According to the statement of the State Institute of Statistics, provincial and district centers having the maximum sulphurdioxide concentrations in January of 1999 are as follows in descending order; Kütahya, Isparta, Çanakkale (Çan), Ağrı and Adıyaman. For the same period, provincial and district centers having the maximum particulate matter concentrations in descending order stated as Ağrı, Zonguldak, Adıyaman, Afyon and İçel.
Provincial and district centers having the maximum sulphurdioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (smoke) concentrations in January of 1999 have been given in the table below.
| PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SO2 CONCENTRATION IN JANUARY OF 1999 |
µg/m³
|
PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SMOKE CONCENTRATION IN JANUARY OF 1999 |
µg/m³
|
|
| KÜTAHYA |
409
|
AĞRI |
278
|
|
| ISPARTA |
405
|
ZONGULDAK |
193
|
|
| ÇANAKKALE (ÇAN) |
395
|
ADIYAMAN |
176
|
|
| AĞRI |
354
|
AFYON |
174
|
|
| ADIYAMAN |
276
|
İÇEL |
167
|
|
| YOZGAT |
215
|
DENİZLİ |
161
|
|
| ÇANAKKALE (CITY CENTER) |
195
|
DİYARBAKIR |
148
|
|
| DENİZLİ |
194
|
MANİSA |
139
|
|
| KAYSERİ |
193
|
KAYSERİ |
137
|
|
| AFYON |
181
|
ANTALYA |
135
|
|
Provincial and district centers, having the maximum rate
of increase in particulate matter concentration in January of 1999 compared
to the previous January are; Sakarya with %224, Aksaray with %102, Malatya
with %59, Ağrı with %45 and Antalya
with %38. For the same period, provincial and district centers, having
the maximum rate of decrease in PM compared to the previous January are;
Yozgat with %68, Kocaeli (Gebze) with %65, Siirt with %64, Bolu (Düzce)
with %50 and Kütahya with %49.
According to the SO2
concentrations, obtained from the measurement stations, in January of 1999,
Target Limit Value (TLV) has been exceeded in the stations of Cebeci and
Sıhhiye in Ankara, Eyüp and Zeytinburnu in İstanbul while none of the measurement
stations have exceeded TLV in İzmir (City Center) and İzmir (Ödemiş). Short
Term Limit Value (STL) and First Warning Level Limit Value (1stWLL)
have not been exceeded in the measurement stations in Ankara, İstanbul,
İzmir (City Center) 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, Demetevler,
İncirli, Küçükesat, Sıhhiye and Yenidoğan in Ankara, all of the measurement
stations except Göztepe in İstanbul. STL have been exceeded in the stations
of Cebeci in Ankara and Zeytinburnu in İstanbul. In addition, 1stWLL
has not been exceeded in the measurement stations in Ankara and İstanbul.
Since the particulate matter concentrations could not be measured in İzmir in January of 1999, no evaluation can be done.
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 period of the previous year, and
the number of days exceeding the Short Term Limit Value in January of 1999
TABLE 3.
Main indicators of sulphurdioxide (SO2)
concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in provincial and
district centers in January of 1999
TABLE 4.
Main indicators of particulate matter (smoke)
concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in provincial and
district centers in January of 1999
TABLE 5.
Main indicators of sulphurdioxide (SO2)
concentrations obtained from the measurement
stations in Ankara, İstanbul, İzmir provincial centers and İzmir (Ödemiş)
district center in January of 1999
TABLE 6.
Main indicators of particulate matter (smoke)
concentrations obtained from the measurement
stations in Ankara and İstanbul provincial centers in January of 1999