Lineamientos para la medición de la calidad del aire en cuanto a ozono y la implementación en programas de seguimiento y monitoreo

Abstract

The quality of the air guarantees a healthy environment for the community; however, the industrial processes have deteriorated this quality due to the emission of pollutants such as NOx, CO and VOC, which, together with the solar radiation, react in a photochemical way producing a secondary pollutant, highly oxidative, ozone (O3). This document seeks to propose a clear tool, which allows recognizing which are the necessary guidelines at the moment of to articulate a follow-up and monitoring program the atmospheric pollutant mentioned above. Through the study carried out, an information lifting is carried out, where is taken the most representative corresponding to: how is the formation of the O3?, what effects does it produce?, which is the current state of the Air Quality Surveillance Systems in the country?, with respect to the O3, what is the reference method for monitoring?, and which is the normative that controls these maximum permissible limits ?, among other aspects. Therefore, as a result, will have obtained a technical sheet that proposes the guidelines for the measurement of air quality in terms of ozone (O3) and its implementation in follow-up and monitoring programs. It is concluded that this proposed tool will allow to have of clear way, the measures that must be adopted to carry out a follow-up and monitoring, that meets with the criteria demanded by the standards, in order to obtain reliable and truthful information, which allows to strengthen and implement programs of prevention, control, follow-up and monitoring of O3, in order to guarantee a quality of air to the population.