Atmospheric contamination of coastal cities by the exhaust emissions of docked marine vessels : the case of Tromsø

Zubiaga, Asier; Madsen, Synne; Khawaja, Hassan; Boiger, Gernot Kurt

doi:10.3390/environments8090088

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23103

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Atmospheric contamination of coastal cities by the exhaust emissions of docked marine vessels : the case of Tromsø
Authors:	Zubiaga, Asier Madsen, Synne Khawaja, Hassan Boiger, Gernot Kurt
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.3390/environments8090088 10.21256/zhaw-23103
Published in:	Environments
Volume(Issue):	8
Issue:	9
Page(s):	88
Issue Date:	3-Sep-2021
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	MDPI
ISSN:	2076-3298
Language:	English
Subjects:	Atmospheric science; Environment; Modeling and simulation; Data visualization; Computational fluid dynamics
Subject (DDC):	363: Environmental and security problems
Abstract:	Docked ships are a source of contamination for the city while they keep their engine working. Plume emissions from large boats can carry a number of pollutants to nearby cities causing a detrimental effect on the life quality and health of local citizens and ecosystems. A computational fluid dynamics model of the harbour area of Tromsø has been built in order to model the deposition of CO2 gas emitted by docked vessels within the city. The ground level distribution of the emitted gas has been obtained and the influence of the wind speed and direction, vessel chimney height, ambient temperature and exhaust gas temperature have been studied. The deposition range is found to be the largest when the wind speed is low. At high wind speeds, the deposition of pollutants along the wind direction is enhanced and spots of high pollutant concentration can be created. The simulation model is intended for the detailed study of the contamination in cities near the coast or an industrial pollutant source of any type of gas pollutant and can easily be extended for the study of particulate matter.
Further description:	This article belongs to the Special Issue "Air Pollution in Urban and Industrial Areas"
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/23103
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Computational Physics (ICP)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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Zubiaga, A., Madsen, S., Khawaja, H., & Boiger, G. K. (2021). Atmospheric contamination of coastal cities by the exhaust emissions of docked marine vessels : the case of Tromsø. Environments, 8(9), 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8090088

Zubiaga, A. et al. (2021) ‘Atmospheric contamination of coastal cities by the exhaust emissions of docked marine vessels : the case of Tromsø’, Environments, 8(9), p. 88. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8090088.

A. Zubiaga, S. Madsen, H. Khawaja, and G. K. Boiger, “Atmospheric contamination of coastal cities by the exhaust emissions of docked marine vessels : the case of Tromsø,” Environments, vol. 8, no. 9, p. 88, Sep. 2021, doi: 10.3390/environments8090088.

ZUBIAGA, Asier, Synne MADSEN, Hassan KHAWAJA und Gernot Kurt BOIGER, 2021. Atmospheric contamination of coastal cities by the exhaust emissions of docked marine vessels : the case of Tromsø. Environments. 3 September 2021. Bd. 8, Nr. 9, S. 88. DOI 10.3390/environments8090088

Zubiaga, Asier, Synne Madsen, Hassan Khawaja, and Gernot Kurt Boiger. 2021. “Atmospheric Contamination of Coastal Cities by the Exhaust Emissions of Docked Marine Vessels : The Case of Tromsø.” Environments 8 (9): 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8090088.

Zubiaga, Asier, et al. “Atmospheric Contamination of Coastal Cities by the Exhaust Emissions of Docked Marine Vessels : The Case of Tromsø.” Environments, vol. 8, no. 9, Sept. 2021, p. 88, https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8090088.