Development of a mobile platform for monitoring gaseous, particulate, and greenhouse gas (GHG) pollutants.

ABSTRACT: The Michigan Pollution Assessment Laboratory (MPAL) is a mobile air quality monitoring platform designed to measure conventional, toxic, and greenhouse gas (GHG) air pollutants. The spatially and temporally resolved data collected can be used for multiple purposes, such as mapping spatial patterns and identifying peaks. The truck-based platform includes instrumentation for 11 gaseous pollutants and for particulate matter (PM), size distribution (7 nm to 20 μm), PM₁₀, black and brown carbon, and trace metals. MPAL is equipped with meteorological instruments, a high-accuracy GPS, forward and reverse cameras, and a data logging and display system. We selected commercially available instrumentation based on sensitivity, response time, and robustness. The vehicle's power system allow

SUBMITTER: Xia T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9987650 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature