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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 426, Issue -, Pages 336-345Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.025
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Ultrafine particle; Particulate matter; ARIMA; Meteorological factors; Barometric pressure; China
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In order to investigate the effect of meteorological factors on submicron particle (ultrafine particle (UFP) and particulate matter 1.0 (PM1.0)) concentrations under busy traffic conditions, a model study was conducted in Hangzhou, a city with a rapid increase of on-road vehicle fleet in China. A statistical model, Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), was used for this purpose. ARIMA results indicated that barometric pressure and wind velocity were anti-correlated and temperature and relative humidity were positively correlated with UFP number concentrations and PM1.0 mass concentrations (p<0.05). These data suggest that meteorological factors are significant predictors in forecasting roadside atmospheric concentrations of submicron particles. The findings provide baseline information on the potential effect of meteorological factors on UFP and PM1.0 levels on a busy viaduct with heavy traffic most of the day. This study also provides a framework that may be applied in future studies, with large scale time series data, to predict the impact of meteorological factors on submicron particle concentrations in fast-developing cities, in China. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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