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Characterization of the Ambient Air Quality in Syracuse, NY and Identification of its Origins
Start Date 05/01/2007
End Date 04/30/2010
Extension 07/2010
Primary Partner: Clarkson University
Primary Contact: Hopke, Philip - Director of CARES
Other Project Contacts:
Holsen, Thomas - Co-Principal Investigator
Mitchell, Myron - Co-Principal Investigator
Zhang, Ke - Co-Principal Investigator
Project Type: CARTI II
Technical Description:
A program of urban air quality monitoring is proposed that will employ two monitoring towers in the City of Syracuse: one at Upper Onondaga Park and one at the Syracuse Center of Excellence (CoE) Headquarters site. These towers are being instrumented to measure pollutant gases (carbon monoxide, ozone, and NOx) as well as carbon dioxide (CO2) at several heights above ground level. In addition, measurements will be made of heat, water vapor, and CO2 fluxes at both sites. Semi-continuous measurements of particle number, particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameters smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), and mercury will be made near ground level. PM2.5 samples will be collected for chemical composition analysis including elements, ions, organic and elemental carbon (OC/EC), and selected molecular markers every sixth day over a two-year period. Finally, we will conduct two-week intensive studies during each calendar quarter for the two year period. During these intensive surveys, we will measure particulate sulfate, OC/EC, black carbon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), PM2.5 mass, and particle size distributions as well as pollutant gases. Traffic on the two major highways (I-81 and I-690) adjacent to the CoE Headquarter site will be monitored with machine vision systems to provide traffic counts in five vehicle classes for each road.
Expected Outcomes:
We will model the evolution of the traffic emissions in an analogous fashion to that done for freeways in Los Angeles, and develop empirical models that relate automated traffic data and meteorological measurements to predict pollutant concentrations at the CoE HQ site.
Accomplishments:
This study has been delayed because of delays in the development of the major facilities with which our monitors were to be associated. At Upper Onondaga Park, there have been delays in the refurbishing of the fire barn where we were to have housed our instruments. At the CoE Headquarters Building site, the tower was installed in January 2008. However, we have been delayed in deploying the monitoring systems to the CoE site because of the discovery of hazardous materials in the area of the tower.
All of the intensive sampling campaigns were completed using the Clarkson Mobile Air Pollution Laboratory. Those data are being evaluated. Also, the local scale, near-CoE site local measurements were completed in March and June 2009. The Autoscope Traffic cameras were mounted on the top of the CoE tower in June 2009. The two traffic cameras are monitoring the traffic volume, speed and size classes in real time. A Graphical User Interface to process the traffic data is in development.
Full engagement in the project will take place when all the facilities are completed and ready for use.
Benefits:
This research will aid in the development of effective Indoor Environmental Quality Systems (i-EQS) for an urban setting, resulting in reduced potential health impacts and improved productivity of building occupants. This will be accomplished through monitoring the local airshed and the transport of outdoor contaminants through the building envelope; dynamically regulating the building control system in response to, or in anticipation of, changing outdoor conditions; and optimizing the delivery of conditioned outdoor and/or treated recirculated indoor air to individual occupants.
For more information:
http://www.esf.edu/cue/research/CARTI Oct 07.pdf
http://www.clarkson.edu/cares/index.html
http://www.syracusecoe.org/hotnews.aspx?id=103
Presentations and Publications:
Spatial-Temporal Variability of Air Pollutants In Syracuse, NY. J. Ehrhardt, P. K. Hopke, T. Holsen, E. McAddy, X. Wang, K. M. Zhang, and M. J. Mitchell, presented to the 2008 Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM) of the American Chemical Society, Burlington, VT, June 29 - July 2, 2008.
Characterization of the Ambient Air Quality in Syracuse, NY: Monitoring Towers in Residential and Urban Environments. Mark Omara, Edmund McAddy, Philip Hopke, Thomas Holsen, Myron Mitchell, Shannon Buckley, Patrick McHale, David Lyons, K. Max Zhang, and Glen Lewis, presented to The 8th Annual Syracuse Symposium on Environmental and Energy Systems, Syracuse, NY, September 28, 2008.
Characterization of Traffic Impacts on Syracuse CoE Headquarters Site. Xing Wang, K. Max Zhang, Philip K. Hopke, Thomas Holsen, Edmund McAddy, Myron Mitchell, and David Lyons, presented to The 8th Annual Syracuse Symposium on Environmental and Energy Systems, Syracuse, NY, September 28, 2008.
History of Syracuse Air Quality. Shannon Buckley, Myron Mitchell, Patrick McHale, Philip Hopke, Max Zhang, Tom Holsen, Edmund McAddy, and Mark Omara, presented to The 8th Annual Syracuse Symposium on Environmental and Energy Systems, Syracuse, NY, September 28, 2008.
Temporal and Spatial Characterization of Ambient Air Quality Near the SyracuseCoE HQ Site in Syracuse, NY. Jennifer Ehrhardt, Philip K. Hopke, Thomas Holsen, Edmund Mc-Addy, Xing Wang, K. Max Zhang, Myron Mitchell, presented to The 8th Annual Syracuse Symposium on Environmental and Energy Systems, Syracuse, NY, September 28, 2008.
Spatial Distribution of the Ambient Fine Aerosol in Syracuse, NY. E. McAddy, J. Ehrhardt, P.K. Hopke, T.M. Holsen, X. Wang, K. M. Zhang, M. Mitchell, presented to the 27th Annual Conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Orlando, FL, October 20-24, 2008.
Characterization of Near-Roadway Air Pollution in Syracuse, NY. X. Wang, K.M. Zhang, J. Ehrhardt, P.K. Hopke, T.M. Holsen, M. Mitchell, presented to the 27th Annual Conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Orlando, FL, October 20-24, 2008.
Installation of a Meteorological Tower at Syracuse Center of Excellence
Photo Credit: SyracuseCoE
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