Air quality (AQ) identification by innovative trend diagram and AQ index combinations in Istanbul megacity

WOS: 000454999000010Istanbul is one of the megacities with population over 14 million, where the most intensive economic and social human activities take place in Turkey with unprecedented energy consumption and extravagant life style. These activities cause air pollutant emissions and concentrations increases under the additional effects of greenhouse gasses and waste heat with their impacts on ecosystems, climate change and air quality. In order to control and improve the air quality at different quarters of Istanbul City, various air pollutants are monitored for effective combat For this purpose, time series records of the pollutants (particulate matter