UNIVERSITY UTE

Faculty of Engineering Sciences and

Industries
Environmental Engineering and natural risk
management
Topic: Characteristics of Airborne Particle Number Size Distributions
in a Coastal-Urban Environment

Members: Asimbaya Sandy

Garcés José
Melena Daniel
Melo David
The present study is carried out in order to know the microphysical properties that atmospheric
aerosols contain because they are a local, regional and global issue because it contributes to most
of the uncertainty to global radiation. this campaign on air quality in urban, marine and biogenetic
air (NUMBA) in Australia to determine the concentration, distribution and size of the particles found
in a mixed environment in addition to determining the consequences they cause in this population.
Analyze the characteristics of the observed particle size distributions and their
changes according to the different meteorological periods within the study area, as
well as the identification of potential particle sources.
 Australia- Wollongong
NUMBA 2 month study (2012/2013)

South and northeast sector High concentrations of particles

Influence of oceanic sources

Southwest and Southeast Average particle concentrations

Low wind speed

Mean = 14ºC At 44ºC

Temperature
Average Daytime =20ºC at and 24ºC
Instrumentation and data processing

Particle size distribution and carbonaceous aerosol

Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) 14 nm a 660 nm

Consists:
• An electrostatic classifier
• A mobility analyzer
• A condensation particle counter

Spray monitor eSampler PM2.5

Multivariate analysis and HYSPLIT Trajectory of air masses

48h origin of the masses
Meteorological data (100-500m)
The study concluded that local meteorological conditions and transport sources have an influence
on the particle population both in the influence of sea breezes that transport particles outside and
within the study area and in turn the weak correlation that exists between organic carbon and
elementary where it follows that carbonaceous aerosols are influenced by secondary organic
carbon instead of primary sources, however, this study provides information for mixed natural and
urban environments because it can be applied in different coastal cities of the world.