Research Article

Air Quality and Human Health Risk Assessment in the Residential Areas at the Proximity of the Nkolfoulou Landfill in Yaoundé Metropolis, Cameroon

Table 6

Level of potential greenhouse gases at the monitoring sites (n1 = 12; n2 = 192).

Site codeCH4 (ppm)CO2 (ppm)
Range of hourly meanDaily meanRange of hourly meanDaily mean
MinMaxMinMax

RA0NDNDNC421.00498.04461.82
RA1ND0.060.03450.25503.12481.64
RA2ND0.050.02478.61602.41550.16
RA3ND0.030.01490.25649.27573.02
RA4ND0.070.04420.31510.00464.39
RA5ND0.040.01425.50503.74466.41
RA6ND2.301.76451.63612.10541.37
RA7ND0.180.08428.50505.31467.32
RA8ND0.090.05421.75510.80459.85
RA9ND0.070.04401.60507.28469.63
RA10ND0.060.01425.00501.37460.11

RA = residential area, ND = not detected, NC = not calculated because ND, n1 = number of measurements per hour, n2 = number of measurements per day (24 hours).