The port of Veracruz is one of the most important ports in Mexico and is currently in the process of a major expansion. The new port area, "Bahía Norte", will be three times larger than the current port, "Bahía Sur". Atmospheric emissions from the Veracruz port system, specifically from the engines of ships undergoing maneuvering and hotelling operations, were determined on a daily basis from 2018 to 2019 for sulfur dioxide (SO), nitrogen oxides (NO), carbon monoxide (CO), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), particles (PM), particles smaller than 10 micrometers (PM), particles smaller than 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Gulf of Mexico region has important sources of acid rain precursors, located in all of the countries; U.S., Mexico and Cuba, and so it is very important to study the chemical composition of the wet atmospheric deposition in all coastal areas.
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