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How Much Do You Know About The Air Pollution of Taichung?
Organization(s):Dan-Feng Senior High School
Country:Taiwan Partnership
Student(s):Liu Yu Hsuan
Chen Yu Xuan
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Teacher:Peter Liu
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Report Type(s):Mission Earth Report, International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Earth As a System, Fire Fuel
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Optional Badges:I am a Collaborator, I am a Data Scientist, I make an Impact
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Date Submitted:04/10/2019
Through analyzing the differences among each of the general air quality monitoring stations (GAQM stations), and the impact of the pollutant source’s distance, the differences of each seasons, also the yearly changes, we have the following discoveries:
1. The numeric of the pollutants in Taichung district shows an obvious seasonal change. It has a more serious air pollution problem in winter and spring. The air pollution problem in summer, by contrast, is comparatively lesser.
2. The numeric of the pollutants PM2.5, PM10 and O3 decrease with the increasing distances, it shows that the amount of the pollutants are highly related to the Taichung Power Plant.
3. Despite the increase of the coal consumption, the condition of the pollution in the central region of Taiwan is accidentally taking a turn for the better.
4. Except the amount of the O3, the concentration of the pollutants observed by the stations near the Taichung Power Plant have the lower yearly changing average, which means the pollutants amount always stay in a high position without going down. The amount of O3, however, keeps raising because of the coal consumption increase of the Taichung Power Plant.