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Accurate carbon monoxide (CO) emission prediction is crucial for urban health. A new dynamic model developed for New Borg El Arab, Egypt, accurately predicts roadside CO concentrations, outperforming existing models.

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  • Atmospheric Chemistry
  • Transportation Engineering

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  • Transportation energy use significantly contributes to carbon monoxide (CO) emissions, posing risks to human health and the environment.
  • Accurate CO emission prediction is vital, particularly for large cities in developing nations where such data is often lacking.
  • New Borg El Arab (NBC), Egypt, faces challenges in monitoring and predicting CO emissions from its transportation sector.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a dynamic model for predicting roadside CO concentrations in New Borg El Arab, Egypt.
  • To assess the performance of the existing Swiss-German Handbook Emission Factors for Road Transport (HBEFA v3.1) model for CO emission prediction in the study area.
  • To provide a more accurate tool for urban air quality management in developing cities.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted field measurements of traffic characteristics and corresponding CO concentrations in New Borg El Arab.
  • Developed a dynamic CO emission model integrating traffic flow data with roadside CO levels.
  • Evaluated the predictive accuracy of the developed model and compared it against the HBEFA v3.1 model.

Main Results:

  • The HBEFA v3.1 model was found to underestimate CO emission figures in the study area.
  • The developed dynamic CO emission model demonstrated an acceptable representation of measured CO concentrations (R² = 0.77).
  • The developed model showed significantly lower mean bias (-0.27 mg m⁻³) and frictional bias (0.09) compared to HBEFA v3.1's overestimations.

Conclusions:

  • The developed dynamic CO emission model provides a more accurate prediction of roadside CO concentrations than the HBEFA v3.1 model for New Borg El Arab.
  • This study highlights the need for localized emission models in developing urban areas.
  • The findings support improved air quality management strategies by offering a reliable CO emission prediction tool.