CO? EMISSIONS AROUND THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF SÃO PAULO-GUARULHOS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21680/2447-3359.2020v6n2ID20620Abstract
Airports are known to be large emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs), pollutants and noise. Thus, understanding the emissions from airports can contribute to the development of mitigating actions in the area of global warming by relating anthropogenic emissions to the intensification of global warming, since Carbon Dioxide (CO?) is seen as the main villain of this increase in temperature on Earth. The main motivation of this study was to verify the CO? concentration indexes around the AISP (São Paulo International Airport). For this, CO? measurements were performed at different points using portable equipment (CO? meter and field GPS). The collected data was analyzed in GIS (Geographic Information System) environment. The results showed that the Carbon Dioxide emissions around the AISP ranged from 436 to 490 ppm/ CO?. These emissions are well above the maximum rates found by the UN in the first half of 2019, which reached a global average of 409 ppm/ CO?.
Keywords: CO2; Airports; Global Warming.