TY - GEN
T1 - Predicting PM2.5 in Temuco and Padre Las Casas, Chile using Ordinary Kriging
AU - Cubillos, Juan Carlos
AU - Blazquez, Carola
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Ambient air pollution causes serious human health problems. Geostatistical interpolation methods have proven to efficiently estimate exposure to air pollutants. In this study, we employed Ordinary Kriging to predict PM2.5 concentrations due to woodsmoke in the conurbation of Temuco and Padre Las Casas, Chile using mobile measurements conducted during June and July of 2016. Overall, the results suggest that higher PM2.5 concentrations were estimated in Temuco. Spatial differences in high PM2.5 concentrations are observed when examining the PM2.5 estimates by month. The results of this study may help authorities and policymakers to implement environmental actions to reduce air pollution in the studied conurbation.
AB - Ambient air pollution causes serious human health problems. Geostatistical interpolation methods have proven to efficiently estimate exposure to air pollutants. In this study, we employed Ordinary Kriging to predict PM2.5 concentrations due to woodsmoke in the conurbation of Temuco and Padre Las Casas, Chile using mobile measurements conducted during June and July of 2016. Overall, the results suggest that higher PM2.5 concentrations were estimated in Temuco. Spatial differences in high PM2.5 concentrations are observed when examining the PM2.5 estimates by month. The results of this study may help authorities and policymakers to implement environmental actions to reduce air pollution in the studied conurbation.
KW - Chile
KW - Mobile measurements
KW - Ordinary kriging
KW - PM2.5 concentrations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122022932&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18687/LACCEI2021.1.1.263
DO - 10.18687/LACCEI2021.1.1.263
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85122022932
T3 - Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
BT - 19th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
A2 - Larrondo Petrie, Maria M.
A2 - Zapata Rivera, Luis Felipe
A2 - Aranzazu-Suescun, Catalina
PB - Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions
T2 - 19th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology: "Prospective and Trends in Technology and Skills for Sustainable Social Development" and "Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Construct the Future", LACCEI 2021
Y2 - 19 July 2021 through 23 July 2021
ER -