The impact of heating systems scenarios on air pollution at selected residential zone: a case study using AERMOD dispersion model

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Table 12 AERMOD dispersion modelling results within study domain based on descriptive statistics

Scenario	Pollutant	1-h/8-h Averaging period^a [µg/m³]			24-h Averaging period [µg/m³]			Heating season average [µg/m³]
Scenario	Pollutant	Peak value	Mean ± SD	Median	Peak value	Mean ± SD	Median	Peak value	Mean ± SD	Median
1	NO₂	296.63	18.65 ± 30.62	13.54	23.82	3.08 ± 2.95	2.48	2.49	0.30 ± 0.29	0.23
1	CO	5.92	0.79 ± 0.72	0.65	2.53	0.33 ± 0.31	0.26	0.26	0.03 ± 0.03	0.02
2	NO₂	81.24	8.15 ± 11.51	4.72	14.06	1.25 ± 1.39	0.78	0.81	0.11 ± 0.12	0.06
2	CO	6.09	0.46 ± 0.58	0.29	2.46	0.22 ± 0.24	0.14	0.14	0.02 ± 0.02	0.01
3	NO₂	46.58	7.77 ± 7.34	5.84	8.02	1.16 ± 1.01	0.98	1.20	0.17 ± 0.19	0.11
3	CO	4.61	0.67 ± 0.63	0.53	2.18	0.32 ± 0.28	0.27	0.33	0.05 ± 0.05	0.03

^a1-h averaging period for NO₂ concentrations; 8-h averaging period for CO concentrations