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PLANNED INTEGRATION OF MEASUREMENT AND SURVEY DATA FROM THE DEARS WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH EFFORTS: PRELIMINARY DATA FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS
Citation:
WILLIAMS, R. W., A. F. VETTE, C. W. CROGHAN, C. D. STEVENS, T. M. BARZYK, P. A. JONES, D. A. WHITAKER, S. R. MCDOW, G. A. NORRIS, S. MUKERJEE, J. M. BURKE, B. J. GEORGE, AND M. HEINDORF. PLANNED INTEGRATION OF MEASUREMENT AND SURVEY DATA FROM THE DEARS WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH EFFORTS: PRELIMINARY DATA FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS. Presented at Canada-US Border Air Quality Studies Workshop, Windsor, ON, CANADA, September 27, 2007.
Impact/Purpose:
Six objectives have been defined for this study.
(1) To determine the associations between concentrations measured at central site monitors and outdoor residential, indoor residential and personal exposures for selected air toxics, PM constituents, and PM from specific sources.
(2) To describe the physical and chemical factors that affect the relationship between central site monitors and outdoor residential and indoor residential concentrations, including those that affect ambient source impacts.
(3) To identify the human activity factors that influence personal exposures to selected PM constituents and air toxics.
(4) To improve and evaluate models used to characterize and estimate residential concentrations of and human exposures to selected air toxics, PM constituents, and PM from specific sources.
(5) To investigate and apply source apportionment models to evaluate the relationships for PM from specific sources and to determine the contribution of specific ambient sources to residential concentrations and personal exposures to PM constituents and air toxics.
(6) To determine the associations between ambient concentrations of criteria gases (O3, NO2, and SO2) and personal exposures for these gases as well as personal exposures to air toxics, PM constituents, and PM from specific sources.
Description:
The Canadian-US Border Air Quality Studies represent collaborative research being performed by both parties. This abstract details the efforts of the Detroit Exposure and Aerosol Research Study (DEARS) to work collaboratively in this regards. A discussion of the collaborations is provided along with select data findings and observations from the ongoing study.