Assoc.Prof.Tolga Elbir

 

Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Environmental Engineering

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Articles

  1. Elbir, T., Kara, M., Bayram, A., Altiok, H., Dumanoglu, Y., "Comparison of predicted and observed PM10 concentrations in several urban street canyons", Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, DOI 10.1007/s11869-010-0080-9 (2011).
  2. Odabasi, M., Bayram, A., Elbir, T., Seyfioglu, R., Dumanoglu, Y., Ornektekin, S., "Investigation of Soil Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Trace Elements, and Anions Due to Iron-Steel Plant Emissions in an Industrial Region in Turkey", Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 213(1-4), 375-388 (2010).
  3. Elbir, T., Mangir, N., Kara, M., Ozdemir, S., "Development of a GIS-based Decision Support System for Urban Air Quality Management in the City of Istanbul", Atmospheric Environment, 44(4), 441-454 (2010).
  4. Odabasi, M., Bayram, A., Elbir, T., Seyfioglu, R., Dumanoglu, Y., Bozlaker, A., Demircioglu, H., Altiok, H., Yatkin, S., Cetin, B., “Electric Arc Furnaces for Steel-Making: Hot Spots for Persistent Organic Pollutants“, Environmental Science and Technology, 43(14), 5205-5211 (2009).
  5. Elbir, T., “Estimation of Engine Emissions From Commercial Aircrafts at a Mid-Sized Turkish Airport”, Journal of Environmental Engineering - ASCE, 134/3, 210-215 (2008).
  6. Elbir, T., Cetin, B., Cetin, E., Bayram A., Odabasi, M., “Characterization of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Their Sources in the Air of Izmir, Turkey”, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, DOI 10.1007/s10661-006-9568-z (2007).
  7. Dincer, F., Elbir,T., “Estimating Exhaust Emissions from Railway Vehicles”, Science of the Total Environment, 374/1, 127-134 (2007).
  8. Elbir, T., Dincer, F., Muezzinoglu, A., “Evaluation of Measured and Predicted Odor Concentrations Around a Meat Packaging and Rendering Plant“, Environmental Engineering Science, 24 (3), 301-308 (2007).
  9. Elbir, T., “A GIS Based Decision Support System for Estimation, Visualization and Analysis of Air Pollution for Large Turkish Cities”, Atmospheric Environment, 38, 4509-4517 (2004).
  10. Elbir, T., Muezzinoglu, A., “Estimation of Emission Strengths of Primary Air Pollutants in the City of Izmir, Turkey”, Atmospheric Environment, 38, 1851-1857 (2004).
  11. Elbir, T., “Comparison of Model Predictions with the Data of an Urban Air Quality Monitoring Network in Izmir, Turkey”, Atmospheric Environment, 37, 2149-2157 (2003).
  12. Dincer, F., Muezzinoglu, A., Elbir, T., “SO2 Levels at Forested Mountains around Izmir, Turkey and Their Possible Sources”, Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 147, 331-341 (2003).
  13. Muezzinoglu, A., Elbir, T., Bayram, A., “Air Quality Management in Izmir Region of Turkey as Required by Clean Air Plans”, Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus, 3, 307-323 (2003).
  14. Elbir, T., “Application of an ISCST3 Model for Predicting Urban Air Pollution in the Izmir Metropolitan Area”, International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 18, 498-507 (2002).
  15. Elbir, T., Muezzinoglu, A., Bayram, A., “Evaluation of Some Air Pollution Indicators in Turkey”, Environment International, 26, 5-10 (2000).
  16. Muezzinoglu, A., Elbir, T., Bayram, A. “Inventory of Emissions from Major Air Pollutant Categories in Turkey, Environmental Engineering and Policy, 1, 109-116 (1998).

Conference Proceedings (International)

  1. Civan, M., Elbir, T., Seyfioglu, R., Sofuoglu, S., Bayram, A., Muezzinoglu, A., Odabasi, M., Tuncel, G., “Spatial Distributions of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants at Aliaga, Turkey”, Proc. Global Conference on Global Warming 2009, Istanbul, 2009.
  2. Dincer, F., Muezzinoglu, A., Elbir, T., Demircioglu, H., “Comparison of Model Predictions with the Observed Odour Concentrations from a Meat Rendering Plant”, Proc. International Conference on Environmental Odour Management, 197-208, Cologne, 2004.
  3. Muezzinoglu, A., Elbir, T., “Modelling of Odorous Emissions, Case Study for the City of Izmir-Turkey”, Proc. 26th NATO- CCMS ITM on Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application, Istanbul, 452-459, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, 2003.
  4. Muezzinoglu, A., Elbir, T., Bayram, A., “Air Quality Planning in Izmir”, Proc. Second International Symposium on Air Quality Management at Urban, Regional and Global Scales, 350-357, Istanbul, 2001.
  5. Elbir, T., Bayram A., Muezzinoglu, A., “Emission Inventory Around the City of Izmir, Turkey”, Proc. EUROTRAC-2 Symposium 2000, CD version, Garmish-Partenkirchen, 2000.
  6. Elbir, T., “Determination of Air Quality in Izmir by GIS”, Proc. 2nd ICGESA 2000 International Conference on GIS for Earth Science Applications, CD version, Menemen-Izmir, 2000.
  7. Muezzinoglu, A., Barth, H.G., Ketelhake, G., Bayram, A., Elbir, T., Baumbach, G., Vogt, U., “A Modular Air Quality Assessment Program for Use in Urban Development Planning”, Proc. 11th World Clean Air and Environment Congress, Vol. 5, 15E-4, Durban, 1998.
  8. Elbir, T., Muezzinoglu, A., Fedra, K., “An Application of Environmental Decision Support Systems Used for Air Quality Management”, Environmental Research Forum, Vol. 7-8, 648-653, Istanbul, 1997.
  9. Muezzinoglu, A., Bayram, A., Yildizhan A., Elbir, T., “Emission Inventory of Izmir and Surroundings for Use in Air Quality Modelling Studies”, Environmental Research Forum, Vol. 7-8, 119-124, Istanbul, 1997.

Book Chapters

  1. Muezzinoglu, A., Elbir, T., Dincer, F., Bayram, A., Odabasi, M., Cetin E., Seyfioglu, R., “Developing Emission Inventories for Turkey”, Emissions of Air Pollutants-Measurements, Calculations and Uncertainties, ed. R. Friedrich ve S. Reis, 316-335, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2004.
  2. Muezzinoglu, A., Elbir, T., “Modelling of Odorous Emissions: Case Study for the City of Izmir”, Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XVI, ed. C. Borrego ve S. Incecik, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 521-528, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2004.
  3. Muezzinoglu, A., Tiris, M., Bayram, A., Elbir, T., “Emission Inventory of Major Pollutant Categories in Turkey”, Transport and Chemical Transformation of Pollutants in the Troposphere, ed. A. Ebel, R. Friedrich ve H. Rodhe, Vol. 7, 325-330, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1997.

Conference Proceedings (National - Selected)

  1. Elbir, T., Altıok, H., Seyfioğlu, R., Bayram, A., Ergün, P., Eren, T., Şimşir, S., Dumanoğlu, Y., Kara, M., Şayır, S., Investigation of temporal variations for air pollutants in major streets in Izmir (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 298-311. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  2. Elbir, T., Seyfioğlu, R., Bayram, A., Altıok, H., Şimşir, S., Ergün, P., Eren, T., Kara, M., Dumanoğlu, Y., Şayır, S., Determination of air pollutant emissions from mobile vehicles in the city of Izmir (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 326-338. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  3. Kara, M., Elbir, T., Seyfioğlu, R., Bayram, A., Altıok, H., Dumanoğlu, Y., Hepyücel, A., “Estimation of PM10 concentrations in several streets in Izmir by a street canyon model (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 446-459. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  4. Elbir, T., Bayram, A., Dumanoglu, Y., Odabasi, M., Seyfioglu, R., Demircioglu, H., Altiok, H., Yatkin, S., Volatile organic compound emissions from the storage tanks of a petroleum refinery (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 312-325. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  5. Odabasi, M., Bayram, A., Elbir, T., Seyfioglu, R., Dumanoglu, Y., Bozlaker, A., Demircioglu, H., Altiok, H, Yatkin, S., Cetin, B., 2008. Air pollutants from iron-steel plants with electric arc furnaces II: Persistent organic pollutants (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 566-580. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  6. Odabası, M., Bayram, A., Elbir, T., Seyfioglu, R., Dumanoglu, Y., Ornektekin, S., Effect of air pollutant emissions from iron-steel plants on soil pollution in Hatay-Iskenderun region, (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 581-594. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  7. Bayram, A., Odabasi, M., Elbir, T., Seyfioglu, R., Dumanoglu, Y., Demircioglu, H., Altiok, H., Yatkin, S., Air pollutants from iron-steel plants with electric arc furnaces I: Gaseous pollutants and particulate matter (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 121-132. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  8. Dumanoglu, Y., Elbir, T., Bayram, A., Seyfioglu, R., Demircioglu, H., Altiok, H., Yatkin, S., Bozlaker, A., and Odabasi, M., Atmospheric halogenated volatile organic compounds around a petrochemical industry (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 286-297. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  9. Sofuoglu, S.C., Baytak, D., Bayram, A., Odabasi, M., Seyfioglu, R., Elbir, T., and Tuncel, G., Exposure to air pollutants and associated health risks in Izmir-Aliaga (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 686-698. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  10. Civan, M., Elbir, T., Seyfioglu, R., Sofuoglu, S.C., Bayram, A., Muezzinoglu, A., Odabasi, M., Kuntasal, O., Bozlaker, A., Pekey, H., Andic, O., Yorulmaz, S.Y., Tuncel, G., Mesurement of volatile organic compounds and inorganic pollutants in Aliaga region by passive sampling (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 178-193. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  11. Dogan, G., Oguz, O., Yilmaz, M., Bozlaker, A., Elbir, T., Seyfioglu, R., Sofuoglu, S.C., Bayram, A., Muezzinoglu, A., Odabasi, M., Yorulmaz, S.Y., Pekey, B., Tuncel, G., Evaluation of instantaneous, 24-h, and seasonal variations in volatile organic compound concentrations determined by active measurements in Izmir, Aliaga (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 265-273. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.
  12. Munzur, B., Dogan, G., Korkmaz, D.G., Zararsiz, A., Kirmaz, R., Elbir, T., Seyfioglu, R., Sofuoglu, S.C., Bayram, A., Muezzinoglu, A., Odabasi, M., and Tuncel, G., Chemical composition of atmospheric particulate matter collected in Aegean region and comparison to literature (in Turkish), National Air Pollution and Control Symposium-2008, 513-523. October 22-25, 2008, Hatay, Turkey.

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