Environment Essay Sample: The Air pollutant PM and AQI

Over the 7-day period, the major air pollutants seemed quite stagnant in how much they fluctuated, except for the sudden peaks and declines of the pollutant PM2.5 and the slight decline of the pollutant PM10. For the Ozone air pollutant, there was a slight rise from the beginning of the data collection to the middle and a slightly steeper decline towards the end of the data collection. The pollutant PM2.5 is by far the biggest pollutant in the city, with numbers reaching up to 80 AQI over the data collection period. With this pollutant, the first 3 days see a peak, then a steep downfall, and then another peak. Over the rest of the period, the data steadily declined except for Sunday which only rose a couple of AQI points.

Finally, with the air pollutant PM10, the data shows that this pollutant is not prevalent in Cincinnati, as the highest rating was on Friday at 26 AQI. This pollutant also has an eventful first few days, as they see a peak, steep downfall, and another peak. Then, during the middle of the collection period, the data showed a downward trend. Also included in this data collection period are the temperatures and weather conditions of each day in Cincinnati at around 3 PM EST. Here, we see the temperatures start low, then steadily reach a peak at the middle of the period, and then steadily reach their lowest point at the end of the period. Furthermore, the weather conditions of each day portrayed an adverse weather condition (snow or rain) on two of the days, passing clouds on two of the days, and overcast on the other three days. Plus, the wind speeds were as high as 13mph and as low as 7mph, with all days including a Northbound wind path.

Over the 7-day period, the major air pollutants seemed quite stagnant in how much they fluctuated, except for the sudden peaks and declines of the pollutant PM2.5 and the slight decline of the pollutant PM10. For the Ozone air pollutant, there was a slight rise from the beginning of the data collection to the middle, and a slightly steeper decline towards the end of the data collection. The pollutant PM2.5 is by far the biggest pollutant in the city, with numbers reaching up to 80 AQI over the data collection period. With this pollutant, the first 3 days see a peak, then a steep downfall, and then another peak. Over the rest of the period, the data steadily declined except for Sunday which only rose a couple of AQI points. Finally, with the air pollutant PM10, the data shows that this pollutant is not prevalent in Cincinnati, as the highest rating was on Friday at 26 AQI. This pollutant also has an eventful first few days, as they see a peak, steep downfall, and another peak. Then, during the middle of the collection period, the data showed a downward trend. Also included in this data collection period are the temperatures and weather conditions of each day in Cincinnati at around 3PM EST. Here, we see the temperatures start low, then steadily reach a peak at the middle of the period, and then steadily reach its lowest point at the end of the period. Furthermore, the weather conditions of each day portrayed an adverse weather condition (snow or rain) on two of the days, passing clouds on two of the days, and overcast on the other three days. Plus, the wind speeds were as high as 13mph and as low as 7mph, with all days including a Northbound wind path.