Capability of atmospheric air monitoring in the urban area of Cubat?o using Lidar technique

摘要

This paper presents results of air quality monitoring campaigns carried out in the industrial city ofCubat?o, based on the Lidar methodology. The interest in these monitoring campaigns is related tothe specific situation of Cubat?o as one of the largest petrochemical and industrial sites in Brazil, aswell as its geographic location, in the seaside and surrounded by a mountain barrier with 600 to1000 m height. The tests were carried using a vertically pointing mobile Lidar to derive verticalprofiles of aerosols based on backscattered radiation. The results consist of vertical profiles ofaerosol concentration over time, and represent a set of illustrative patterns that can be correlatedwith meteorological and air quality information, thus providing valuable instantaneousinformation on local atmospheric conditions.