Abstract:

The Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Protection Agency (HEPA) under DONRE is operating an air quality monitoring and assessment system in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Air pollution dispersion models have been installed as part of the GIS based database and planning tool. This system is based on the NILU developed AirQUIS system.

Air pollution dispersion models have been operated and tested for application in HCMC. Templates and routines for emission inventories have been used to collect emission data and the first model estimated have been presented. Concentration estimates will also be used to evaluate different source’s relative importance to the total exposure, impact assessment and to perform optimal abatement planning.

The data collected through the automatic monitoring and telemetric network is being quality controlled and transferred for storage in the AirQUIS database. An automatic air quality index (AQI) generator provides AQI values for traffic and for urban background microenvironments to be displayed daily on the information web site.

The first results from the full application of the system are presented in the paper.

Presentation: http://www.cleanairnet.org/baq2006/1757/docs/SW4_2.ppt