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1 Near-road NO 2 Monitoring Pilot Study Boise, Idaho Bruce Louks, Steve Miller, Mary Walsh, Michael Toole, Ed Jolley, Leah Arnold, Matthew Garringer Idaho Department of Environmental Quality 212 NW Airquest Annual Meeting Pullman, WA 1

2 Pilot Study Objectives Site selection process Assist with EPA s Technical Assistance Document Participate in National Passive Monitoring Study Follow CASAC AAMS recommendations for additional parameters and evaluation of new technologies and instruments Assess/reconcile near-road effects on ambient air pollutant concentrations 2

3 Network and Site Selection What information is needed? AADT for major roads in the area AADT for local roadways * Fleet mix data * Congestion Patterns * Existing NO2 Monitor Locations Prevailing wind patterns Population density maps Locations of schools and/or vulnerable and susceptible populations * *data may be available only from local sources 3

4 Southwest Idaho Treasure Valley 4

5 Top 2 Road Segments Using HPMS and Local HD Data HPMS AADT- HD- Estimated ID Location ROUTE LANES RANK AADT Rank HD ModAADT 19 I-84 east of Five Mile to Eagle Road , ,9 166, I-84 Eagle Road to east of Meridian Road , ,7 162, I-84 small segment east of Meridian Road ,5 3 6,7 155,8 16 I-84 small segment east of Meridian Road ,5 3 6,7 155,8 2 I-84 Y to east of Five Mile ,92 1 6,9 144,2 15 I-84 Meridian Road to Linder ,96 1 6,4 142, I-84 Cole to Y , ,1 136, I-84 Targee to Cole ,5 6 6,6 134,9 14 I-84 Linder to east of Ten Mile , 1 6,4 133,6 13 I-84 east of Ten Mile to Ten Mile , 1 6,4 133,6 12 I-84 Ten Mile to County Line , 1 6,4 133,6 843 I-84 County Line to Flamingo , 1 6,4 133,6 23 I-84 Orchard to Targee , ,6 133, I-84 Owyhee to Orchard , ,6 122, I-84 Flamingo to Garrity , ,4 12, I-84 Vista to Owyhee , 6 6,6 12, Curtis to Franklin , ,9 89, Franklin to I , ,9 83, Orchard to Curtis , , 81, Eagle Road Franklin to Fairview SH , ,1 5

6 COMPASS (MPO) Congestion Map 21 CMS Report Sanderson Index, North/East Direction 6

7 Near road Wind Data, Typical Daily Wind Distribution (April 21, 212) 7

8 12, I-84 Hourly Traffic - Thursday February 16, 212 East to West West to East Data from Locust Grove ATR 1, 8, Total Vehicles per Hour, # 6, 4, 2, : 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 1: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 2: 21: 22: 23: 8

9 Treasure Valley Near-road NO2 Monitoring Site 9

10 Treasure Valley Near-road NO2 Monitoring Site 1

11 American Ecotech Monitoring Shelter 2 x 8 11

12 AQ Monitoring Instrumention Installed NO x T-API Model T2U trace analyzer w/ photolytic convertor option CO T-API Model 2E ambient analyzer w/ molybdenum convertor T-API Model 3U trace analyzer Meteorological RM Young Model 81 Ultrasonic 3D Anemometer RM Young Model 535 Wind AQ monitor (propeller) Particles TSI Model 331 UFP monitor (2 8 nm, 6 size bins) T-API Model 651 Particle monitor (total UFP < 1µm). Carbon Aethalometer T-API Model wavelength spectrum Magee Model AE 21 BC and UV channels Envidas Ultimate 12

13 Equipment and Site Set-up Costs ~ $25K Shelter $56K T-API trace NOx w/ photolytic $26K T-API trace CO $13K T-API 633 Aethalometer $21K TSI 331 UFP Counter $67K Zero Air Generator $8K Gas Calibrator $2K Met sensors $6K Computing, data acquisition $1K Site preparation $16K Training and supplies $8K 13

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15 T-API Model 651 UFP Counter 15

16 TSI Model 331 UFP Counter 16

17 RM Young 81 3D Anenometer Collocated With 535 Mechanical Sensor 1 meter height 17

18 Feb 8, 1-min Mechanical WD (x) v. Sonic 3D Azimuth (y) 4 35 y =.8651x R² = D Sensor Azimuth 1-min Mechanical sensor (vector) WD 1-min Data is preliminary and subject to change. 18

19 4 35 Feb 8, 1-min Mechanical WD v. 3D Azimuth* y =.998x R² = D Sensor Azimuth 1-min *14 outliers removed Mechanical sensor (vector) WD 1-min Data is preliminary and subject to change. 19

20 NO2 - ppb NOx - ppb CO - ppm NO2 & NOx ppbv CO ppmv 2.1 2/15/212 1: AM 2/15/212 7: AM 2/15/212 1: PM 2/15/212 7: PM 2/16/212 1: AM 2/16/212 7: AM 2/16/212 1: PM 2/16/212 7: PM 2/17/212 1: AM 2/17/212 7: AM 2/17/212 1: PM 2/17/212 7: PM Data is preliminary and subject to change. 2

21 Boise Near-road, CO v. Total Hourly Traffic Counts February 16, Hourly Total Vehicles CO, ppm Total Vehicles per Hour, # CO, ppmv 2.1 2/16/12 2/16/12 6 2/16/ /16/12 18 Data is preliminary and subject to change. 21

22 12 1 Boise Near-road, NO2 & NOx v. Total Hourly Traffic Counts February 16, 212 Hourly Total Vehicles NO2, ppb NOx, ppb Total Vehicles per Hour, # NO2 & NOx, ppbv /16/12 2/16/12 6 2/16/ /16/12 18 Data is preliminary and subject to change. 22

23 12 Boise Near-road BC, UVPM and Total UFP February 16, Particles <1 nm, #/cc AE21, ng/m Particles, #/cc AE21 BC, ng/m3 AE21 UVPM, ng/m Hour Data is preliminary and subject to change. 23

24 Boise Near-road, Saturday and Sunday, February 4 & AE21 BC & UVPM, ng/m NOx, ppbv AE21 - BC AE21 - UV NOx 5 2 2/4/212 1: AM 2/4/212 7: AM 2/4/212 1: PM 2/4/212 7: PM 2/5/212 1: AM 2/5/212 7: AM 2/5/212 1: PM 2/5/212 7: PM Data is preliminary and subject to change. 24

25 TSI 331 Particle Counts Saturday and Sunday, February 4-5, Particles - # per cubic centimeter > 2 nm 1-2 nm 7-1 nm 5-7 nm 3-5 nm 2-3 nm 4 2 2/4/212 1: AM 2/4/212 7: AM 2/4/212 1: PM 2/4/212 7: PM 2/5/212 1: AM 2/5/212 7: AM 2/5/212 1: PM 2/5/212 7: PM Data is preliminary and subject to change. 25

26 9 Feb 3-7, 212 Hourly averaged UFP nm v. NOx 8 7 # particles/ccm R² = NOx, ppbv Feb 3-7, 212 Hourly averaged UFP 5-7 through >2nm v. NOx 6 # particles/ccm R² = NOx, ppbv Data is preliminary and subject to change. 26

27 April 15 21, 212 Total UFP (T-API 651) v. NOx 7 R² = UFP, # per cubic centimeter NOx ppbv Data is preliminary and subject to change. 27

28 Data is preliminary and subject to change. 28

29 Data is preliminary and subject to change. 29

30 Data is preliminary and subject to change. 3

31 Data is preliminary and subject to change. 31

32 Boise Near-road and NCore CO - February 16, Near-road CO NCore CO.5.4 CO, ppmv /16/212 1: AM 2/16/212 7: AM 2/16/212 1: PM 2/16/212 7: PM Data is preliminary and subject to change. 32

33 Questions? 33

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