Development of outcome-based, multipollutant mobile source indicators
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/10473289.2012.656218
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Publication Title
Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
Abstract
Multipollutant indicators of mobile source impacts are developed from readily available CO, NO , and elemental carbon (EC) data for use in air quality and epidemiologic analysis. Two types of outcome-based Integrated Mobile Source Indicators (IMSI) are assessed. The first is derived from analysis of emissions of EC, CO, and NO such that pollutant concentrations are mixed and weighted based on emission ratios for both gasoline and diesel vehicles. The emission-based indicators (IMSI ) capture the impact of mobile sources on air quality estimated from receptor models and their uncertainty is comparable to measurement and source apportionment uncertainties. The IMSI have larger correlation between two different receptor sites impacted by traffic than single pollutants, suggesting they are better indicators of the local impact of mobile sources. A sensitivity analysis of fractions of pollutants in a two-pollutant mixture and the inclusion in an epidemiologic model is conducted to develop a second set of indicators based on health outcomes. The health-based indicators (IMSI ) are weighted combinations of CO, NO , and EC pairs that have the lowest P value in their association with cardiovascular disease emergency department visits, possibly due to their better spatial representativeness. These outcome-based, multipollutant indicators can provide support for the setting of multipollutant air quality standards and other air quality management activities. Implications: Integrated mobile source indicators (IMSI) were developed and assessed for use in air quality and epidemiologic analysis. IMSI contribute to fill the gap in the path towards a multipollutant air quality approach in two aspects: IMSI represent an innovative way to identify mixtures of pollutants based on outcomes and constitutes an alternative approach to assess multipollutant health effects. IMSI developed for mobile sources can be easily applied to other sources. Results can support the setting of multipollutant air quality standards. Supplemental Material: Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association for materials showing the estimation of uncertainties using propagation of errors, comparison of source impacts from CMB and PMF and wind direction and speed for the Jefferson Street monitoring location in Atlanta. © 2012 A&WMA. x x EB EB HB x
Volume
62
Issue
4
First Page
431
Last Page
442
ISSN
10962247
Recommended Citation
Pachon, Jorge E.; Balachandran, Sivaraman; Hu, Yongtao; Mulholland, James A.; Darrow, Lyndsey A.; Sarnat, Jeremy A.; Tolbert, Paige E.; and Russell, Armistead G., "Development of outcome-based, multipollutant mobile source indicators" (2012). Scopus Unisalle. 598.
https://ciencia.lasalle.edu.co/scopus_unisalle/598
PubMed ID
22616285
Identifier
SCOPUS_ID:84859380968