Combining Measurements from Mobile Monitoring and a Reference Site To Develop Models of Ambient Ultrafine Particle Number Concentration at Residences

Significant spatial and temporal variation in ultrafine particle (UFP; <100 nm in diameter) concentrations creates challenges in developing predictive models for epidemiological investigations. We compared the performance of land-use regression models built by combining mobile and stationary measurements (hybrid model) with a regression model built using mobile measurements only (mobile model) in Chelsea and Boston, MA (USA). In each study area, particle number concentration (PNC; a proxy for UFP) was measured at a stationary reference site and with a mobile laboratory driven along a fixed route during an ∼1-year monitoring period. In comparing PNC measured at 20 residences and PNC estimates from hybrid and mobile models, the hybrid model showed higher Pearson correlations of natural log-transformed PNC ( r = 0.73 vs 0.51 in Chelsea; r = 0.74 vs 0.47 in Boston) and lower root-mean-square error in Chelsea (0.61 vs 0.72) but no benefit in Boston (0.72 vs 0.71). All models overpredicted log-transformed PNC by 3-6% at residences, yet the hybrid model reduced the standard deviation of the residuals by 15% in Chelsea and 31% in Boston with better tracking of overnight decreases in PNC. Overall, the hybrid model considerably outperformed the mobile model and could offer reduced exposure error for UFP epidemiology.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Environmental science & technology - 52(2018), 12 vom: 19. Juni, Seite 6985-6995

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Simon, Matthew C [VerfasserIn]
Patton, Allison P [VerfasserIn]
Naumova, Elena N [VerfasserIn]
Levy, Jonathan I [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Prashant [VerfasserIn]
Brugge, Doug [VerfasserIn]
Durant, John L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Air Pollutants
Journal Article
Particulate Matter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 17.09.2019

Date Revised 19.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.est.8b00292

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM284086134