title: The influence of meteorological conditions and stringent emission control on high TSP episodes in Istanbul.
abstract: Istanbul has faced serious air pollution problems since the mid-80s. This is mainly due to particulate air pollution coming from poor quality lignite in areas, which are heavily populated and industrialized. As a consequence of severe air pollution problems, stringent control on the emissions in the city started in the year of 1994. In this work, in order to study the relationship between emissions and meteorological conditions, an assessment of air pollution episodes and air pollution potential in the city is presented for the terms at the changed emission schedule as the influence of an emission reduction strategy. The influence of meteorological conditions on the TSP (total suspended particulates) levels is considered for two consecutive winter periods. On this occasion, the city has faced different TSP levels and episode characteristics depending on stringent emission reductions covering the banned, poor-quality lignite and fuel switching. For this purpose, climatological conditions and air quality analyses were performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Meteorology, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Maslak Istanbul 80626 Turkey.
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topcu
authors.forename: Selahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Incecik
authors.forename: Yurdanur Sezginer
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Unal
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004777:Environment; D007221:Industry; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D010316:Particle Size; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants