SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO₂) AND PARTICULATE MATTER (SMOKE)
CONCENTRATIONS IN MARCH 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 March of 2002.

According to the statement of the State Institute of Statistics, provincial and district centers having the maximum sulphurdioxide concentrations in March of 2002 are as follows in descending order; Kütahya, Yozgat, Çorum, Uşak and Erzurum. For the same period, provincial and district centers having the maximum particulate matter concentrations in descending order stated as Kütahya, Afyon, Diyarbakır, Sivas and Zonguldak.

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

PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SO2 CONCENTRATION IN MARCH OF 2002	µg/m³	PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT CENTERS HAVING THE HIGHEST SMOKE CONCENTRATION IN MARCH OF 2002	µg/m³
KÜTAHYA	197	KÜTAHYA	144
YOZGAT	187	AFYON	128
ÇORUM	171	DİYARBAKIR	114
UŞAK	163	SİVAS	95
ERZURUM	152	ZONGULDAK	89
AĞRI	135	ISPARTA	86
SAMSUN (CITY CENTER)	133	ANTALYA	84
AFYON	130	MALATYA	76
TEKİRDAĞ	124	RİZE	75
DİYARBAKIR	110	ANKARA	74

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 March of 2002 compared to the previous March are; Bolu (City Center) with 239%, Balıkesir with 196%, Bursa (City Center) with 140%, Kütahya with 73% and Yozgat with 62%. For the same period, provincial and district centers, having the maximum rate of decrease in PM compared to the previous March are; Niğde (City Center) with 50%, Samsun (City Center) with 37%, Sinop with 36%, Kastamonu with 35% and Konya with 20%.

According to the SO₂ concentrations, obtained from the measurement stations, in March of 2002, 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 (Ödemiş) district center.

For the same period, according to the particulate matter concentrations, obtained from the measurement stations, While TLV have been exceeded in the measurement stations of Cebeci, Demetevler and Yenidoğan in Ankara, TLV exceeded in the measurement stations of Alsancak and Konak in İzmir. STL and 1^st WLL 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 March of 2002, no evaluation could be done.

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

TABLE 2.
Average concentrations of sulphur dioxide (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 March of 2002

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

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

TABLE 5.
Main indicators of sulphur dioxide (SO₂) concentrations obtained from the measurement stations in Ankara and İzmir provincial centers, İzmir (Ödemiş) in March of 2002

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