https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611926005
Lidar Measurements of Industrial Benzene Emissions
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
* Email: stijn.berkhout@rivm.nl
Published online: 7 June 2016
The ability to measure benzene concentrations was added to the RIVM mobile DIAL system. In a ten-days campaign, it was used to measure benzene emissions in the Rijnmond, a heavily industrialised area in the South-west of the Netherlands with petrochemical industry, petrochemical products storage and the port of Rotterdam. On two of the ten days, benzene emissions were found. Combined with measurements of wind speed and wind direction, the Lidar measurements indicated the possible origins of these emissions. This makes the Lidar a valuable tool, augmenting the data collected at fixed monitoring stations.
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