Near-port air quality assessment utilizing a mobile measurement approach.

ABSTRACT: Mobile monitoring is a strategy to characterize spatially and temporally variable air pollution in areas near sources. EPA's Geospatial Measurement of Air Pollution (GMAP) vehicle - an all-electric vehicle is outfitted with a number of measurement devices to record real-time concentrations of particulate matter and gaseous pollutants - was used to map air pollution levels near the Port of Charleston in South Carolina. High-resolution monitoring was performed along driving routes near several port terminals and rail yard facilities, recording geospatial coordinates and concentrations of pollutants including black carbon, size-resolved particle count ranging from ultrafine to coarse (6 nm-20 μm), carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide. Additionally, a portable meteorological station was used

SUBMITTER: Steffens J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7375512 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature