Further Analysis of NO(sub x) and O(sub 3) Data, and the Acquisition, Installation and Laboratory Testing of the PM Equipment.

摘要

In the Eastern Seaboard Intermodal Transportation Applications Center at Hampton University, we have started a comprehensive investigation of the emissions around heavily-travelled roadways, shipping channels, airports, and railroads with the purpose of obtaining real time measurements of pollutant concentrations and relating them to real-time weather and traffic information. In the first two cycles of our research program, we built a mobile unit containing a NO(sub x) and an ozone analyzer, and a weather station to provide simultaneous measurements of wind speed, wind direction, temperature, and insolation with the concentration measurements. The measured concentrations were compared to the predictions of CALINE4. Considering the effects of PM(sub 2.5) on public health, for the third research cycle we proposed to include an instrument for the real time measurement of PM(sub 2.5).