Quantifying the effect of vegetation on near-road air quality using brief campaigns

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 201, Issue , 2015, Pages 141-149

  Tong, Zheming ^a   Whitlow, Thomas H ^b   Macrae, Patrick F ^b   Landers, Andrew J ^c   Harada, Yoshiki ^b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b Section of Horticulture School of Integrative Plant Science Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Dispersion; Near road air pollution; PM2.5; Trees

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FORESTRY; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; LANDSCAPE SCALE; LOCAL POLLUTIONS; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; TREES; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

AIR POLLUTION;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TREE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVEGETATION; TREE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; PLANTS;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; QUEENS COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW YORK CITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TREES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84925303403     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.02.026     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. L. Armbruster, H. Breuer, J. Gebhart, and G. Neulinger Photometric determination of respirable dust concentration without elutriation of coarse particles Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 1 1984 96 101
2. R. Baldauf, E. Thoma, A. Khlystov, V. Isakov, G. Bowker, T. Long, and R. Snow Impacts of noise barriers on near-road air quality Atmos. Environ. 42 2008 7502 7507
3. H.L. Brantley, G.S.W. Hagler, P.J. Deshmukh, and R.W. Baldauf Field assessment of the effects of roadside vegetation on near-road black carbon and particulate matter Sci. Total Environ. 468-469 2014 120 129
4. R. Buccolieri, C. Gromke, S. Di Sabatino, and B. Ruck Aerodynamic effects of trees on pollutant concentration in street canyons Sci. Total Environ. 407 2009 5247 5256
5. J.-A.E. Cavanagh, P. Zawar-Reza, and J.G. Wilson Spatial attenuation of ambient particulate matter air pollution within an urbanised native forest patch Urban For. Urban Green. 8 2009 21 30
6. L.S. Dochinger Interception of airborne particles by tree plantings J. Environ. Qual. 9 1980 265 268
7. F. Dominici, M. Greenstone, and C.R. Sunstein Particulate matter matters Science 344 2014 257 259
8. EPA Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter 2009 US Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC
9. M. Ezzati, H. Saleh, and D.M. Kammen The contributions of emissions and spatial microenvironments to exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion in Kenya Environ. Health Perspect. 108 2000 833 839
10. J. Ferin Pulmonary retention and clearance of particles Toxicol. Lett. 72 1994 121 125
11. J. Ferin, G. Oberdörster, and D. Penney Pulmonary retention of ultrafine and fine particles in rats Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 6 1992 535 542
12. P.H. Freer-Smith, A.A. El-Khatib, and G. Taylor Capture of particulate pollution by trees: a comparison of species typical of semi-arid areas (Ficus Nitida and Eucalyptus globulus) with European and North American species Water, Air, Soil Pollut. 155 2004 173 187
13. C. Gromke A vegetation modeling concept for building and environmental aerodynamics wind tunnel tests and its application in pollutant dispersion studies Environ. Pollut. 159 2011 2094 2099
14. C. Gromke, and B. Ruck On the impact of trees on dispersion processes of traffic emissions in street canyons Bound. Layer Meteorol. 131 2009 19 34
15. E.J. Gumbel The return period of flood flows Ann. Math. Stat. 12 1941 163 190
16. G.S.W. Hagler, M.-Y. Lin, A. Khlystov, R.W. Baldauf, V. Isakov, J. Faircloth, and L.E. Jackson Field investigation of roadside vegetative and structural barrier impact on near-road ultrafine particle concentrations under a variety of wind conditions Sci. Total Environ. 419 2012 7 15
17. HEI Traffic Related Air Pollution: a Critical Review of the Literature on Emissions, Exposure and Health Effects 2010 Health Effects Institute
18. G.M. Heisler, and D.R. Dewalle Effects of windbreak structure on wind flow Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 22-23 1988 41 69
19. J.C. Kaimal, and J.J. Finnigan Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows: Their Structure and Measurement 1994
20. W. Kenney A method for estimating windbreak porosity using digitized photographic silhouettes Agric. For. Meteorol. 39 1987 91 94
21. R. Kessler Green walls could cut street-canyon air pollution Environ. Health Perspect. 121 2013 a14
22. X.-X. Li, R. Britter, T. Koh, L. Norford, C.-H. Liu, D. Entekhabi, and D.C. Leung Large-Eddy simulation of flow and pollutant transport in urban street canyons with ground heating Bound. Layer Meteorol. 137 2010 187 204
23. A.E. Loeffler, A.M. Gordon, and T.J. Gillespie Optical porosity and windspeed reduction by coniferous windbreaks in Southern Ontario Agrofor. Syst. 17 1992 119 133
24. B.A. Maher, I.A.M. Ahmed, B. Davison, V. Karloukovski, and R. Clarke Impact of roadside tree lines on indoor concentrations of traffic-derived particulate matter Environ. Sci. Technol. 47 2013 13737 13744
25. M. Murakami, F. Nakajima, and H. Furumai Size- and density-distributions and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban road dust Chemosphere 61 2005 783 791
26. D.J. Nowak The Effects of Urban Trees on Air Quality 2002 USDA Forest Service Syracuse, NY
27. D.J. Nowak, S. Hirabayashi, A. Bodine, and R. Hoehn Modeled PM2.5 removal by trees in ten U.S. cities and associated health effects Environ. Pollut. 178 2013 395 402
28. T.A.M. Pugh, A.R. MacKenzie, J.D. Whyatt, and C.N. Hewitt Effectiveness of green infrastructure for improvement of air quality in urban street canyons Environ. Sci. Technol. 46 2012 7692 7699
29. M.R. Raupach, and A.S. Thom Turbulence in and above plant canopies Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 13 1981 97 129
30. M.R. Raupach, N. Woods, G. Dorr, J.F. Leys, and H.A. Cleugh The entrapment of particles by windbreaks Atmos. Environ. 35 2001 3373 3383
31. G.A. Sehmel Particle and gas dry deposition: a review Atmos. Environ. (1967) 14 1980 983 1011
32. J.H. Seinfeld, and S.N. Pandis Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: from Air Pollution to Climate Change 2006 Wiley-Interscience
33. H. Setälä, V. Viippola, A.-L. Rantalainen, A. Pennanen, and V. Yli-Pelkonen Does urban vegetation mitigate air pollution in northern conditions? Environ. Pollut. 183 2013 104 112
34. W.G.N. Slinn, L. Hasse, B.B. Hicks, A.W. Hogan, D. Lal, P.S. Liss, K.O. Munnich, G.A. Sehmel, and O. Vittori Some aspects of the transfer of atmospheric trace constituents past the air-sea interface Atmos. Environ. (1967) 12 1978 2055 2087
35. J. Spengler, J. Lwebuga-Mukasa, J. Vallarino, S. Melly, S. Chillrud, J. Baker, and T. Minegishi Air Toxics Exposure from Vehicle Emissions at a US Border Crossing: Buffalo Peace Bridge Study Research report (Health Effects Institute) 2011 5 132
36. J.T. Steffens, Y.J. Wang, and K.M. Zhang Exploration of effects of a vegetation barrier on particle size distributions in a near-road environment Atmos. Environ. 50 2012 120 128
37. H.Y. Tong, W.T. Hung, and C.S. Cheung On-road motor vehicle emissions and fuel consumption in urban driving conditions J. Air Waste Manag. Assoc. 50 2000 543 554
38. Z. Tong, Y.J. Wang, M. Patel, P. Kinney, S. Chrillrud, and K.M. Zhang Modeling spatial variations of black carbon particles in an urban highway-building environment Environ. Sci. Technol. 46 2011 312 319
39. E.D.S. Van Vliet, K. Asante, D.W. Jack, P.L. Kinney, R.M. Whyatt, S.N. Chillrud, L. Abokyi, C. Zandoh, and S. Owusu-Agyei Personal exposures to fine particulate matter and black carbon in households cooking with biomass fuels in rural Ghana Environ. Res. 127 2013 40 48
40. P.E.J. Vos, B. Maiheu, J. Vankerkom, and S. Janssen Improving local air quality in cities: to tree or not to tree? Environ. Pollut. 183 2013 113 122
41. Y.J. Wang, and K.M. Zhang Modeling near-road air quality using a computational fluid dynamics model Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 2009 7778 7783
42. T.H. Whitlow, A. Hall, K.M. Zhang, and J. Anguita Impact of local traffic exclusion on near-road air quality: findings from the New York City "Summer Streets" campaign Environ. Pollut. 159 2011 2016 2027