A Combined Citizen Science—Modelling Approach for NO2 Assessment in Torino Urban Agglomeration
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Politecnico di Torino-Dipartimento DIATI, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides et d’Acoustique, UMR CNRS 5509, University of Lyon Ecole Centrale de Lyon, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 36, Avenue Guy de Collongue, 69134 Ecully, France
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Comitato Torino Respira, Via Manzoni 4, 10122 Torino, Italy
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Atmosphere 2020, 11(7), 721; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11070721
Received: 15 June 2020
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Revised: 30 June 2020
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Accepted: 3 July 2020
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Published: 6 July 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Air Quality and Sustainable Development of Urban Agglomerations in the Mediterranean Area: Science, Technology and Policies)
The #CHEARIATIRA citizen science campaign was developed in February 2019 in Torino (western part of the Po Valley megacity region). The aim of the campaign was public engagement with measuring NO2 concentrations in an urban area that often exceeds air quality standards. NO2 diffusion tubes were employed by citizens under our supervision. In this paper, we present the main outcomes of a combined approach between the #CHEARIATIRA campaign and the urban dispersion model SIRANE. The results were validated against the available public Air Quality Monitoring Stations (AQMS). The citizens’ passive samplers and the modelled data show a good response in central districts both during the campaign interval and by annual projection. Traffic hotspots and sensitive receptors (schools, hospital) have high concentrations of NO2. Most of the study area (83% of the tubes) is subject to an increased risk of premature death according to epidemiological literature.
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Keywords:
air quality; air pollution; citizen science; diffusion tubes; NO2; SIRANE; urban dispersion model
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Bo, M.; Salizzoni, P.; Pognant, F.; Mezzalama, R.; Clerico, M. A Combined Citizen Science—Modelling Approach for NO2 Assessment in Torino Urban Agglomeration. Atmosphere 2020, 11, 721. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11070721
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Bo M, Salizzoni P, Pognant F, Mezzalama R, Clerico M. A Combined Citizen Science—Modelling Approach for NO2 Assessment in Torino Urban Agglomeration. Atmosphere. 2020; 11(7):721. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11070721
Chicago/Turabian StyleBo, Matteo, Pietro Salizzoni, Federica Pognant, Roberto Mezzalama, and Marina Clerico. 2020. "A Combined Citizen Science—Modelling Approach for NO2 Assessment in Torino Urban Agglomeration" Atmosphere 11, no. 7: 721. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11070721
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