Aromatic VOC Concentrations in Campos dos Goytacazes and Itaperuna, Brazil

Hellen Gonçalves Vieira's research monitored 10 aromatic volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere of Campos dos Goytacazes and Itaperuna, Brazil. The VOCs were actively sampled and analyzed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection. This is the first study of VOCs in these cities, which have different terrain and high vehicle traffic.

Use Cases

• Identifying emission sources like vehicular traffic based on VOC concentration patterns.
• Analyzing the influence of terrain on pollutant dispersion and photochemical reactions.
• Applying exploratory multivariate analysis to find significant variables in environmental monitoring data.

Strengths

• Focuses on 10 specific aromatic volatile organic compounds.
• Data was collected via active sampling and analyzed with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
• Represents the first VOC evaluation study for the two named Brazilian cities.

Limitations

• Row count, column definitions, and file formats are unknown.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to paperswithcode.

Provenance

Source

Hellen Gonçalves Vieira

Collection Method

Active sampling followed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection after thermal desorption.

Geography

Campos dos Goytacazes and Itaperuna, Brazil (Norte Fluminense and Noroeste Fluminense regions).