title: Impact assessment of PM10 cement plants emissions on urban air quality using the SCIPUFF dispersion model.
abstract: The Second-order Closure Integrated Puff (SCIPUFF) model was used to study the impact on urban air quality caused by two cement plants emissions located near the city of Caserta, Italy, during the entire year of 2015. The simulated and observed PM10 concentrations were compared using three monitoring stations located in urban and sub-urban area of Caserta city. Both simulated and observed concentrations are shown to be highest in winter, lower in autumn and spring and lowest in summer. Model results generally follow the pattern of the observed concentrations but have a systematic under-prediction of the concentration values. Measures of the bias, NMSE and RMSE indicate a good correlation between observed and estimated values. The SCIPUFF model data analysis suggest that the cement plants are major sources for the measured PM10 values and are responsible for the deterioration of the urban air quality in the city of Caserta.
authors.affiliation: GeoInformatics and Earth Observation Laboratory (GEO), Department of Geography and Institute for CyberScience, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. vincenzo.leone@unina2.it.|Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Science and Technologies, Second University of Naples, via Vivaldi, 43, 81100, Caserta, Italy. vincenzo.leone@unina2.it.|Environmental Technologies, University Spin Off, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy. vincenzo.leone@unina2.it.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.affiliation: GeoInformatics and Earth Observation Laboratory (GEO), Department of Geography and Institute for CyberScience, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.|Research Application Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cervone
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Science and Technologies, Second University of Naples, via Vivaldi, 43, 81100, Caserta, Italy.|Environmental Technologies, University Spin Off, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy.
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iovino
mesh_terms: D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis / Q000592:standards; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D002947:Cities; D003252:Construction Materials; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D007558:Italy; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis*; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter
keywords: Air quality; SCIPUFF; Statistical analysis; Transport and dispersion modelling