The atmospheric monitoring in a protected area.
A multi-annual research program was carried out to study the environmental quality of Castelporziano Presidential Estate (Rome, Italy). Within this program, in the field of air quality, a methodological approach was defined and applied, even by means of proper Environmental Indicators for the identification of anthropogenic contribution and the quantification of degradation. By means of mobile laboratories, macro and micro-pollutant concentrations were assessed in order to define Indexes of Atmosphere Quality and Diffuse Contamination, by relating them to possible short or long-range emission sources. Wet and dry atmospheric depositions were collected and analysed for the determination of heavy metal and acid species fluxes. Critical Load and relative Exceedance maps were elaborated, for the purpose of better underline the areas characterized by a higher environmental vulnerability.
Morselli
Luciano
L
Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali, Università di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy. morselli@ms.fci.unibo.it
Francaviglia
Rosa
R
Lepore
Luca
L
Merolli
Sandro
S
Passarini
Fabrizio
F
Bernardi
Elena
E
Mezzogori
Roberto
R
D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D007558:Italy; D011786:Quality Control
D004785:Environmental Pollutants