Concentration trends of metals in ambient air in the UK: a review.

Abstract:

:The monitoring of metals in ambient air has been undertaken for over 40 years on a national basis in the UK. During this period, the UK pollution landscape has continued to evolve in terms of emission sources, and the measurement framework for metals in ambient air, the UK Heavy Metals Monitoring Network, has also been subject to significant configuration changes. Therefore, this work provides a timely review of more recent concentration trends in the context of current emission profiles. Overall, throughout this time period, there has been a significant downward trend in the emissions and consequently, the measured concentrations of most metals in UK ambient air. Ambient concentrations were generally found to be well correlated with emission estimates. Analysis of the sensitivity of measured concentrations to emissions suggests that concentrations have fallen faster than the reduction in emission estimates would have predicted at typical median urban background sites.

journal_name

Environ Monit Assess

authors

Goddard SL,Williams KR,Robins C,Butterfield DM,Brown RJC

doi

10.1007/s10661-019-7824-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-10-28 00:00:00

pages

683

issue

11

eissn

0167-6369

issn

1573-2959

pii

10.1007/s10661-019-7824-2

journal_volume

191

pub_type

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