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Abstract: Air pollution by particulate matter is well linked with anthropogenic activities; the global economic crisis that broke out in the last year may be a proper indicator of this close relationship. Some economic indicators show the regional effects of the crisis on the Cantabria Region. The present work aims to evaluate the impact of the economic crisis on PM10 levels and composition at the major city of the region, Santander. Some metals linked to anthropogenic activities were measured at Santander and studied by Positive Matrix Factorization; this statistical analysis allowed to identify three main factors: urban background, industrial and molybdenum-related factor. The main results show that the temporal trend of the levels of the industrial tracers found in the present study are well agree with the evolution of the studied economic indicators; nevertheless, the urban background tracers and PM10 concentration levels are not well correlated with the studied economic indicators.
Authorship: Arruti A., Fernández-Olmo I., Irabien A.,
Fuente: Environmental Pollution, 2011, 159(5), 1129-1135
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication date: 01/05/2011
No. of pages: 7
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.008
ISSN: 0269-7491,1873-6424
Spanish project: CTM2006-00317
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.008
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AXEL ARRUTI FERNANDEZ
IGNACIO FERNANDEZ OLMO
JOSE ANGEL IRABIEN GULIAS
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