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The article presents the measurement results of the concentration of dust PM10 and PM2.5 as well as SO2, NO, NO2 and NOx based on a mobile laboratory located on the campus of the Silesian University of Technology (Poland, Gliwice, Konarskiego 20B, 50.292934N, 18.682164E), in the so-called “winter period” in 2020 (from 01/01/2020 to 31/03/2020 and from 01/10/2020 to 31/12/2020). The obtained results were used to carry out a synthetic (aggregated) assessment of the threat to the anthropogenic environment, the so-called “objects”, i.e. days on which the measurements were made, interpreted as points in the multidimensional space with coordinates corresponding to the measurement results of the concentration of dust pollutants: PM10 and PM2.5 and gaseous pollutants: SO2, NO, NO2 and NOx. The determined synthetic values additionally allowed for ordering (creating rankings) of the examined “objects” in terms of air quality. For the calculations, the Simple Additive Weighting method (SAW) was used, which belongs to the group of single-criteria synthesis methods.
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The article presents the measurement results of the concentration of dust PM10 and PM2.5 as well as SO2, NO, NO2 and NOx based on a mobile laboratory located on the campus of the Silesian University of Technology (Poland, Gliwice, Konarskiego 20B, 50.292934N, 18.682164E), in the so-called “winter period” in 2020 (from 01/01/2020 to 31/03/2020 and from 01/10/2020 to 31/12/2020). The obtained results were used to carry out a synthetic (aggregated) assessment of the threat to the anthropogenic environment, the so-called “objects”, i.e. days on which the measurements were made, interpreted as points in the multidimensional space with coordinates corresponding to the measurement results of the concentration of dust pollutants: PM10 and PM2.5 and gaseous pollutants: SO2, NO, NO2 and NOx. The determined synthetic values additionally allowed for ordering (creating rankings) of the examined “objects” in terms of air quality. For the calculations, the Simple Additive Weighting method (SAW) was used, which belongs to the group of single-criteria synthesis methods.

Application of the Simple Additive Weighting Method in the Assessment Process of Air Pollution on the Campus of the Silesian University of Technology

Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering (Department of Air Protection)

Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mining

Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation (Department of Safety Engineering)

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment

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The article presents the measurement results of the concentration of dust PM10 and PM2.5 as well as SO2, NO, NO2 and NOx based on a mobile laboratory located...

Application of the Simple Additive Weighting Method in the Assessment Process of Air Pollution on the Campus of the Silesian University of Technology

Published Online: Dec 31, 2023

Page range: 167 - 174

Received: Sep 14, 2023

Accepted: Oct 31, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2023-0060

Keywords
Environmental monitoring, Hazardous substances, Single-criteria synthesis method, Ordering (creating rankings) of the examined “objects”

© 2023 Elwira Zajusz-Zubek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Application of the Simple Additive Weighting Method in the Assessment Process of Air Pollution on the Campus of the Silesian University of Technology

Published Online: Dec 31, 2023

Page range: 167 - 174

Received: Sep 14, 2023

Accepted: Oct 31, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2023-0060

KeywordsEnvironmental monitoring, Hazardous substances, Single-criteria synthesis method, Ordering (creating rankings) of the examined “objects”

© 2023 Elwira Zajusz-Zubek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Environmental monitoring, Hazardous substances, Single-criteria synthesis method, Ordering (creating rankings) of the examined “objects”