Characterizing Elevated Urban Air Pollutant Spatial Patterns with Mobile Monitoring in Houston, Texas
David J. Miller, Blake Actkinson, Lauren E. Padilla, Robert J. Griffin, Katie Moore, Peter Lewis, Rivkah Gardner‐Frolick, Elena Craft, Christopher J. Portier, Steven P. Hamburg, Ramón A. Alvarez
Abstract
) near 30% of metal recycling and concrete batch plant facilities within our sampled census tracts are comparable to those measured within 200 m of highways. Our results demonstrate how extensive mobile monitoring across multiple census tracts can quantitatively characterize urban air pollution source patterns and are applicable to developing effective source mitigation policies.
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Environmental sciencePollutantCensus tractAir pollutionPollutionSampling (signal processing)CensusSpatial ecologyEnvironmental engineeringEnvironmental healthPopulationComputer scienceChemistryEcologyFilter (signal processing)BiologyOrganic chemistryComputer visionMedicineAir Quality and Health ImpactsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting