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Air Pollution in the Steel City: Assessing the Influence of COVID-19 on Air Pollution in Allegheny County.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Air Pollution in the Steel City: Assessing the Influence of COVID-19 on Air Pollution in Allegheny County./
Author:	Lange, Carissa.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
Description:	65 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 82-12.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International82-12.
Subject:	Environmental science. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28410688
ISBN:	9798505539026

Air Pollution in the Steel City: Assessing the Influence of COVID-19 on Air Pollution in Allegheny County.
Lange, Carissa.

Air Pollution in the Steel City: Assessing the Influence of COVID-19 on Air Pollution in Allegheny County. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 65 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 82-12.

Thesis (M.S.)--Duquesne University, 2021.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Though the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has sickened millions of individuals, lockdown measures have provided a unique opportunity to analyze air pollution reductions. Reductions in air pollution are especially important in a city like Pittsburgh, where industrial activity has led to elevated levels of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5). The majority of this PM2.5 pollution comes from two industrial facilities, the Edgar Thomson Steel Works and the Clairton Coke Works. By utilizing a natural experiment, this study sought to determine how large of a role the COVID-19 lockdowns played in improving air quality in the Pittsburgh region. Data were obtained from the Allegheny County Health Department from monitors located in and around Pittsburgh.According to these data, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution significantly decreased during the lockdown period and PM10 pollution decreased at the majority of monitoring sites. Decreases in PM2.5 pollution were not as apparent, as significant results were only observed at half of the monitoring locations. The location which observed the most apparent significant decreases in PM2.5 pollution was located near the Clairton Coke Works. These decreases were likely a result of reduced coke production during the pandemic, as well as upgrades to emissions control devices that have decreased the facility's emissions overtime. The results of this study suggest that industrial sources are a larger contributor of particulate matter than vehicular transportation in the city of Pittsburgh and that future air pollution reduction efforts should focus attention on lessening emissions at these large industrial facilities.

ISBN: 9798505539026Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Environmental science.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Nitrogen Dioxide

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