Investigative study to determine concentrations of Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and (PM10, PM2.5) along Manchester city center and nearby running routes.

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-Finish the rest of the chapters, I have uploaded the dissertation template as well as i’ll be uploading the previous orders/chapters. (If possible add one more page to the literature review chapter) -I have uploaded the DMRP excel sheet. -I have also uploaded other files such as the emission factor tool kit and NOx to NO2 calculater (all of which you’ll also find in the websites provided in the ”comments” inside the model. -Choose the routes or roads in Manchester, measure the distance between the road and the sidewalk using google earth and input it in the model and then use the emission factor tool kit to get the emission factors for NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 (all the data you’ll be able to get online such as traffic flow for this toolkit) and you’ll get their road contribution. Afterwards you’ll get the background concentrations of that road which you’ll also be able to get from the link in ”comments” and you’ll get the background conc. which are modeled all over the uk with the coordinates for every 5km2 I think. Input he conc. for that road and you’ll get the total concentration. (This is the annual mean).

Although exceedances in the annual mean might affect residents in that area, which you should make a point of, it wouldn’t have an affect on our receptors (runners) because they are only there for a short time, However if the exceedance of the annual mean objective, which is set at 40ug/m3 for NO2, is more than 60ug/m3 than there is a likely exceedance of the hourly objective, which for NO2 is 200ug/m3; if the annual mean is less than 60ug/m3 than there is not likely an exceedance in the hourly objective of 200ug/m3 for NO2. -Air quality standards are set to protect vulnerable people children, old people, people with asthma; runners might not fit in that group but discuss whether the objectives of air quality standards apply in the same way to runners; since runners breathe heavily even if there aren’t exceedances in concentration levels does not mean they are not going to be damaged by any level of concentration. -There are not likely exceedances in PM objective standards in the UK but nevertheless There are no safe levels of Particulate matter, runners could be damaged by any levels of concentration (its recommended for runners to choose routes that have the least concentrations of PM) -its very difficult to model an hourly average because of complex variations and changes in the road. -more detailed modelling, need more complex modelling (expensive) -You can download measured data by continuous analyzers online, compare the results with the model; if results are close we’ll be able to predict concentrations in areas that don’t have any measured data. -Choose the year 2019 and previous years for comparison and analysis. -Do what you can, if more pages are necessary let me know. -Include table, figures.