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A Computational Approach Based on GIS Technology for the Development of an Anthropogenic Emission Inventory of Gaseous Pollutants in Greece

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This paper describes a computational system developed for the compilation of an anthropogenic emission inventory of gaseous pollutants for Greece. The inventory was developed using a geographical information system integrated with SQL programming language to provide high temporal gridded emission fields for CO, NO2, NO, SO2, NH3 and 23 non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) species for the reference year 2003. Activity and statistical data from national sources were used for the quantification of emissions from the road transport, the other mobile sources and machinery sectors and from range activities using top-down or bottom-up methodologies. Annual emission data from existing national and European emission databases were also used. The emission data were spatially and temporally disaggregated using source-specific spatiotemporal indicators. On national scale, the road transport sector produces about 60% of the annual CO and NMVOC total emissions, with gasoline vehicles being the main CO and NMVOC emissions source. The road transport is responsible for approximately half of the higher alkanes and for more than half of the ethene and toluene emissions. The maritime sector accounts for about 40% of the annual total NOx emissions, most of which are emitted by the international shipping subsector, whilst SO2 is emitted mainly by the energy sector. The evaluation of the emissions inventory suggests that it provides a good representation of the amounts of gaseous pollutants emitted on national scale and a good characterisation of the relative composition of CO and NOx emission in the large urban centres.

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The research study was financed by the Greek Ministry of Education (research project PROMOTE II).

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  1. Department of Physics, Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 149, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Konstantinos Markakis, Anastasia Poupkou & Dimitrios Melas

  2. Environmental Department, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Paparigopoulou 7, Thessaloniki, 54630, Greece

    Paraskevi Tzoumaka & Maksinos Petrakakis

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Markakis, K., Poupkou, A., Melas, D. et al. A Computational Approach Based on GIS Technology for the Development of an Anthropogenic Emission Inventory of Gaseous Pollutants in Greece. Water Air Soil Pollut 207, 157–180 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-009-0126-5

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