Abstract

Shipping is a growing transport sector representing a relevant share of atmospheric pollutantemissions at global scale. In the Mediterranean Sea, shipping affects air quality ofcoastal urban areas with potential hazardous effects on both human health and climate.The high number of different approaches for investigating this aspect limits the comparabilityof results. Furthermore, limited information regarding the inter-annual trends ofshipping impacts is available. In this work, an approach integrating emission inventory,numerical modelling (WRF-CAMx modelling system), and experimental measurementsat high and low temporal resolution is used to investigate air quality shipping impact inthe Adriatic/Ionian area focusing on four port-cities: Brindisi and Venice (Italy), Patras(Greece), and Rijeka (Croatia). Results showed shipping emissions of particulate matter(PM) and NOx comparable to road traffic emissions at all port-cities, with larger contributionsto local SO2 emissions. Contributions to PM2.5 ranged between 0.5% (Rijeka) and 7.4%(Brindisi), those to PM10 were between 0.3% (Rijeka) and 5.8% (Brindisi). Contributions toparticle number concentration (PNC) showed an impact 2-4 times larger with respect tothat on mass concentrations. Shipping impact on gaseous pollutants are larger than thoseto PM. The contribution to total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) concentrationswas 82% in Venice and 56% in Brindisi, with a different partition gas-particle because of differentmeteorological conditions. The inter-annual trends analysis showed the primarycontribution to PM concentrations decreasing, due to the implementation of the European legislation on the use of low-sulphur content fuels. This effect was not present on other pollutants like PAHs.

Autore Pugliese

• Donateo Antonio , Cesari Daniela , Contini Daniele

Tutti gli autori

• Merico E.; Gambaro A.; Argiriou A.; Alebic-Juretic A.; Barbaro E.; Cesari D.; Chasapidis L.; Dimopoulos S.; Dinoi A.; Donateo A.; Giannaros C.; Gregoris E.; Karagiannidis A.; Konstandopoulos A.G.; Ivosevic T.; Liora N.; Melas D.; Mifka B.; Orlic I.; Poupkou A.; Sarovic K.; Tsakis A.; Giua R.; Pastore T.; Nocioni A.; Contini D.

Titolo volume/Rivista

Transportation research. Part D, Transport and environment

Anno di pubblicazione

2017

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1361-9209

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