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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2014

Creating locally-resolved mobile-source emissions inputs for air quality modeling in support of an exposure study in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Michelle Snyder, Saravanan Arunachalam, Vlad Isakov, Kevin Talgo, Brian Naess, Alejandro Valencia, Mohammad Omary, Neil Davis, Rich Cook, Adel Hanna

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Air quality modeling in support of the Near-Road Exposures and Effects of Urban Air Pollutants Study (NEXUS).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Michelle SnyderInstitute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA. michellesnyder@unc.edu.
Saravanan ArunachalamInstitute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA. sarav@email.unc.edu.
Vlad IsakovNational Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. isakov.vlad@epa.gov.
Kevin TalgoInstitute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA. talgo@email.unc.edu.
Brian NaessInstitute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA. naess@unc.edu.
Alejandro ValenciaInstitute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA. valenal@email.unc.edu.
Mohammad OmaryInstitute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA. omary@email.unc.edu.
Neil DavisInstitute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA. Neda@dtu.dk.
Rich CookOffice of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA. cook.rich@epa.gov.
Adel HannaInstitute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA. ahanna@email.unc.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work describes a methodology for modeling the impact of traffic-generated air pollutants in an urban area. This methodology presented here utilizes road network geometry, traffic volume, temporal allocation factors, fleet mixes, and emission factors to provide critical modeling inputs. These inputs, assembled from a variety of sources, are combined with meteorological inputs to generate link-based emissions for use in dispersion modeling to estimate pollutant concentration levels due to traffic. A case study implementing this methodology for a large health study is presented, including a sensitivity analysis of the modeling results reinforcing the importance of model inputs and identify those having greater relative impact, such as fleet mix. In addition, an example use of local measurements of fleet activity to supplement model inputs is described, and its impacts to the model outputs are discussed. We conclude that with detailed model inputs supported by local traffic measurements and meteorology, it is possible to capture the spatial and temporal patterns needed to accurately estimate exposure from traffic-related pollutants.

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Environmental ExposureModels, TheoreticalAir PollutantsAir PollutionCitiesEnvironmental MonitoringHumansMichiganVehicle EmissionsAir PollutantsVehicle Emissions

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PMID25501000
PMCPMC4276644

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