Bottom–Up Inventory of Residential Combustion Emissions in Poland for National Air Quality Modelling: Current Status and Perspectives

For many years, the Polish air quality modelling system was decentralized, which significantly hampered the appropriate development of methodologies, evaluations, and comparisons of modelling results. The major contributor to air pollution in Poland is the residential combustion sector. This paper d...

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Main Authors: Lech Gawuc, Karol Szymankiewicz, Dorota Kawicka, Ewelina Mielczarek, Kamila Marek, Marek Soliwoda, Jadwiga Maciejewska
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: MDPI AG 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/33d0f0cda8214e17a5cf366831fedb9c
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Summary:For many years, the Polish air quality modelling system was decentralized, which significantly hampered the appropriate development of methodologies, evaluations, and comparisons of modelling results. The major contributor to air pollution in Poland is the residential combustion sector. This paper demonstrates a novel methodology for residential emission estimation utilized for national air quality modelling and assessment. Our data were compared with EMEP and CAMS inventories, and despite some inequalities in country totals, spatial patterns were similar. We discuss the shortcomings of the presented method and draw conclusions for future improvements.