Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2015, 17(3):119-123 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2015.3.119-123

Dominant Air Pollution Source Determination in the Vicinity of Coking Plant Based on Statistical Data Analysis

Jan Bitta1, Irena Pavlikova1, Ondrej Zavila2, Pavel Platos1, Jose Maria Caridad y Ocerin3
1 Institute of Environmental Technology, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
2 Department of Fire Protection, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
3 Department of Statistics, Econometrics and Operations Research, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain

The goal of the article is to present the statistical analysis based determination of the dominant air pollution sources in one of the Ostrava pollution monitoring stations. Statistical analyses were based on correlation analysis and quantile-based time pattern analysis. These analyses were able to prove that benzene and toluene pollution is dominantly caused by the same pollution sources. The time pattern analysis then proved the dominance of a nearby cokery. Time pattern analyses also proved traffic to be the dominant source of NO2 pollution and PM10 pollution to be the mix of traffic, heating and industrial sources.

Keywords: air quality; impact; pollution source

Published: August 31, 2015  Show citation

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Bitta, J., Pavlikova, I., Zavila, O., Platos, P., & Ocerin, J.M.C.Y. (2015). Dominant Air Pollution Source Determination in the Vicinity of Coking Plant Based on Statistical Data Analysis. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 17(3), 119-123. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2015.3.119-123
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