Mobile Laboratory Investigations of Industrial Point Source Emissions during the MOOSE Field Campaign
Industrial emissions of trace gases and VOCs can be an important contributor to air quality in cities. Disentangling different point sources from each other and characterizing their emissions can be particularly challenging in dense industrial areas, such as Detroit, Dearborn and surrounding areas i...
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| author | Tara I. Yacovitch Brian M. Lerner Manjula R. Canagaratna Conner Daube Robert M. Healy Jonathan M. Wang Edward C. Fortner Francesca Majluf Megan S. Claflin Joseph R. Roscioli Elizabeth M. Lunny Scott C. Herndon |
| author_facet | Tara I. Yacovitch Brian M. Lerner Manjula R. Canagaratna Conner Daube Robert M. Healy Jonathan M. Wang Edward C. Fortner Francesca Majluf Megan S. Claflin Joseph R. Roscioli Elizabeth M. Lunny Scott C. Herndon |
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| description | Industrial emissions of trace gases and VOCs can be an important contributor to air quality in cities. Disentangling different point sources from each other and characterizing their emissions can be particularly challenging in dense industrial areas, such as Detroit, Dearborn and surrounding areas in Southeast Michigan (SEMI). Here, we leverage mobile measurements of trace gases and speciated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to identify emitting sites. We characterize their complicated emissions fingerprints based on a core set of chemical ratios. We report chemical ratios for 7 source types including automakers, steel manufacturers, chemical refineries, industrial chemical use (cleaning; coatings; etc.), chemical waste sites, compressor stations, and more. The source dataset includes visits to over 85 distinct point sources. As expected, we find similarities between the different types of facilities, but observe variability between them and even at individual facilities day-to-day. Certain larger sites are better thought of as a collection of individual point sources. These results demonstrate the power of mobile laboratories over stationary sampling in dense industrial areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-512763d53db040638f9e8ae5566ce5da2023-11-24T14:28:29ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332023-10-011411163210.3390/atmos14111632Mobile Laboratory Investigations of Industrial Point Source Emissions during the MOOSE Field CampaignTara I. Yacovitch0Brian M. Lerner1Manjula R. Canagaratna2Conner Daube3Robert M. Healy4Jonathan M. Wang5Edward C. Fortner6Francesca Majluf7Megan S. Claflin8Joseph R. Roscioli9Elizabeth M. Lunny10Scott C. Herndon11Aerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USAAerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USAAerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USAAerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USAEnvironmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Toronto, ON M9P 3V6, CanadaEnvironmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Toronto, ON M9P 3V6, CanadaAerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USAAerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USAAerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USAAerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USAAerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USAAerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USAIndustrial emissions of trace gases and VOCs can be an important contributor to air quality in cities. Disentangling different point sources from each other and characterizing their emissions can be particularly challenging in dense industrial areas, such as Detroit, Dearborn and surrounding areas in Southeast Michigan (SEMI). Here, we leverage mobile measurements of trace gases and speciated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to identify emitting sites. We characterize their complicated emissions fingerprints based on a core set of chemical ratios. We report chemical ratios for 7 source types including automakers, steel manufacturers, chemical refineries, industrial chemical use (cleaning; coatings; etc.), chemical waste sites, compressor stations, and more. The source dataset includes visits to over 85 distinct point sources. As expected, we find similarities between the different types of facilities, but observe variability between them and even at individual facilities day-to-day. Certain larger sites are better thought of as a collection of individual point sources. These results demonstrate the power of mobile laboratories over stationary sampling in dense industrial areas.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/11/1632industrial emissionsvolatile organic compoundsmobile laboratoryair qualitychemical fingerprintsformaldehyde |
| spellingShingle | Tara I. Yacovitch Brian M. Lerner Manjula R. Canagaratna Conner Daube Robert M. Healy Jonathan M. Wang Edward C. Fortner Francesca Majluf Megan S. Claflin Joseph R. Roscioli Elizabeth M. Lunny Scott C. Herndon Mobile Laboratory Investigations of Industrial Point Source Emissions during the MOOSE Field Campaign Atmosphere industrial emissions volatile organic compounds mobile laboratory air quality chemical fingerprints formaldehyde |
| title | Mobile Laboratory Investigations of Industrial Point Source Emissions during the MOOSE Field Campaign |
| title_full | Mobile Laboratory Investigations of Industrial Point Source Emissions during the MOOSE Field Campaign |
| title_fullStr | Mobile Laboratory Investigations of Industrial Point Source Emissions during the MOOSE Field Campaign |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mobile Laboratory Investigations of Industrial Point Source Emissions during the MOOSE Field Campaign |
| title_short | Mobile Laboratory Investigations of Industrial Point Source Emissions during the MOOSE Field Campaign |
| title_sort | mobile laboratory investigations of industrial point source emissions during the moose field campaign |
| topic | industrial emissions volatile organic compounds mobile laboratory air quality chemical fingerprints formaldehyde |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/11/1632 |
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