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Long-Term Correlations and Cross-Correlations in Meteorological Variables and Air Pollution in a Coastal Urban Region

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  • Anderson Palmeira

    (Manufacturing and Technology Integrated Campus, SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador 41650-010, Bahia, Brazil)

  • Éder Pereira

    (Instituto Federal do Maranhão, Bacabal 65700-000, Maranhão, Brazil)

  • Paulo Ferreira

    (VALORIZA—Research Center for Endogenous Resource Valorization, 7300-555 Portalegre, Portugal
    Department of Economic Sciences and Organizations, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, 7300-555 Portalegre, Portugal
    CEFAGE, IIFA, Universidade de Évora, Largo dos Colegiais 2, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal)

  • Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas

    (Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador 40170-115, Bahia, Brazil)

  • Davidson Martins Moreira

    (Manufacturing and Technology Integrated Campus, SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador 41650-010, Bahia, Brazil)

Abstract

In this work, we evaluated the evolution of some atmospheric pollutants (O 3 , NOx and PM10) over time and their relationship with four different climate variables (solar irradiation, air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed). To this end, we assessed the long-range dependence of those concentrations with a Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA) and analyzed the cross-correlation of such dependence with the climate variables through a Detrended Cross-Correlation Coefficient Analysis ( ρ D C C A ). The results show that air pollution tends to increase over time, impairing air quality and likely affecting human health. The results indicate a cross-correlation between air pollution and the climatic variables, which persisted for a certain period, with a greater correlation between O 3 concentration and wind, mainly temperature, and a negative correlation with humidity for all monitoring stations. Moreover, unlike O 3 and PM10, NOx concentrations always had a persistent behavior in the region of study for the entire analyzed period.

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  • Anderson Palmeira & Éder Pereira & Paulo Ferreira & Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas & Davidson Martins Moreira, 2022. "Long-Term Correlations and Cross-Correlations in Meteorological Variables and Air Pollution in a Coastal Urban Region," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-12, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:21:p:14470-:d:962943
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