18/11/1999  
 
SULPHURDIOXIDE (SO2) AND PARTICULATE MATTER (SMOKE) CONCENTRATIONS
IN THE SUMMER SEASON OF 1999

 

The Presidency of State Institute of Statistics, in the extent of the environmental statistics, declared the statistics on air pollution related to the sulphurdioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (smoke) concentrations of provincial and district centers in Turkey in the summer season of 1999.

According to the statement of the State Institute of Statistics, provincial and district centers having the maximum sulphurdioxide concentrations in the summer season of 1999 are as follows in descending order; Kayseri, İzmir (Bergama), Kütahya, Kahramanmaraş and Adıyaman. For the same period, provincial and district centers having the maximum particulate matter concentrations in descending order stated as; Kayseri, Antalya, Zonguldak, Bitlis, Denizli and Kütahya.

Provincial and district centers having the maximum sulphurdioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (smoke) concentrations in the summer season of 1999 have been given in the table below.

  
PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SO2 CONCENTRATION IN 
THE SUMMER SEASON OF 1999
 
µg/m3
 PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SMOKE CONCENTRATION IN 
THE SUMMER SEASON OF 1999
 
µg/m3
KAYSERİ
102
 KAYSERİ
57
İZMİR (BERGAMA)
101
 ANTALYA
52
KÜTAHYA
74
 ZONGULDAK
44
KAHRAMANMARAŞ
64
 BİTLİS
43
ADIYAMAN
60
 DENİZLİ
42
DENİZLİ
57
 KÜTAHYA
42
BİTLİS
54
 KAHRAMANMARAŞ
41
KIRIKKALE
45
 AKSARAY
38
ZONGULDAK
42
 HATAY (İSKENDERUN)
37
İSTANBUL
41
 AFYON
36
HATAY (İSKENDERUN)
40
 ORDU
36
SAMSUN
40
 SİVAS
35
 

 

Source: MINISTRY OF HEALTH
µg/m3: microgram per cubic meter
SULPHURDIOXIDE (SO2)
PARTICULATE MATTER (SMOKE)
(..): It couldn't be evaluated since the comparable data for that period have not reached to the Institute.
 
Provincial and district centers, having the maximum rate of increase in the sulphurdioxide concentraion in the summer season of 1999 compared to the previous summer season are; Kütahya with 61%, Kayseri and İzmir (Bergama) with 44%, Malatya with 38%, Kahramanmaraş with 23% and Kırşehir with 22%. For the same period, provincial and district centers, having the maximum rate of decrease in the SO2 concentration compared to the previous summer season are; Yozgat with 70%, Bolu (Merkez) with 62%, Balıkesir with 44%, Kırıkkale with 37% and Bilecik (Bozüyük) with %31.

Provincial and district centers, having the maximum rate of increase in the particulate matter concentration in the summer season of 1999 compared to the previous summer season are; Aksaray with 90%, Sakarya with 43%, Zonguldak with 42%, Eskişehir and Niğde (Bor) with 38% and Elazığ with 30%. For the same period, provincial and district centers, having the maximum rate of decrease in the PM concentration compared to the previous summer season are; Bolu (Düzce) with 87%, Yozgat with 70%, Kırşehir with 48%, Bolu (City Center) with 47% and Kırıkkale with 27%.

According to the SO2 and particulate matter concentrations, obtained from the measurement stations, in the summer season of 1999, Short Term Limit Value (STL) has not been exceeded in any measurement stations of Ankara, İstanbul and İzmir (Bergama).

  

DETAILED DATA OF THE PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TABLES GIVEN BELOW.
 
TABLE 1.
Average concentrations of sulphurdioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (smoke) obtained from mesurement stations in provincial and district centers, in descending orders and the days exceeding the Short Term Limit Value in the summer season of 1999 (April-September)

TABLE 2.
Average concentrations of sulphurdioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (smoke) in provincial and district centers in descending order, the rate of change from the same period of the previous year, and the number of days exceeding the short term limit value in the summer season of 1999 (April-September)

TABLE 3.
Average concentration of sulphurdioxide (SO2),  for the summer season of the last five years, obtained from stations in provincial and district centers,  the rates of change from the same period of the previous years

TABLE 4.
Average concentration of particulate matter (smoke),  for the summer seasons of the last five years, obtained from stations in provincial and district centers and,  the rates of change from the same period of the previous years

TABLE 5.
Average sulphurdioxide (SO2) concentrations and particulate matter (smoke) obtained from the stations in Ankara, İstanbul provincial centers and İzmir (Bergama)  district center, the rate of change from the same period of the previous year and the number of days exceeding the short term limit value in the summer season of 1999 (April-September)

TABLE 6.
Average sulphurdioxide (SO2) concentrations,  for the summer seasons of the last five years, obtained from the stations in Ankara, İstanbul, İzmir provincial centers, İzmir (Bergama)  district center,the rates of change from the same period of the previous years

TABLE 7.
Average particulate matter (smoke), for the summer seasons of the last five years, obtined from the stations in Ankara, İstanbul, İzmir provincial centers and İzmir (Bergama) district center,  the rates of change from the same period of the previous years