SULPHURDIOXIDE (SO₂) AND PARTICULATE MATTER (SMOKE)

CONCENTRATIONS IN FEBRUARY OF 2002

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 February of 2002.

According to the statement of the State Institute of Statistics, provincial and district centers having the maximum sulphurdioxide concentrations in February of 2002 are as follows in descending order; Kütahya, Yozgat, Bursa (Orhangazi), Ağrı and Samsun (City Center). For the same period, provincial and district centers having the maximum particulate matter concentrations in descending order stated as Kütahya, Ağrı, Sivas, Diyarbakır and Çorum.

Provincial and district centers having the maximum sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and particulate matter (smoke) concentrations in February of 2002 have been given in the table below.
 

PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SO2 CONCENTRATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2002	µg/m³	PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SMOKE CONCENTRATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2002	µg/m³
KÜTAHYA	422	KÜTAHYA	264
YOZGAT	375	AĞRI	194
BURSA (ORHANGAZİ)	359	SİVAS	176
AĞRI	297	DİYARBAKIR	168
SAMSUN (CITY CENTER)	276	ÇORUM	137
KIRIKKALE	210	AFYON	131
UŞAK	204	DENİZLİ	124
ÇORUM	198	KONYA	121
TEKİRDAĞ	189	MALATYA	120
DİYARBAKIR	164	BALIKESİR	116

µg/m³: microgram per cubic meter

SULPHURDIOXIDE (SO₂)

PARTICULATE MATTER (SMOKE)

Provincial and district centers, having the maximum rate of increase in particulate matter concentration in February of 2002 compared to the previous February are; Yozgat with 543%, Balıkesir with 252%, Bolu (City Center) with 237%, Bursa (City Center) with 160% and Kütahya with 83%. For the same period, provincial and district centers, having the maximum rate of decrease in PM compared to the previous February are; Samsun (City Center) with 28%, Niğde (City Center) with 25%, Kastamonu with 19%, Sinop with 15% and Eskişehir with 7%.

According to the SO₂ concentrations, obtained from the measurement stations, in February of 2002, Target Limit Value (TLV) exceeded in the measurement stations of Cebeci and Sıhhiye in Ankara. On the other hand TLV did not exceed in any measurement stations in İzmir. Short Term Limit Value (STL) and First Warning Level Limit Value (1^stWLL) did not exceed in any measurement stations in Ankara and İzmir.

For the same period, according to the particulate matter concentrations, obtained from the measurement stations, while TLV have been exceeded in all measurement stations in Ankara, TLV exceeded in the measurement stations of Alsancak and Konak in İzmir. STL exceeded in the measurement station of Cebeci in Ankara. On the other hand STL did not exceed in any measurement stations in İzmir. 1^stWLL did not exceed in any measurement stations in Ankara and İzmir.

Since the sulphurdioxide and particulate matter concentrations could not be measured in İstanbul in February of 2002, no evaluation could be done.

DETAILED DATA OF THE PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TABLES GIVEN BELOW.

TABLE 1.
Provincial and district centers by the average concentrations of sulphurdioxide (SO₂) and particulate matter, the days exceeding the Target Limit and Short Term Limit Values in February of 2002

TABLE 2.
Average concentrations of sulphurdioxide (SO₂) and particulate matter in provincial and district centers in descending order, the rate of change from the same month of the previous year, and the number of days exceeding the Short Term Limit Value in February of 2002

TABLE 3.
Main indicators of sulphurdioxide (SO₂) concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in provincial and district centers in February of 2002

TABLE 4.
Main indicators of particulate matter (smoke) concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in provincial and district centers in February of 2002

TABLE 5.
Main indicators of sulphurdioxide (SO₂) concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in Ankara and İzmir provincial centers and İzmir (Ödemiş) district center in February of 2002

TABLE 6.
Main indicators of particulate matter (smoke) concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in Ankara and İzmir provincial centers and İzmir (Ödemiş) district center in February of 2002