Prediction of the SO<sub>2</sub> Hourly Concentration for Sea Breeze and Land Breeze in an Urban Area of Split Using Multiple Linear Regression
The main goal of this paper is to study pollution during sea breeze days in the Split town center, which is placed near the industrial area with three cement plants and one asbestos cement plant, as well as a harbor with high traffic, and investigate the sources of pollution with SO<sub>2</...
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| description | The main goal of this paper is to study pollution during sea breeze days in the Split town center, which is placed near the industrial area with three cement plants and one asbestos cement plant, as well as a harbor with high traffic, and investigate the sources of pollution with SO<sub>2</sub> and its relation to atmospheric parameters using stepwise multiple linear regression (MLR). The hourly temperature difference from the time of the sea breeze lull (dT) was considered in evaluating the influence of meteorological parameters on hourly pollutant concentrations. It was found that the wind direction index (WDI) is a significant predictor for the sea breeze, and wind speed, relative humidity, and dT are significant for the land breeze. A very high index of agreement of 0.9 was obtained by the MLR model for the land breeze, and 0.8 for the sea breeze. Low SO<sub>2</sub> concentrations are observed at night, and increased values are found between 0800 and 1800 UTC. With WDI being the only predictor during sea breeze, local traffic is found to be the main anthropogenic source of SO<sub>2</sub> pollution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67dee5bde9e148b9aa49392529e662a42023-11-17T09:31:24ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332023-02-0114342010.3390/atmos14030420Prediction of the SO<sub>2</sub> Hourly Concentration for Sea Breeze and Land Breeze in an Urban Area of Split Using Multiple Linear RegressionTanja Trošić Lesar0Anita Filipčić1Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaThe main goal of this paper is to study pollution during sea breeze days in the Split town center, which is placed near the industrial area with three cement plants and one asbestos cement plant, as well as a harbor with high traffic, and investigate the sources of pollution with SO<sub>2</sub> and its relation to atmospheric parameters using stepwise multiple linear regression (MLR). The hourly temperature difference from the time of the sea breeze lull (dT) was considered in evaluating the influence of meteorological parameters on hourly pollutant concentrations. It was found that the wind direction index (WDI) is a significant predictor for the sea breeze, and wind speed, relative humidity, and dT are significant for the land breeze. A very high index of agreement of 0.9 was obtained by the MLR model for the land breeze, and 0.8 for the sea breeze. Low SO<sub>2</sub> concentrations are observed at night, and increased values are found between 0800 and 1800 UTC. With WDI being the only predictor during sea breeze, local traffic is found to be the main anthropogenic source of SO<sub>2</sub> pollution.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/3/420Adriatic coastcoastal circulationCroatiamultiple linear regressionpollutionsea breeze |
| spellingShingle | Tanja Trošić Lesar Anita Filipčić Prediction of the SO<sub>2</sub> Hourly Concentration for Sea Breeze and Land Breeze in an Urban Area of Split Using Multiple Linear Regression Atmosphere Adriatic coast coastal circulation Croatia multiple linear regression pollution sea breeze |
| title | Prediction of the SO<sub>2</sub> Hourly Concentration for Sea Breeze and Land Breeze in an Urban Area of Split Using Multiple Linear Regression |
| title_full | Prediction of the SO<sub>2</sub> Hourly Concentration for Sea Breeze and Land Breeze in an Urban Area of Split Using Multiple Linear Regression |
| title_fullStr | Prediction of the SO<sub>2</sub> Hourly Concentration for Sea Breeze and Land Breeze in an Urban Area of Split Using Multiple Linear Regression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prediction of the SO<sub>2</sub> Hourly Concentration for Sea Breeze and Land Breeze in an Urban Area of Split Using Multiple Linear Regression |
| title_short | Prediction of the SO<sub>2</sub> Hourly Concentration for Sea Breeze and Land Breeze in an Urban Area of Split Using Multiple Linear Regression |
| title_sort | prediction of the so sub 2 sub hourly concentration for sea breeze and land breeze in an urban area of split using multiple linear regression |
| topic | Adriatic coast coastal circulation Croatia multiple linear regression pollution sea breeze |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/3/420 |
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