AAAR 35th Annual Conference October 17 - October 21, 2016 Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon, USA
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Assessment of Two Field-Deployed Portable Air Quality Monitoring Enclosures in Rochester, NY
JOSEPH P. MARTO, Jie Zhang, James Schwab, Margaret J. Schwab, University at Albany, SUNY
Abstract Number: 477 Working Group: Remote and Regional Atmospheric Aerosols
Abstract It can be difficult to assess localized air quality concerns with high quality sensors due to issues including protection of instruments, prohibitive cost, and space concerns. To alleviate these problems we have built eight weatherproof portable air quality monitoring enclosures that are adaptable and can be outfitted to address a variety of situations, including particulate matter (PM) pollution from wood smoke or near road sources, or the presence of toxic trace gases. Two of these units have been deployed since March 2016 at NYSDEC field sites in Rochester, NY to measure PM pollution, black carbon, carbon monoxide, and weather conditions. One system contains a Thermo Personal DataRAM (pDR-1500 for PM$_(2.5)), a Brechtel Tricolor Absorption Photometer (TAP for black carbon), a Magee AE33 aethalometer (for black carbon), and a LUFFT Smart Weather Sensor; the other contains a TSI Environmental DustTrak DRX (Model 8543 for size segregated PM), a Thermo Personal DataRAM (pDR-1500 for PM$_(2.5)), an Alphasense CO sensor, and a LUFFT Smart Weather Sensor. Preliminary results demonstrate the effects of local weather parameters, traffic emissions, and urban emissions on measured parameters. In addition, the comparison of TAP with AE33, and two pDR-1500s with the DustTrak will be presented, as well as the possible reasons for their differences.