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Selected Land Cover Factors as a Determinant of Differences in Particulate Matter Concentrations – A Case Study of Warsaw, Poland Cover

Selected Land Cover Factors as a Determinant of Differences in Particulate Matter Concentrations – A Case Study of Warsaw, Poland

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|May 2025

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Figure 1.

The monthly average concentration of PM10 at five air quality stations in Warsaw in 2022

Figure 2

Location of meteorological station, air quality stations (GIOŚ, 2023) on the background of land cover (GUGiK, 2025) within borders of Warsaw (Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii, 2022) created using QGIS (QGIS Development Team, 2021)

Land cover structure in 1-km buffer from air quality stations in Warsaw_ The types of land cover with area smaller than 0_01 ha (no pixels in raster) were removed from the table

Area [ha]Artificial surfacesCultivated areasBroadleaf tree coverConiferous tree coverHerbaceous vegetationMoors and HeathlandPeatbogsNatural material surfacesWater bodies
WI192.0121.5531.8011.9956.170.370.050.010.48
WN149.4945.1919.8323.0975.060.960.300.000.48
WD159.2620.2351.9429.7451.720.680.320.080.48
WK166.2122.9114.5621.1685.742.230.160.900.48
WT14.8554.7435.19116.0656.622.500.000.000.48

Air monitoring stations located in Warsaw, Poland with basic statistics_ The data from these points were used from the model in this study_ Data in table are based on (GIOŚ, 2025)

Symbol on mapInternational codePM10 24-hour averages yearly coverage (%)Minimum daily concentration (µg/m3)Maximum daily concentration (µg/m3)Mean concentration (µg/m3)C90.5 (µg/m3)WGS84 coordinates
WDPL0308A93.44.075.720.836.352.285073°N 20.933018°E
WIPL0140A99.76.8184.535.359.052.219298°N 21.004724°E
WKPL0739A95.63.286.523.641.652.207742°N 20.906073°E
WNPL0141A97.02.869.620.436.252.160772°N 21.033819°E
WTPL0717A96.45.979.524.443.152.188474°N 21.176233°E

Parameters of the linear model of PM10 concentration based on meteorological conditions and surrounding land cover_

Parameter (unit of coefficient)CoefficientStandard error
Daily maximum temperature (µg/m3⋅°C)1.321****0.076
Daily minimum temperature (µg/m3⋅°C)−1.894****0.095
Duration of rain (µg/m3⋅h)−0.695****0.092
Duration of snow (µg/m3⋅h)−1.08****0.14
Duration of fog (µg/m3⋅h)0.55**0.25
Duration of mist (µg/m3⋅h)0.940****0.059
Duration of wind >=10m/s (µg/m3⋅h)−0.59**0.23
Duration of hoar frost (µg/m3⋅h)1.04****0.17
Artificial surfaces area (µg/m3⋅ha)0.420****0.019
Broadleaf tree cover (µg/m3⋅ha)−0.754****0.046
Coniferous tree cover (µg/m3⋅ha)0.637****0.030
Herbaceous vegetation (µg/m3⋅ha)−0.681****0.038

List of available meteorological parameters at Warsaw-Okęcie (Warsaw Chopin Airport Meteorological Station, WMO 12375)

Parameter nameUnitParameter nameUnit
Daily maximum temperature(°C)Sunshine duration(hours)
Daily minimum temperature(°C)Duration of rain(hours)
Daily average temperature(°C)Duration of snow(hours)
Minimum ground temperature(°C)Duration of rain and snow(hours)
Daily total precipitation(mm)Duration of hail(hours)
Precipitation type(S/W/)Duration of fog(hours)
Snow depth(cm)Duration of mist(hours)
Snow water equivalent(mm/cm)Duration of rime(hours)
Occurrence of snow cover(0/1)Duration of glaze(hours)
Occurrence of lightning(0/1)Duration of low-level snow drift(hours)
Ground state(Z/R)Duration of high-level snow drift(hours)
Lower isotherm(cm)Duration of turbidity(hours)
Upper isotherm(cm)Duration of wind >=10m/s(hours)
Actinometry(J/cm2)Duration of wind >15m/s(hours)
Duration of thunderstorm(hours)
Duration of dew(hours)
Duration of hoar frost(hours)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2025-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
Language: English
Page range: 161 - 174
Submitted on: Jan 15, 2025
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Accepted on: Mar 20, 2025
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Published on: May 10, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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