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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for mobile monitoring morning versus afternoon

From: Understanding intra-neighborhood patterns in PM2.5 and PM10 using mobile monitoring in Braddock, PA

 

Summer

Winter

Morning

Afternoon

Morning

Afternoon

Mean PM2.5 (μg/m3)

46.2

29.1

21.6

15.5

 

(S.D. 35.7)

(S.D. 20.1)

(S.D. 13.5)

(S.D. 12.7)

Mean PM10 (μg/m3)

50.5

27.7

30.4

24.8

 

(S.D. 37.9)

(S.D. 21.2)

(S.D. 16.5)

(S.D. 21.8)

Temperature (Mean, Min, Max °F)

70.9

78.2

23.1

35.8

 

(58–80)

(68–90)

(8–50)

(17–65)

Relative Humidity (Mean, Min, Max%)

75.1

54

75.9

57.5

 

(30–92)

(37–71)

(60–93)

(16–88)

Wind Speed (Mean, Min, Max mph)

5.8

7.7

5.7

9.1

 

(2.9-10.4)

(6.4-10.4)

(2.9-10.4)

(2.9-16.2)

  1. *Wind direction: Summer: 30% SW, 25% W, 15% N, 10% NW, 10% S, 5% E, 5% NE.
  2. Winter: 35% W, 20% SW, 15% NW, 15% NE, 10% S, 5% E.
  3. **Elevation varied from 224 to 306 m.
  4. ***Traffic density indicators varied from 595,668 to 19,961,739 based on GIS calculations around each stop (Refer to methods).
  5. ****Distance to mill varied from 0 to 5,633 m.