SULPHURDIOXIDE (SO₂) AND PARTICULATE MATTER (SMOKE)

CONCENTRATIONS IN OCTOBER OF 2001

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 October of 2001.

According to the statement of the State Institute of Statistics, provincial and district centers having the maximum sulphur dioxide concentrations in October of 2001 are as follows in descending order; Erzurum, Kütahya, Kırşehir, Yozgat and Denizli. For the same period, provincial and district centers having the maximum particulate matter concentrations in descending order stated as Kütahya, Rize, Kayseri, Çorum and Kastamonu.

Provincial and district centers having the maximum sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and particulate matter (smoke) concentrations in October of 2001 have been given in the table below.
 
  

PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SO2 CONCENTRATION IN OCTOBER OF 2001	µg/m³	PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SMOKE CONCENTRATION IN OCTOBER OF 2001	µg/m³
ERZURUM	196	KÜTAHYA	121
KÜTAHYA	177	RİZE	105
KIRŞEHİR	153	KAYSERİ	81
YOZGAT	144	ÇORUM	73
DENİZLİ	83	KASTAMONU	67
GAZİANTEP	71	KIRŞEHİR	59
NİĞDE (BOR)	66	ISPARTA	57
ZONGULDAK	60	DENİZLİ	56
AFYON	54	ZONGULDAK	53
BURSA (CITY CENTER)	54	AFYON	52

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 particulate matter concentration in October of 2001 compared to the previous October are; Rize with 110%, Kastamonu with 109%, Yozgat with 100%, Erzincan with 93% and Malatya with 73%. For the same period, provincial and district centers, having the maximum rate of decrease in PM compared to the previous October are; Uşak with 66%, İzmir (City Center) with 59%, Niğde (City Center) with 36%, Erzurum with 34% and Tekirdağ with 33%.
 

According to the SO₂ concentrations, obtained from the measurement stations, in October of 2001, Target Limit Value (TLV), Short Term Limit Value (STL) and First Warning Level Limit Value (1^stWLL) did not exceeded in any measurement stations in Ankara and İzmir provincial centers.
 

For the same period, according to the particulate matter concentrations, obtained from the measurement stations, TLV have been exceeded in the stations of Cebeci, Sıhhiye and Yenidoğan in Ankara. On the other hand TLV have not been exceeded in any measurement stations in İzmir (City Center). STL and 1^stWLL did not exceeded in any measurement stations in Ankara and İzmir provincial centers.
 

Since the sulphur dioxide and particulate matter concentrations could not be measured in İstanbul in October of 2001, no evaluation could be done.

 

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