Benzene and 1,3-butadiene concentrations at the roadside - contents
A report produced for The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

AEAT-4301

John R Stedman
Chris J Dore

December 1998
Contents
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Mapping background benzene & 1,3-butadiene
      2.1 Current background benzene and 1,3-butadiene maps
      2.2 2005 background benzene and 1,3-butadiene maps
3 Current roadside benzene & 1,3-butadiene concentrations
      3.1 Roadside concentrations
      3.2 Data collection
      3.3 Analysis of annual mean benzene concentration
      3.4 Analysis of daily roadside enhancement of concentration for benzene and 1,3-butadiene
            3.4.1 Factors affecting the benzene:NO
x road link emissions ratio and benzene:NOx roadside enhancement
4 Maps of estimated roadside benzene & 1,3-butadiene concentrations
      4.1 Current background and roadside concentrations
      4.2 Predicted roadside concentrations
            4.2.1 Introduction
            4.2.2 Comparison with NAQS objectives
5 Projections for individual monitoring site locations
6 Comparison with Benzene Target Value
      6.1 Introduction
      6.2 Estimated exceedences in 2010
            6.2.1 Business as usual - "Scenario a"
            6.2.2 Emission reduction scenarios
7 Conclusions
8 References
9 Acknowledgements


Appendices
Appendix 1 Monitoring site information
Appendix 2 Statistical comparison of annual means
Appendix 3 Exceedance of benzene target value (2010)




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