Revista de Ingeniería

revinge | eISSN 2011-0049 | ISSN 0121-4993

Analysis of Bogota’s Air Quality

No. 26 (2007-11-01)
  • Mauricio Gaitán
    Estudiante de maestría. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental. Asistente de investigación del Centro de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Ambiental (CIIA), Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
  • Juliana Cancino
    Ingeniera Ambiental. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
  • Eduardo Behrentz
    Ph.D. Director del Centro de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Ambiental (CIIA). Coordinador de Posgrado del Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia. ebehrent@uniandes.edu.co
https://doi.org/10.16924/revinge.26.10

Abstract

During this research project we conducted an analysis of the information registered by Bogotá’s air quality monitoring network. We built a database that was designed to facilitate the processes of validating and analyzing the air quality data, which were used to quantify the city’s air pollution problem. Our results suggest that air pollutants such as carbon monoxide and sulfur and nitrogen oxides do not represent a major air pollution problem. At the same time, however, the particulate matter ambient air concentrations in Bogotá tend to be much higher than the levels suggested by the local air quality standards.

Keywords: Air quality networks, real-time information, diagnosis, air pollution