Atmospheric Madrid pollution levels

Since the coming into force of the Kyoto Protocol, countries of the European Union, including Spain, made a lot of plans that seek to reduce the emission of gaseous pollutants, something that can be reduced to a level tiny if you take the necessary steps and be maintained this trend can be achieved to improve air quality significantly.

Regarding the city of Madrid, is placing emphasis on an innovative Surveillance network whose last regulatory and effectiveness was launched on November 11, 2009 although it is the fruit of decades of work and the combination with last generation technologies made available for the care of the environment.


One of the first signs of concern over pollution and the air monitoring was in 1968, where the air monitoring activities carried out and planned continuous analysis of the atmospheric conditions in the city of Madrid, despite the fact that technology that was not then so specific that they used samplers.
Ten years passed until settled completely a provision of sensors distributed throughout the city, which ran in joint automatically, creating a certain amount of fixed stations which remain until today, but with the necessary technological updates.

Adopted the directive on May 21, 2008, were established new patterns in the measurement of the air, a criterion of unification of measurements, to introduce the need to balance stations placed at sites with excessive traffic, and those that are more isolated.

Since then, the stations fixed updated constantly, to the level achieved today, where accessible public form to all the information regarding the air quality and the protection of the atmosphere, in addition to the different measurements that are published on a daily basis.


Madrid boasts the so-called Comprehensive air quality system, whose purpose is to advertise on a daily basis the levels of air pollution , according to the regulations in force, and seeks to have a constant update of a dedicated website, where can we find that listed below:

In each index referred to the major pollutants and indicates the different levels in the air.

The atmospheric contaminacion

Pollution, air pollution or air pollution can be one of the more damage you are doing to the planet, their side effects already affect not just an isolated areas or ecosystems, but the Pope with sheer as global warming, world by become it aware about his men is a priority, and the reason for this entry.

Air pollution occurs when substances or energy mezclan l gas and disturbing the balance thereof, by altering natural, attacking various materials, reducing visibility, hindering biological such as respiration and photosynthesis process conditions, as also cause diseases or produce unpleasant odors.

The main causes of pollution of air due to processes involve combustion, industrial processes, the engines of vehicles or residential heating already generate carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen and sulphur, among several other gaseous pollutants.

Once his, some industries also emit gases harmful during their production processes, as e.g. chlorine or hydrocarbons not made completely, combustion being toxic substances threaten life directly.

This pollution can have a local character, but as we mentioned, global warming is an alterations in the greenhouse effect due to pollution of the air that leaves the Sun's rays pass freely.

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