Seasonal variations in the content of dust particles pm10 and pm2.5 in the air of resort cities depending on intensity transport traffic and other conditions

Abstract

The paper presents the results of the investigation aimed at evaluating the content of dust particles PM10 and PM2.5 in the air of Yessentuki, one of the resort cities in the Caucasus Mineral Waters region. It gives the data on the size distribution and concentration of fine dust in the city atmosphere with regard to the specific features of urban territory zoning, the climatic factors and seasonal changes in the number of citizens as well as to the remoteness from the industrial zone, the intensity of public and transport traffic. The authors show that it is reasonable to use sequences of random values for the purpose of air quality evaluation in various zones of the city in case of the absence of monitoring stations with continuous measurements checking the probability of the standard values exceedance for fine dust content. Similar investigations are carried out in other resort cities of the Caucasus Mineral Waters region