Micrometriological Measurement of CO2 Balance and Anthropogenic Airpollutants in Huntsville.

Human activities such as mobility and industries affect the atmosphere on scales that range from local to global. Mobility demand in the city met principally by road transportation mode supplemented by rail, aviation and marine transport services, keeps increasing in reflection of the economic growth and the attendant population increase. thereby contributing to the anthropogenic air pollution sources. The typical city setting of study is Huntsville which is presently included in the list of non-attainment area for criteria pollutants especially ozone by EPA in compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). This study aims at assessing the Green House Gas emissions related to urban vehicular traffic and industries in the municipality of Huntsville; to quantify the share of responsibility of GHG emissions related to urban transport and industries; to quantify the GHG sources and sinks at the local level following the NAAQS and Intergovernmental panel (IPCC) guidelines ; and, the evaluation of the economic growth, air quality and noise impacts of regional jet service at commercial airport serving small cities. Previous results showed that ozone concentration by 2008 stands at 0.078ppm, slightly higher than the level of the NAAQS (0.075ppm); the PM₁₀ measurement was below the maximum standard of 150ug/m³ ; CO was well below standard and measured SO₂ concentration of 0.13ppm is an order of magnitude slightly below the NAAQS of 0.14ppm. The study on human contamination of the atmosphere has the end purpose of characterizing the resulting problems and informing the development and implementation of solutions to the problems.