Reductions in traffic-related black carbon and ultrafine particle number concentrations in an urban neighborhood during the COVID-19 pandemic

N Hudda, MC Simon, AP Patton, JL Durant - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
We investigated changes in traffic-related air pollutant concentrations in an urban area
during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was conducted in a mixed commercial …

Vehicle emissions as an important urban ammonia source in the United States and China

K Sun, L Tao, DJ Miller, D Pan… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ammoniated aerosols are important for urban air quality, but emissions of the key precursor
NH3 are not well quantified. Mobile laboratory observations are used to characterize fleet …

Review of black carbon emission factors from different anthropogenic sources

T Rönkkö, S Saarikoski, N Kuittinen… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Particulate black carbon (BC) affects global warming by absorbing the solar radiation, by
affecting cloud formation, and by decreasing ground albedo when deposited to snow or ice …

Quantifying on-road emissions from gasoline-powered motor vehicles: Accounting for the presence of medium-and heavy-duty diesel trucks

TR Dallmann, TW Kirchstetter… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Vehicle emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x), carbon monoxide (CO), fine particulate matter
(PM2. 5), organic aerosol (OA), and black carbon (BC) were measured at the Caldecott …

Characterization of air pollutant concentrations, fleet emission factors, and dispersion near a North Carolina interstate freeway across two seasons

PK Saha, A Khlystov, MG Snyder, AP Grieshop - Atmospheric Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
We present field measurement data and modeling of multiple traffic-related air pollutants
during two seasons at a site adjoining Interstate 40, near Durham, North Carolina. We …

Monitoring on-road air quality and measuring vehicle emissions with remote sensing in an urban area

R Smit, P Kingston, DW Neale, MK Brown… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Simultaneous day-time measurement (8 am–5 pm) of on-road air quality and emissions
(remote sensing) on an urban road with traffic volumes varying between approximately 400 …

Emission Measurements on a Large Sample of Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks in China by Using Mobile Plume Chasing

H Wang, S Zhang, X Wu, Y Wen, Z Li… - Environmental science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Real-world heavy-duty diesel trucks (HDTs) were found to emit far more excess nitrogen
oxides (NO X) and black carbon (BC) pollutants than regulation limits. It is essential to …

Transferability and generalizability of regression models of ultrafine particles in urban neighborhoods in the Boston area

AP Patton, W Zamore, EN Naumova… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Land use regression (LUR) models have been used to assess air pollutant exposure, but
limited evidence exists on whether location-specific LUR models are applicable to other …

An assessment of the on-road mobile sources contribution to particulate matter air pollution by AERMOD dispersion model

J Salva, M Vanek, M Schwarz, M Gajtanska… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
On-road mobile sources of emissions make important contributions to particulate matter
pollution (PM2. 5–PM10) in cities. The quantification of such pollution is, however, highly …

Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the chemical composition and sources of urban PM2. 5

CH Jeong, M Yousif, GJ Evans - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
The lockdown measures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic substantially affected air
quality in many cities through reduced emissions from a variety of sources, including traffic …