title: [Air pollution in an urban area nearby the Rome-Ciampino city airport].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess air pollution spatial and temporal variability in the urban area nearby the Ciampino International Airport (Rome) and to investigate the airport-related emissions contribute.
  
  
  METHODS
  the study domain was a 64 km2 area around the airport. Two fifteen-day monitoring campaigns (late spring, winter) were carried out. Results were evaluated using several runs outputs of an airport-related sources Lagrangian particle model and a photochemical model (the Flexible Air quality Regional Model, FARM).
  
  
  METHODS
  both standard and high time resolution air pollutant concentrations measurements: CO, NO, NO2, C6H6, mass and number concentration of several PM fractions. 46 fixed points (spread over the study area) of NO2 and volatile organic compounds concentrations (fifteen days averages); deterministic models outputs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  standard time resolution measurements, as well as model outputs, showed the airport contribution to air pollution levels being little compared to the main source in the area (i.e. vehicular traffic). However, using high time resolution measurements, peaks of particles associated with aircraft takeoff (total number concentration and soot mass concentration), and landing (coarse mass concentration) were observed, when the site measurement was downwind to the runway.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the frequently observed transient spikes associated with aircraft movements could lead to a not negligible contribute to ultrafine, soot and coarse particles exposure of people living around the airport. Such contribute and its spatial and temporal variability should be investigated when assessing the airports air quality impact.
authors.affiliation: Istituto superiore per la protezione e la ricerca ambientale (ISPRA). alessandro.dimenno@isprambiente.it.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Menno di Bucchianico
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cattani
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaeta
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Caricchia
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Troiano
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sozzi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bolignano
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.forename: Sesto
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Damizia
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barberini
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caleprico
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fabozzi
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ancona
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ancona
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cesaroni
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Forastiere
authors.forename: Gian Paolo
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Gobbi
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Costabile
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barnaba
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inglessis
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tancredi
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Palumbo
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bergamaschi
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iavicoli
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D059028:Airports; D012384:Rome; D014504:Urban Health
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants