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Source Apportionment of Fine Particles in New York City (6084)
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Principal Investigator(s):

George Thurston

Summary:

 Project Update (284kb .pdf)

map of projectThis project seeks to identify the source types that contribute to ambient concentrations of fine particles (PM2.5) in the New York City (NYC) airshed and to quantify the influence of transported aerosols. The study is based on PM2.5 data gathered in 2001 in Manhattan and at a location in Sterling Forest, NY, which provides a "regional" point of comparison unaffected by NYC sources. Early analyses indicate that the mean NYC PM2.5 levels through August 2001 were above the federal annual standard and that the majority of this pollution was transported into the City from out of state.

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Project Update (284kb .pdf)

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Project Site(s):

New York City, Tuxedo

Latitude/Longitude: (5kb .pdf)

Region(s): East Central, Metropolitan NY

County(ies): New York, Orange

Map of Tuxedo

Map of Manhattan

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Sampling:

Sampled Medium(Media): air

Analyte(s): carbon, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silica, sulfur, chlorine, potassium, calcium, titanium, vanadium, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, selenium, lead, beryllium, strontium, barium, elemental carbon, organic carbon, nitrates, sulfates

Sampling Technolog(ies): Rupprecht & Patashnick automated Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance (TEOM) sampler, integrated 24-hr. filter, Rupprecht & Patashnick Automated Cartridge Collecting Unit (ACCU), R & P Continuous Organic and Elemental Carbon Analyzers

Sampling Frequency: Data averaged over 24 hour sampling period (midnight to midnight); R&P semi-continuous carbon and TEOM mass measurements taken at three-hour and hourly intervals

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Funding:

Total Costs: $801,432

NYSERDA Costs: $489,358

Funding Source(s): NYSERDA, NYU School of Medicine

Contract Initiated: December, 1999

Estimated Completion Date:

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Related EMEP Projects: Ken Demerjian 4918, Philip Hopke 6083, Philip Hopke 7919, Monica Mazurek 7616

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Contact:

Photo of Principal InvestigatorGeorge Thurston
New York University School of Medicine
Institute of Environmental Medicine
57 Old Forge Road
Tuxedo, New York 10987
PH: (845) 731-3564
Fax: (914) 351-5472
Email: thurston@env.med.nyu.edu

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