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Hourly and Daily Patterns of Particle-Phase Organic and Elemental Carbon Concentrations in the Urban Atmosphere
Two semicontinuous elemental and organic carbon analyzers along with daily integrated samplers, which were used for laboratory elemental and organic carbon analysis, were operated to measure PM2.5 organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) for the entire year of 2002 at the St. Louis Midwest Supersite. The annual-average denuded OC and EC concentrations were 3.88 and 0.7 μg/m3, respectively. A comparison of the 24-hr average denuded and undenuded OC measurements showed a positive bias for the undenuded OC measurement that was best represented by a positive intercept of 0.34 ± 0.1 μg/m3 and a slope of 1.06 ± 0.02, with an R2 of 0.91. The full year of daily EC and OC measurements was used to demonstrate that a one-in-six-day sampling strategy at this site accurately represents the annual average concentrations. Although fine particle OC concentrations did not correlate with day of the week, EC concentrations showed a significant weekly pattern, with the highest concentration during the middle of the workweek and the lowest concentration on Sundays. Hourly EC and OC measurements yielded average diurnal patterns for the EC to OC ratio that peaked during morning rush hour traffic on weekdays but not on weekends.
Hourly and Daily Patterns of Particle-Phase Organic and Elemental Carbon Concentrations in the Urban Atmosphere
Two semicontinuous elemental and organic carbon analyzers along with daily integrated samplers, which were used for laboratory elemental and organic carbon analysis, were operated to measure PM2.5 organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) for the entire year of 2002 at the St. Louis Midwest Supersite. The annual-average denuded OC and EC concentrations were 3.88 and 0.7 μg/m3, respectively. A comparison of the 24-hr average denuded and undenuded OC measurements showed a positive bias for the undenuded OC measurement that was best represented by a positive intercept of 0.34 ± 0.1 μg/m3 and a slope of 1.06 ± 0.02, with an R2 of 0.91. The full year of daily EC and OC measurements was used to demonstrate that a one-in-six-day sampling strategy at this site accurately represents the annual average concentrations. Although fine particle OC concentrations did not correlate with day of the week, EC concentrations showed a significant weekly pattern, with the highest concentration during the middle of the workweek and the lowest concentration on Sundays. Hourly EC and OC measurements yielded average diurnal patterns for the EC to OC ratio that peaked during morning rush hour traffic on weekdays but not on weekends.
Hourly and Daily Patterns of Particle-Phase Organic and Elemental Carbon Concentrations in the Urban Atmosphere
Bae, Min-Suk (author) / Schauer, James J. (author) / DeMinter, Jeffery T. (author) / Turner, Jay R. (author)
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association ; 54 ; 823-833
2004-07-01
11 pages
Article (Journal)
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