Spatio-Temporal Representativeness of Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Mexico City: Implications for Public Health.

ABSTRACT: Assessment of the air quality in metropolitan areas is a major challenge in environmental sciences. Issues related include the distribution of monitoring stations, their spatial range, or missing information. In Mexico City, stations have been located spanning the entire Metropolitan zone for pollutants, such as CO, NO₂, O₃, SO₂, PM_2.5, PM₁₀, NO, NO _x , and PM _CO . A fundamental question is whether the number and location of such stations are adequate to optimally cover the city. By analyzing spatio-temporal correlations for pollutant measurements, we evaluated the distribution and performance of monitoring stations in Mexico City from 2009 to 2018. Based on our analysis, air quality evaluation of th

SUBMITTER: Baca-Lopez K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7874227 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature