Characterization of Surface Ozone Behavior at Different Regimes

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Afonso, NF (Author) Other; Pires, JCM (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Applied Sciences

Vol. 7

Final page: 944

Publisher: MDPI

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 4 Citations

Scopus - 6 Citations

Associated Projects

LEPABE - Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia

IF/01341/2015 - Configurações de fotobiorreatores para cultivo de microalgas: modelação de bioprocessos e avaliação de sustentabilidade

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00N-0RQ

DOI: 10.3390/app7090944

Abstract (EN): Previous studies showed that the influence of meteorological variables and concentrations of other air pollutants on O-3 concentrations changes at different O-3 concentration levels. In this study, threshold models with artificial neural networks (ANNs) were applied to characterize the O-3 behavior at an urban site (Porto, Portugal), describing the effect of environmental and meteorological variables on O-3 concentrations. ANN characteristics, and the threshold variable and value, were defined by genetic algorithms (GAs). The considered predictors were hourly average concentrations of NO, NO2, and O-3, and meteorological variables (temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed) measured from January 2012 to December 2013. Seven simulations were performed and the achieved models considered wind speed (at 4.9 m.s(-1)), temperature (at 17.5 degrees C) and NO2 (at 26.6 mu g.m(-3)) as the variables that determine the change of O-3 behavior. All the achieved models presented a similar fitting performance: R-2 = 0.71-0.72, RMSE = 14.5-14.7 mu g.m(-3), and the index of agreement of the second order of 0.91. The combined effect of these variables on O-3 concentration was also analyzed. This statistical model was shown to be a powerful tool for interpreting O-3 behavior, which is useful for defining policy strategies for human health protection concerning this air pollutant.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13