A comparison of smoke shade and gravimetric determination of suspended particulate matter in a semi-arid climate (Baghdad,Iraq) |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Jadiriya, Baghdad, Iraq;2. Scientific Research Council, Jadiriya, Baghdad, Iraq;3. Institute of Aerosol Science, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, U.K.;1. School of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Pollution Process and Control, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, 525000, Guangdong, China;2. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Estuarine Ecological Security and Environmental Health, Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, Zhangzhou, 363105, Fujian, China;1. Unit of Analytical and Toxicological Chemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden;2. School of Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region, P.O. Box: 170, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq;1. Ibn-Rusher College, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq;2. Machines and Equipment Engineering Department, UOT, Baghdad, Iraq;3. Faculty of Engineering, Sohar University, Sohar, Oman |
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| Abstract: | Concentrations of suspended particulate matter (SPM) have been measured simultaneously in Baghdad, Iraq, using a high volume gravimetric procedure alongside a low volume sampler with smoke shade determination of OECD standard smoke. No correlation is seen between the gravimetric and smoke shade measurements, except when a single northwestern wind sector is taken. It is concluded that natural wind-blown dust constitutes the major source of SPM in Baghdad and that application of international air quality guidelines for SPM is problematic and probably inappropriate. |
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