Journal article
Monitoring intraurban spatial patterns of multiple combustion air pollutants in New York City: Design and implementation
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, v 23(3)
01 May 2013
PMID: 23321861
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Abstract
Routine air monitoring provides data to assess urban scale temporal variation in pollution concentrations in relation to regulatory standards, but is not well suited to characterizing intraurban spatial variation in pollutant concentrations from local sources. To address these limitations and inform local control strategies, New York City developed a program to track spatial patterns of multiple air pollutants in each season of the year. Monitor locations include 150 distributed street-level sites chosen to represent a range of traffic, land-use and other characteristics. Integrated samples are collected at each distributed site for one 2-week session each season and in every 2-week period at five reference locations to track city-wide temporal variation. Pollutants sampled include PM2.5 and constituents, nitrogen oxides, black carbon, ozone (summer only) and sulfur dioxide (winter only). During the first full year of monitoring more than 95% of designed samples were completed. Agreement between colocated samples was good (absolute mean % difference 3.2-8.9%). Street-level pollutant concentrations spanned a much greater range than did concentrations at regulatory monitors, especially for oxides of nitrogen and sulfur dioxide. Monitoring to characterize intraurban spatial gradients in ambient pollution usefully complements regulatory monitoring data to inform local air quality management. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2013) 23, 223-231; doi:10.1038/jes.2012.126; published online 16 January 2013
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- Title
- Monitoring intraurban spatial patterns of multiple combustion air pollutants in New York City: Design and implementation
- Creators
- Thomas D. Matte - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneZev Ross - Ithaca CollegeIyad Kheirbek - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneHolger Eisl - Queens College, CUNYSarah Johnson - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneJohn E. Gorczynski - Queens College, CUNYDaniel Kass - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneSteven Markowitz - Queens College, CUNYGrant Pezeshki - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneJane E. Clougherty - University of Pittsburgh
- Publication Details
- Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, v 23(3)
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- City of New York tax levy funds
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health; Drexel University; Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000317556300001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84876756372
- Other Identifier
- 991020099170304721
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