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ABSTRACT
The quality of our breath, the most basic source of life, is critical to our well-being. Therefore, air quality
management is one of the most fundamental environmental strategies. Because of its transboundary,
transportable, and dynamic nature, air quality management requires global cooperation. Türkiye was
among the first to join the UN Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), which
was developed in this regard.
At the national level, air was the first environmental theme for which legislation was issued based on the
Environmental Law. The Air Emission Management portal was created to improve air quality through
transparent, common database sharing. Its motto is "You cannot manage what you do not know." The
Ministry runs air quality models on its servers to produce maps with kilometer resolution, showing the
temporal and spatial distribution of air quality. After developing the scenarios, the most effective ones for
improving air quality are identified and turned into policies.
On the other hand, the battle against pollution is bolstered by pinpointing and controlling sources of short-
lived air pollutants in densely populated urban areas. The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and
Climate Change developed the NEFES (New Emission Forecast & Evaluation System) software, which
allows for the precise measurement of pollution sources and air quality values on digital twins of cities with
meter precision.
With the modelling applications developed to determine air quality levels with high resolution, information
is obtained about places where measurement data is not available and the source of pollution can be
detected and measures are defined by different scenario studies.
In this article, general information is given on air quality, transboundary air pollution and international
obligations, national legislation prepared for the control of air pollution and air quality modelling
applications, especially NEFES software are introduced.
Keywords: Air Quality, Air Quality Modelling, Spatial and Temporal Emission Distiribution,
Transboundary Air Pollution

Makale Atıf Bilgisi: Gürtepe, İ. Ç. - Turan, F. - Varank, F. (2024). "Yaşamın
Kaynağı Nefes: Hava Kalitesi Yönetiminde Dijitalleş-
me". Çevre, Şehir ve İklim Dergisi, Yıl: 3, Çölleşme,
Erozyon ve İklim Değişikliği Özel Sayısı, s. (1-19)

Makale Türü: Araştırma
Geliş Tarihi: 02.09.2024
Kabul Tarihi: 28.10.2024
Yayın Tarihi: 08.11.2024
Yayın Sezonu: Kasım 2024

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