Technical procedure for using moss bags and snow as effective magnetic monitors for preliminary air quality assessment

Szuszkiewicz, Maria Magdalena

doi:10.24425/aep.2025.156006

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Technical procedure for using moss bags and snow as effective magnetic monitors for preliminary air quality assessment

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Szuszkiewicz Maria Magdalena

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10.24425/aep.2025.156006

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Techniczna procedura wykorzystania woreczków z mchem i śniegu jako efektywnych monitorów magnetycznych do wstępnej oceny jakości powietrza

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Technologically advanced measuring stations are commonly used to monitor air quality, but their use is not always possible due to technical limitations. The primary aim of this study is to present a step-by-step technical research procedure as an effective method of collecting air contaminants and pollutants in locations unsuitable for standard monitoring stations. The moss bag technique was used, in which mosses were placed in a cylindrical fiberglass mesh and deployed in the field on a specially designed installation. Diamagnetic (plastic) containers were used to collect snow. This innovative approach involves both the scope of the research (natural monitors such as moss and snow, as well as seasonality) and the integration of magnetic and geochemical methods, pollution quantification parameters and meteorological data. Magnetic monitoring allows for a preliminary assessment of air quality in places that are difficult to access and/or located far from the main emission sources. A key advantage of using natural monitors (moss and snow) is the possibility of relatively long exposure times. In the case of studies focused on technogenic magnetic particles and potentially toxic elements, this approach allows for the collection of a larger amount of samples and reduces the need for frequent monitoring, which is necessary when using specialist equipment.

Do monitorowania jakości powietrza powszechnie stosuje się zaawansowane technologicznie stacje pomiarowe, jednak ich wykorzystanie nie zawsze jest możliwe ze względu na ograniczenia techniczne. Głównym celem niniejszego opracowania jest przedstawienie, krok po kroku, technicznej procedury badawczej jako skutecznej metody zbierania zanieczyszczeń powietrza w miejscach nieodpowiednich dla standardowych stacji monitorujących. Zastosowano technikę woreczków z mchem, w której mchy umieszczono w cylindrycznej siatce z włókna szklanego i rozmieszczono w terenie na specjalnie zaprojektowanej instalacji. Do zbierania śniegu wykorzystano diamagnetyczne (plastikowe) pojemniki. Innowacyjne podejście obejmuje, zarówno zakres badań (naturalne monitory, takie jak mech i śnieg; sezonowość), jak i integrację metod magnetycznych i geochemicznych, parametrów kwantyfikacji zanieczyszczeń oraz danych meteorologicznych. Monitoring magnetyczny pozwala na wstępną ocenę jakości powietrza w miejscach trudno dostępnych i/lub oddalonych od głównych źródeł emisji. Kluczową zaletą stosowania naturalnych monitorów (mchu i śniegu) jest możliwość stosunkowo długiego czasu ekspozycji. W przypadku badań skoncentrowanych na technogenicznych cząstkach magnetycznych i pierwiastkach potencjalnie toksycznych, takie podejście pozwala na pobranie większej liczby próbek i zmniejsza potrzebę częstego monitoringu, który jest konieczny przy użyciu specjalistycznego sprzętu.

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magnetic monitoring moss bag technique snow technogenic magnetic particles potentially toxic elements air contamination/pollution

technika woreczków z mchem śnieg monitorowanie magnetyczne technogeniczne cząstki magnetyczne pierwiastki potencjalnie toksyczne zanieczyszczenie powietrza

Wydawca

Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences

Czasopismo

Archives of Environmental Protection

Rocznik

2025

Tom

Vol. 51, no. 3

Strony

23--30

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 43 poz., fot.

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Szuszkiewicz Maria Magdalena

maria.szuszkiewicz@ipispan.edu.pl

Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5771-9820

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).

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