PM2.5 FORECAST FOR SANTIAGO DE CHILE

The 24hr mean plots are used to see if an episode must be declared or not. Vertical black lines are the time where to see if an episode must be declared or not. Red lines are the thresholds to declare each episode. No rule for declaring PM2.5 episodes exist for Santiago de Chile, and then thresholds are created based in US-EPA actual and previous regulation (Perez and Salini, 2008):

·        Episode type 1: from 35 to 65 µgr/m3

·        Episode type 2: from 65 to 100 µgr/m3

·        Episode type 3: Over 100 µgr/m3

Observations are not validated data.

PM10_24hmean_PUDAHUELPM10_24hmean_CERRO_NAVIAPM10_1hr_PUDAHUELPM10_1hr_CERRO_NAVIAT_PUDAHUEL

Links

·        PM10 forecast for Santiago de Chile

·        Ventilation factor from DMC (used to forecast episodes by the Authority)

·        Santiago weather forecast from DMC

References

Perez, P., Salini, G., 2008. PM2.5 forecasting in a large city: Comparison of three methods. Atmospheric Environment 42, 8219-8224.