Atmospheric Pollution and Meteorological Parameters in the City of Cuiabá-MT

Levi Pires de Andrade¹, Marta Cristina de Jesus Albuquerque Nogueira², Flávia Maria de Moura Santos², 

José de Souza Nogueira³, Carlo Raph de Musis⁴, and Jonathan W. Zangeski Novais⁵

5. Postgraduate Program of the University of Cuiabá, UNIC, Brazil

Abstract: In the last decades, Cuiabá experienced a strong population growth and also an intense increase in the number of vehicles. Thus, concentrations of particulate matter have exceeded the tolerable limits indicated by the World Health Organization. This article studies the correlations between meteorological data, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Wind Speed, and concentrations of pollutants atmospheric, MP (Particulate Material smaller than 2.5 μm of diameter) and Carbon Monoxide. The study shows that the air quality in Cuiabá is inadequate and correlates with the meteorological variables and the traffic of vehicles in the city. The MP concentration is intense traffic MP = 94.93 μg.m-3 and moderate traffic MP = 57.56 μg.m-3. With this, there is a need to redefine the planning and execution of public policies that minimize these negative impacts.