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TRAFFIC AND METEOROLOGICAL IMPACTS ON NEAR-ROAD AIR QUALITY: SUMMARY OF METHODS AND TRENDS FROM THE RALEIGH NEAR-ROAD STUDY
Citation:
BALDAUF, R. W., E. D. THOMA, M. D. HAYS, R. C. SHORES, J. S. KINSEY, B. K. GULLETT, E. S. KIMBROUGH, V. ISAKOV, THOMAS LONG, R. SNOW, A. KHLYSTOV, J. P. WEINSTEIN, FU-LIN CHEN, R. L. SEILA, D. A. OLSON, M. I. GILMOUR, S. CHO, N. WATKINS, P. T. ROWLEY, AND J. J. BANG. TRAFFIC AND METEOROLOGICAL IMPACTS ON NEAR-ROAD AIR QUALITY: SUMMARY OF METHODS AND TRENDS FROM THE RALEIGH NEAR-ROAD STUDY. JOURNAL OF AIR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 58(7):865-878, (2008).
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Journal article
Description:
There are adverse health effects in populations living, working or going to school near major roadways. A study was designed to assess traffic emissions impacts on air quality and particle toxicity near a heavily-traveled highway. Several real-time and time-integrated sampling devices measured air quality concentrations at multiple distances and heights from the road. Pollutants analyzed included EPA-regulated gases, particulate matter and air toxics. Pollutant measurements were synchronized with real-time traffic and meteorological monitoring devices to provide continuous and integrated assessments of the variation of near road air pollutant concentrations and particle toxicity with changing traffic and environmental conditions, as well as distance from the road.
