulidis, A.G., Progiou, A.G. & Ziomas, I.C. Air Quality Levels in the Vicinity of Three Major Greek Airports. Environ Model Assess 25, 749–760 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-020-09699-6	en
heal.abstract	Aviation is a key element of the modern lifestyle, but its contribution to air pollution is considered significant. In this paper, the contribution of air traffic to air pollution levels in the area of the three larger airports of Greece is examined through the use of the EDMS model. EDMS is a regulatory model proposed by the US EPA for compliance checking of existing or planned airports with air quality limits. To ensure a better understanding of air traffic contribution to air quality levels, the hourly aircraft movements along with the corresponding meteorological data for a whole year, 2009, were taken into account. During this year, the number of aircraft movements was the largest ever recorded, both in Greece as a total and in each of the three airports of this work. Airport emissions calculated by EDMS are found to be in good agreement with emissions monitoring data at AIA as well as with emission results and published data for International Zurich Airport. Concentration results have shown that PM10 and SOx concentrations are well below the limit values, whereas NO2 concentrations exceeding limit value are expected in small areas under specific circumstances, when heavy air traffic coincides with meteorological conditions favoring air pollutant accumulation.	en
heal.publisher	Springer	en
heal.journalName	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	false
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-020-09699-6	el