Butterfield, D M; Quincey, P (2017) An Investigation into the effects of off-shore shipping emissions on coastal black carbon concentrations. Aerosol Air Qual. Res., 17 (1). pp. 218-229.

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Abstract

Shipping emissions are recognised as a significant but poorly understood contributor to air pollution in the UK. Away from port, lower grade fuels are permitted to be used, to the extent that sulphur emissions from shipping were forecast to exceed those from all land-based sources in the EU by 2020. Emissions of soot-like carbon from shipping have so far not been included in the regulations for air pollution, which primarily cover NOx, SO2 and CO2, but are likely to be significant. Shipping emissions can be monitored either close to shipping lanes or in ports. The port option has the disadvantages that it will be difficult to isolate the shipping emissions from local traffic and industrial sources. To examine the impact of black carbon emissions from shipping, an Aethalometer was installed at Goonhilly Downs on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, UK for a year in late 2012. Black carbon concentrations showed no significant increase due to shipping emissions, however some small elevated concentrations could be attributed to ship emissions.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Environmental Measurement Environmental Measurement > Atmospheric Science, Emission and Security
Divisions:	Chemical, Medical & Environmental Science
Identification number/DOI:	10.4209/aaqr.2015.12.0688
Last Modified:	09 Feb 2018 13:58
URI:	http://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/id/eprint/7444

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