Report assessing and comparing the impact of ship traffic to particulate matter of difference sizes in the two cities

This report tries to fill some of these gaps applying the methodologies based on both chemical characterization of particulate matter and high-temporal resolution online measurements, used in the POSEIDON project (Pollution Monitoring of ship emissions: an Integrated approach for harbours in the Adriatic basin, Interreg MED program 2007-2013) that is capitalized in ECOMOBILITY, to characterize the impact of ship traffic to particulate matter of different size starting from nanoparticles and up to PM10. The same approach and the same measurement instruments have been used in the two areas (Venice and Rijeka) to ensure comparability of results. The report is organized in the following sections: 1) Chapter 1 is the introduction; 2) Chapter 2 describes the methodology used for post-processing high-temporal resolution data; 3) Chapter 3 describes the methodology used for post-processing of size-segregated chemical composition; 4) Chapter 4 summarises data previously available in Venice and Rijeka regarding the impact of shipping to atmospheric particulate matter; 5) Chapter 5 discusses the results obtained in ECOMOBILITY regarding the impact of shipping to atmospheric particles of different size obtained; 6) Chapter 6 includes a comparison of the impacts of shipping to atmospheric particulate matter in Venice and Rijeka; 7) Conclusions and bibliographic references follow.