An Empirical Modeling of Electromagnetic Pollution on a University Campus
Keywords:
Electric field strength, electromagnetic (EM) measurement, EM pollution, statistical analysisAbstract
In this study, electric field strength (E) levels were measured on Ondokuz May?s University’s Kurupelit Campus and Faculty of Medicine Hospital in Samsun, Turkey between years 2013-2015. 840 short term and two long term measurements were performed using PMM–8053 and SRM–3006 at 60 different locations of which 30 were on both the campus and hospital. The results show that the measured E levels are far below the limits that are determined by ICNIRP. Based on the measurement analysis, a novel empirical model that allows characterizing the total E of medium using three main electromagnetic (EM) sources with 99.7% accuracy was proposed. Then other new models to estimate main distribution of total E were suggested. With the use of these models, E values of main pollution sources can be estimated with 95.2% accuracy and easily lead to prediction of future EM pollution levels.
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