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Vertical gradient of ambient air pollutant levels
Binda, Denis ; Hůnová, Iva (advisor) ; Zíková, Naděžda (referee)
Ambient air pollution, caused by harmful pollutants, is considered a severe problem for the natural environment and its components. Effective pollution regulation is possible with reliable data from monitoring stations covering the whole country. Those stations are mainly located at the altitude of 2 m above the surface, possessing their well-known horizontal representativeness. However, the knowledge of the vertical representativeness of these monitoring stations is not sufficient, causing problems while determining the relevance of these measurements for studying the effects of pollutants in various altitudes. The gradient of ozone concentration (determining the change of ozone concentration for each 10 m) was computed to determine the vertical profile of tropospheric ozone (the gradient in this work is using the unit [μg.m-3 /10 m]). Data, containing the ozone concentrations, were measured in altitudes of 2, 8, 50 and 230 m and sourced from the National atmospheric observatory Košetice in the time interval from 6.9.2013 to 31.12.2020. The ozone concentrations show a yearly periodicity, with higher values during the summer period (from 1.4. to 30.9.) and lower values during the winter period (from 1.10. to 31.3.). The gradient for layer 230-50 m outlines considerable stability throughout the year...
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Air quality index - a tool for ambient air quality assessment
Stráník, Vojtěch ; Hůnová, Iva (advisor) ; Matějíček, Luboš (referee)
7 Abstract Air pollution has a great impact on human health, with acute consequences possibly resulting even in death. It is therefore important to inform the public about up-to-date air quality and its impact on health in a simple and easily undestandable way. Air quality indices seems to be ideal for this purpouse, but there is large variety of them. In this master thesis, the air quality index most suitable for the capital city of Prague has been searched for. A comparison of the following indices has been carried out based on available data: of following indicies based on avaible data (concentration of O3, PM10, NO2, SO2 a CO): Air Quality Index, Aggregate Air Quality Index, Revised Air Quality Index, Common Air Quality Index a Pollution Index and their modifications according to european standards. As a criterion of aptness of a particular index, a degree of correlation between the index itself and corresponding health problems (daily count of deaths, daily count of deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory system, daily count of deaths caused by diseases of circulatory system, daily count of hospitalization caused by diseases of the respiratory system, daily count of hospitalization caused by diseases of circulatory system) of the local population has been chosen. This relationship was verified...
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Analysis of air pollution in Ostrava: operation of industrial enterprises
Pěčka, Petr ; Hůnová, Iva (advisor) ; Frouz, Jan (referee)
Air pollution is one of the major environmental issues. It can cause adverse health effects such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and high mortality rates. High population density is a huge contributory factor of air pollution in cities and urbanized areas. The third biggest city of the Czech Republic, Ostrava the subject of this thesis, is one of the most densely polluted areas of the country. The main air pollutants of concern are suspended particles and poly aromatic hydrocarbons. Ostrava's high proportion of heavy industry is a major source of air pollution compared to the rest of the Czech Republic. Other sources of air pollution are transport, local heating and possibly a pollution transfer from a neighboring industrial region in Poland. This thesis deals mainly with long term time series, including air pollutants (PM10, SO2, NOx), and meteorological variables. Information about the opening and closing of industrial plants can be considered as an added value to this work. The purpose of this data thesis is to compare the concentration levels before and after the closing or opening of particular industrial plants in the city of Ostrava during the last 35 years. So far no one has utilized these data sets for comprehensive analyses. Key words: Urban area, Emission, PM10, SO2, Industry
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Analysis of air pollution in Ostrava: operation of industrial enterprises
Pěčka, Petr ; Hůnová, Iva (advisor) ; Frouz, Jan (referee)
Air pollution is one of the major environmental issues. It can cause adverse health effects such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and high mortality rates. High population density is a huge contributory factor of air pollution in cities and urbanized areas. The third biggest city of the Czech Republic, Ostrava the subject of this thesis, is one of the most densely polluted areas of the country. The main air pollutants of concern are suspended particles and poly aromatic hydrocarbons. Ostrava's high proportion of heavy industry is a major source of air pollution compared to the rest of the Czech Republic. Other sources of air pollution are transport, local heating and possibly a pollution transfer from a neighboring industrial region in Poland. This thesis deals mainly with long term time series, including air pollutants (PM10, SO2, NOx), and meteorological variables. Information about the opening and closing of industrial plants can be considered as an added value to this work. The purpose of this data thesis is to compare the concentration levels before and after the closing or opening of particular industrial plants in the city of Ostrava during the last 35 years. So far no one has utilized these data sets for comprehensive analyses. Key words: Urban area, Emission, PM10, SO2, Industry
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Air quality index - a tool for ambient air quality assessment
Stráník, Vojtěch ; Hůnová, Iva (advisor) ; Matějíček, Luboš (referee)
7 Abstract Air pollution has a great impact on human health, with acute consequences possibly resulting even in death. It is therefore important to inform the public about up-to-date air quality and its impact on health in a simple and easily undestandable way. Air quality indices seems to be ideal for this purpouse, but there is large variety of them. In this master thesis, the air quality index most suitable for the capital city of Prague has been searched for. A comparison of the following indices has been carried out based on available data: of following indicies based on avaible data (concentration of O3, PM10, NO2, SO2 a CO): Air Quality Index, Aggregate Air Quality Index, Revised Air Quality Index, Common Air Quality Index a Pollution Index and their modifications according to european standards. As a criterion of aptness of a particular index, a degree of correlation between the index itself and corresponding health problems (daily count of deaths, daily count of deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory system, daily count of deaths caused by diseases of circulatory system, daily count of hospitalization caused by diseases of the respiratory system, daily count of hospitalization caused by diseases of circulatory system) of the local population has been chosen. This relationship was verified...
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