Spatial variability and application of ratios between BTEX in two Canadian cities
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Miller, Lindsay, Xu, Xiaohong, Wheeler, Amanda, Atari, Dominic Odwa, Grgicak-Mannion, Alice and Luginaah, Isaac. (2011). Spatial variability and application of ratios between BTEX in two Canadian cities. The Scientific World Journal. 11, pp. 2536-2549. https://doi.org/10.1100/2011/167973
Authors | Miller, Lindsay, Xu, Xiaohong, Wheeler, Amanda, Atari, Dominic Odwa, Grgicak-Mannion, Alice and Luginaah, Isaac |
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Abstract | Spatial monitoring campaigns of volatile organic compounds were carried out in two similarly sized urban industrial cities, Windsor and Sarnia, ON, Canada. For Windsor, data were obtained for all four seasons at approximately 50 sites in each season (winter, spring, summer, and fall) over a three-year period (2004, 2005, and 2006) for a total of 12 sampling sessions. Sampling in Sarnia took place at 37 monitoring sites in fall 2005. In both cities, passive sampling was done using 3M 3500 organic vapor samplers. This paper characterizes benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o, and (m + p)-xylene (BTEX) concentrations and relationships among BTEX species in the two cities during the fall sampling periods. BTEX concentration levels and rank order among the species were similar between the two cities. In Sarnia, the relationships between the BTEX species varied depending on location. Correlation analysis between land use and concentration ratios showed a strong influence from local industries. Use one of the ratios between the BTEX species to diagnose photochemical age may be biased due to point source emissions, for example, 53 tonnes of benzene and 86 tonnes of toluene in Sarnia. However, considering multiple ratios leads to better conclusions regarding photochemical aging. Ratios obtained in the sampling campaigns showed significant deviation from those obtained at central monitoring stations, with less difference in the (m + p)/E ratio but better overall agreement in Windsor than in Sarnia. |
Keywords | volatile organic compounds; BTEX; inter-species ratios; photochemical age; spatial variability |
Year | 2011 |
Journal | The Scientific World Journal |
Journal citation | 11, pp. 2536-2549 |
Publisher | Hindawi |
ISSN | 1537-744X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1100/2011/167973 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84862918928 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 2536-2549 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 29 Dec 2011 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 23 Dec 2011 |
Deposited | 07 May 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8vzq7/spatial-variability-and-application-of-ratios-between-btex-in-two-canadian-cities
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