Relación entre la concentración de partículas totales y respirables
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Date
2006
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
Abstract
Introduction. The information provided by the Air Quality Monitoring Network of the
Aburrá Valley is fundamental to focus the efforts made to diminish the atmosphere’s contamination
levels, by using cleaner production means. Not only is this a priority for the
mentioned region, but for the whole world.
Objective. To evaluate the relationship between two air quality indexes: Concentration of
total and breathable particles.
Materials and methods. Equipments for both kinds of particles were located in two stations
in Medellín, at the Guayabal ) neighborhood (San Fernando water treatment plant and
the downtown (Miguel de Aguinaga) and their correlation indexes were determined.
Results. Both stations got R2 indexes above 0.78 for the interaction between the analyzed
contaminants.
Conclusion. For the Aburrá Valley’s case it is very important to adequate and develop
a correlation model, due to the fact that, currently, the Air Quality Monitoring Network
for this region makes measurements of total particles in all of its monitoring stations and
only three of them can measure breathable particles. Therefore, this mathematical approach
benefits the establishment f the breathable particles index from the data obtained when
measuring total particles.
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Red de monitoreo de la calidad del aire del Valle de Aburrá, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Contaminación del aire - Medellín, Contaminación del aire, Partículas totales y respirables