Spatiotemporal variability of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) pollution in Manchester (UK) city centre (2017-2018) using a fine spatial scale single-NO_x diffusion tube network.

ABSTRACT: Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) is linked to poor air quality and severe human health impacts, including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and being responsible annually for approximately 23,500 premature deaths in the UK. Automated air quality monitoring stations continuously record pollutants in urban environments but are restricted in number (need for electricity, maintenance and trained operators), only record air quality proximal to their location and cannot document variability of airborne pollutants at finer spatial scales. As an alternative, passive sampling devices such as Palmes-type diffusion tubes can be used to assess the spatial variability of air quality in greater detail, due to their simplicity (e.g. small, light material, no electricity required) and suitability f

SUBMITTER: Niepsch D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587101 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature