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Functionality of openair package in air pollution assessment and modeling — a case study of Krakow
Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (2017)
  • Adriana Szulecka
  • Robert Oleniacz
  • Mateusz Rzeszutek
Abstract
The paper presents the possibilities of selected functions from openair package for R programming environment in urban air pollution assessment. Examples of data analysis were based on the measurements from continuous air quality monitoring stations in Krakow (Poland). In order to present additional functionality of this software, modeling results of back trajectories and air pollution dispersion were used. Functions and visualization methods included in openair package make scrutiny of large data sets easier and less time consuming. They allow for analysis of measurement data with the determination of general relationships between parameters, additional complex spatial analyses for back trajectories, and validation of air pollution dispersion models. Openair package is, therefore, a valuable and functional tool that can be successfully used as a support in the air quality management system.
Keywords
  • Air Quality,
  • Air Polution,
  • openair,
  • R project,
  • Back Trajectories,
  • HYSPLIT,
  • OSPM,
  • Air Pollutants,
  • Air Pollution Assessment
Publication Date
June 29, 2017
DOI
10.1515 /OSZN-2017-0009
Citation Information
Adriana Szulecka, Robert Oleniacz and Mateusz Rzeszutek. "Functionality of openair package in air pollution assessment and modeling — a case study of Krakow" Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Vol. 28 Iss. 2(72) (2017) p. 22 - 27 ISSN: 2353-8589
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert_oleniacz/147/
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