SULPHURDIOXIDE (SO₂) AND PARTICULATE MATTER (SMOKE)

CONCENTRATIONS IN FEBRUARY OF 20001

The Presidency of State Institute of Statistics, in the extent of the environmental statistics, declared the statistics on air pollution related to the sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and particulate matter (smoke) concentrations of provincial and district centers in Turkey in February of 2001.

According to the statement of the State Institute of Statistics, provincial and district centers having the maximum sulphurdioxide concentrations in February of 2001 are as follows in descending order; Tekirdağ, Ağrı, Kütahya, Elazığ and Uşak. For the same period, provincial and district centers having the maximum particulate matter concentrations in descending order stated as Ağrı, Diyarbakır, Kütahya, Afyon and Sivas.

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

PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SO2 CONCENTRATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2001	µg/m³	PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SMOKE CONCENTRATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2001	µg/m³
TEKİRDAĞ	300	AĞRI	165
AĞRI	279	DİYARBAKIR	144
KÜTAHYA	258	KÜTAHYA	144
ELAZIĞ	183	AFYON	124
UŞAK	153	SİVAS	119
ISPARTA	147	ZONGULDAK	110
DİYARBAKIR	143	KASTAMONU	109
KIRŞEHİR	136	DENİZLİ	100
DENİZLİ	135	ÇORUM	90
AFYON	134	ANTALYA	86

Source: MINISTRY OF HEALTH
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 2001 compared to the previous February are; Malatya with 110%, Kastamonu with 76%, Kütahya with 30%, Burdur and Tekirdağ with 26% and Ağrı with 16%. For the same period, provincial and district centers, having the maximum rate of decrease in PM compared to the previous February are; Yozgat with 75%, Tokat with 69%, Niğde (City Center) with 53%, Manisa with 38%, Bingöl ve Rize with 36%.

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

For the same period, according to the particulate matter concentrations, obtained from the measurement stations, TLV have been exceeded in the stations of Cebeci and Yenidoğan in Ankara. STL and 1^stWLL did not exceed in the measurement stations in Ankara.

Since the sulphurdioxide and particulate matter concentrations could not be measured in İstanbul in February of 2001, 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 2001

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 2001

TABLE 3.
Main indicators of sulphurdioxide (SO₂) concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in provincial and district centers in February of 2001

TABLE 4.
Main indicators of particulate matter (smoke) concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in provincial and district centers in February of 2001

TABLE 5.
Main indicators of sulphurdioxide (SO₂) concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in Ankara and İzmir provincial centers, İzmir (Bergama) and İzmir (Ödemiş) district centers in February of 2001

TABLE 6.
Main indicators of particulate matter (smoke) concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in Ankara provincial center in February of 2001