Evaluation of Wintertime CO and NOx Emissions Inventories from the Treasure Valley PM2.5 Precursor Study H.W. Wallace, M.H. Erickson, J. Vaughan, J.K. McCoskey, B.K. Lamb, B.T. Jobson NW‐AIRQUEST Annual Meeting April 1, 2010
EvaluationofWintertimeCOandNOxEmissionsInventoriesfromtheTreasureValleyPM2.5
PrecursorStudyH.W.Wallace,M.H.Erickson,J.Vaughan,J.K.McCoskey,B.K.Lamb,B.T.Jobson
NW‐AIRQUESTAnnualMeetingApril1,2010
TreasureValleyPM2.5PrecursorStudy Goal:Tocharacterizeatmospheric
PM2.5,precursorgases,andtherelevantmeteorologyduringtypicalwintertimeconditions.
TwomonthstudyinBoise,ID. Dec.2008‐Jan.2009
Success! >90%Datacompletenessforall
buttwoinstruments. Sampledasignificantwintertime
stagnationevent.
SiteOverview
MACLLocation
ThesiteisborderedonthesouthbyI‐84.DowntownBoiseisapproximately7milestotheeastandSt.Luke’sMeridianMedicalCenterislocatedimmediatelywestofthesite.
Aerosol
ParticleSizeDistributionnanoSMPS(3‐60nm)(Assembledinhouse
withTSIcomponents)longSMPS(40‐700nm)(Assembledin
housewithTSIcomponents)APS(0.6‐20um)(TSI)
BulkSolubleCompositionParticle‐Into‐LiquidSampler–PILS
(Brechtel)Inorganics(SO4,NO3,Cl,NH4,Na,Mg,...)
byIonChromatography(Metrohm‐Peak)WatersolubleorganiccarbonbyTOC
analysis(Sievers/GEAnalytical)
CloudCondensationNuclei(DMT)AerosolSpatialVariabilityandOptical
Depth(LeosphereAerosolLidar)
Meteorology
P,T,RH,Windspeed&direction,Precip(VaisalaWXT)
BoundaryLayerHeight(LeosphereAerosolLidar)
TraceGases
Ozone(Dasibi)CarbonMonoxide(Aerolaser)NOx/NOy(AirQualityDesign)SO2(Teledyne)TimeResolvedVOCs(PTR‐MS,Ionicon)SpeciatedVOCs(notdeployedinBoise)
VarianGC‐MSCustom2‐channelVOCpreconcentrator
MACLInstrumentation
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WindSpeedLogHistogram:
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DiurnalAverageProfileofPBLHeightandAerosolOpticalDepth,Dec‐Jan
NormalizedresidencetimeforTreasureValleyairmasses10meterheight 50meterheight
GraphicscourtesyofIliasKavourasofTheDesertResearchInstituteandIdahoDepartmentofEnvironmentalQuality.
UsehighresolutionCOandNOxobservationstoevaluateemissions
•Parishetal.(2006)comparedmeasuredratiosofCOtoNOxtoemissionsinventories.
•MeasuredCOtoNOxratiosaremuchlowerthanemissionsinventories.
•WhatisthesituationinBoise?
TimeseriesofCOandNOxduringJanuary2009
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•COandNOxlevelsdisplayedlittlewinddirectiondependence.•CO/NOxratioswerealsonotdependentonwinddirection
ObservedCOvs.NOxratiofortheentiremonitoringperiod(90sdata)
ObservedCOvs.NOxratioduringmorningrushhour(5:00amto9:00am)
DielvariationofΔCO/ΔNOxfromDec2,2008toJan31,2009
EmissionsgeneratedforAIRPACT‐3
•76%COemissionsmobile•57%NOxemissionsmobile
MeasurementandAIRPACT‐3resultsforJanuary2009
AIRPACT‐3TotalEmissions
AIRPACT‐3MobileEmissions
Measuredmixingratios
AIRPACT‐3mixingratios
HistogramofAIRPACT‐3andmeasuredCOmixingratios
HistogramofAIRPACT‐3andmeasuredNOxmixingratios
Source ΔCO/ΔNOxMeasurement (mol/mol)
Entirecampaignhighres. 4.6Rushhourhighres. 4.0Rushhourmedian 3.6
Entirecampaign1hravg. 4.6IDEQ1hr 3.3Model
Mixingratioresults 13.8Mobileemissions 18.9TotalEmissions 14.4
EmissionsRatioSummary:
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SLOPE=0.0013 ± 0.00005
R2=.88
Morning Rush Hour Benzene vs. CO
BENZENE vs. CO fit_BENZENE vs. CO
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Morning Rush Hour Toluene vs. CO
SLOPE=0.003 ± 0.0005
R2=.88
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Benzene vs. NOx fit_Benzene vs. NOx
SLOPE=0.0054 ± 0.0005
R2=.77
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Rush Hour Toluene vs NOx fit Rush Hour Toluene vs NOx
Morning Rush Hour Toluene vs. Nox
SLOPE =0.010 ±.001
R2=. 73
VOCRatiosformorningrushhour
Conclusions:•ModelCO/NOxratiosare3to4timeshigherthanobserved
•HistogramssuggestthattheemissionsinventorycapturesNOxemissionsbetterthanCOemissions.
•HowwillthischangewithanewEIand/orwiththenewMOtorVehicleEmissionsSimulator2010(MOVES2010)?
•Howdomodelratioscomparetoobservationsforotherspecies(VOC/NOx)?
Acknowledgements:WewouldliketothankIDEQforsupport,NSFforfundingtheMobileAtmosphericChemistryLabandNW‐AIRQUESTforsupportoftheAIRPACTforecastsystem.
Instrumentation:
NOx:•AirQualityDesign,Inc.twochannel,highsensitivity,chemiluminescentNOdetector.•Molybdenumoxidecatalyticconverteronchannel1(NOy).•SolidstatephotolyticNO2converteronchannel2(NOx).•Calibrationinzeroairwith5.03ppmv±1.0%EPANOstandardfromScottMarrin,Inc.•90secondaverage
CO:•AeroLaserAL5002FastCOMonitor.•Spancalibrationwith0.250%±2%NISTtraceable.•90secondaverage