caa a22 4500 467903387 CHVBK 20180406152826.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-005-9033-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-005-9033-4 Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Meteorological and Air Pollution Data in the ‘Campo De Gibraltar' Region, Spain [Elektronische Daten] [Francisco Gallero, Manuel Vallejo, Arturo Umbría, Juan Baena] A complete statistical analysis of meteorological and air pollution data was carried out in the ‘Campo de Gibraltar' region (in the South of Spain) from 1999 to 2002. This is a heavy industrialized area where, up to date, very few air pollution studies have been made. The main objectives of the study presented here have been the characterization of the meteorological and (gaseous and particulate) air pollution conditions in the area, and the relations between them. Multivariate statistical techniques, such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA), have been applied to the data. The results show that air quality in the area is highly dependent on meteorological conditions such as wind persistence and direction, dispersion capability of the atmosphere, and humidity content. On average, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide air pollution, mainly caused by fuel-oil combustion and traffic, respectively, is not very high. However, an important number of exceedences of the limits established by the EU Directive 1999 for PM10 (particulate matter with a diameter less than 10 μm) have been observed in some points of the area. A significant percentage of these exceedences (about 22% on average) are likely caused by African dust intrusions, which usually take place from May to August. From gaseous and particulate air correlations, it seems that anthropogenic activities contribute with about 19% on average. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 nitrogen oxides nationallicence particulate matter (PM) nationallicence PM10 nationallicence principal component analysis (PCA) nationallicence sulphur dioxide nationallicence total suspended particles (TSP) nationallicence Gallero Francisco Departamento de Física Aplicada, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Algeciras, Universidad de Cádiz, Avenida Ramón Puyol s/n., 11202, Algeciras, Spain aut Vallejo Manuel Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Polígono del Río San Pedro, Puerto Real, Spain aut Umbría Arturo Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía, Puerto Real, Spain aut Baena Juan Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía, Puerto Real, Spain aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 119/1-3(2006-08-01), 405-423 0167-6369 119:1-3<405 2006 119 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9033-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9033-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gallero Francisco Departamento de Física Aplicada, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Algeciras, Universidad de Cádiz, Avenida Ramón Puyol s/n., 11202, Algeciras, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vallejo Manuel Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Polígono del Río San Pedro, Puerto Real, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Umbría Arturo Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía, Puerto Real, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baena Juan Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía, Puerto Real, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 119/1-3(2006-08-01), 405-423 0167-6369 119:1-3<405 2006 119 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer