Cutting-Edge Research on Environmental Processes & Impacts
Contents list for Journal of Environmental Monitoring, issue 12, 2009
Front cover
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2093
DOI: 10.1039/b924248c
Inside front cover
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2094
DOI: 10.1039/b924249j
Contents and Highlights in Chemical Science
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2095
DOI: 10.1039/b924250n
News
News
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2105
DOI: 10.1039/b923057m
Mike Sharpe provides a summary of the latest environmental news, literature and legislation.
Editorial
The Brooklyn Traffic Real-Time Ambient Pollutant Penetration and Environmental Dispersion (B-TRAPPED) study
Russell W. Wiener,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2113
DOI: 10.1039/b919335a
The B-TRAPPED study aims to provide an understanding of the real-time transport of a plume of particulate pollutants through an urban neighborhood.
Papers
Overview of the Brooklyn Traffic Real-time Ambient Pollutant Penetration and Environmental Dispersion (B-TRAPPED) study: theoretical background and model for design of field experiments
Intaek Hahn, Russell W. Wiener, Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, Laurie A. Brixey and Stacy W. Henkle,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2115
DOI: 10.1039/b907123g
The B-TRAPPED study investigated transport, dispersion, and infiltration of traffic emission particulate matter (PM) pollutants in an urban residential neighborhood. Theoretical models were used to characterize these processes.
The Brooklyn Traffic Real-Time Ambient Pollutant Penetration and Environmental Dispersion (B-TRAPPED) field study methodology
Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, Intaek Hahn, Christopher R. Fortune, Charles E. Rodes, Jeffrey W. Portzer, Sangdon Lee, Russell W. Wiener, Luther A. Smith, Michael Wheeler, Jeremy Seagraves, Mark Stein, Alfred D. Eisner, Laurie A. Brixey, Zora E. Drake-Richman, Lydia H. Brouwer, William D. Ellenson and Richard Baldauf,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2122
DOI: 10.1039/b907126c
This paper describes the field methodology for a novel study of urban dispersion and infiltration using spatially and temporally resolved measurements.
Characterization of traffic-related PM concentration distribution and fluctuation patterns in near-highway urban residential street canyons
Intaek Hahn, Laurie A. Brixey, Russell W. Wiener, Stacy W. Henkle and Richard Baldauf,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2136
DOI: 10.1039/b907130j
Microscale analysis of the transport of aerosol pollutants from a roadway in an urban area is presented. Time-series analysis is used to determine patterns of motion of air down a street canyon.
Establishing a link between vehicular PM sources and PM measurements in urban street canyons
Alfred D. Eisner, Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, Russell W. Wiener, Intaek Hahn, Zora E. Drake-Richman and William D. Ellenson,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2146
DOI: 10.1039/b907132f
Eigen-frequency analysis is used to establish the relationship between downwind measurements of particulate matter and vehicular sources in an urban street canyon.
Time-series analysis to study the impact of an intersection on dispersion along a street canyon
Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, Alfred D. Eisner, Intaek Hahn, Christopher R. Fortune, Zora E. Drake-Richman, Laurie A. Brixey, M. Talih, Russell W. Wiener and William D. Ellenson,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2153
DOI: 10.1039/b907134m
This paper describes the time-series analysis of ultrafine PM transport across an intersection within a street canyon for along-street and perpendicular winds.
The effect of a tall tower on flow and dispersion through a model urban neighborhood
Part 1. Flow characteristics
David K. Heist, Laurie A. Brixey, Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, George E. Bowker, Steven G. Perry and Russell W. Wiener,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2163
DOI: 10.1039/b907135k
A wind tunnel study and CFD simulations were used to examine the effect of a tall tower on flow in a building array representing an urban neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
The effect of a tall tower on flow and dispersion through a model urban neighborhood
Part 2. Pollutant dispersion
Laurie A. Brixey, David K. Heist, Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, George E. Bowker, Steven G. Perry and Russell W. Wiener,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2171
DOI: 10.1039/b907137g
A wind tunnel and CFD examination was conducted of pollutant concentration and residence time downwind of a tall tower in an otherwise uniform building array representing an urban neighborhood.
Building characterization and aerosol infiltration into a naturally ventilated three-story apartment building
Charles E. Rodes, Douglas W. VanOsdell, Jeffrey W. Portzer, Jeremy Seagraves, Intaek Hahn, Stacy W. Henkle and Russell W. Wiener,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2180
DOI: 10.1039/b907139n
Aerosol infiltration data are presented for an older three-story residential structure type commonly found in New York City. An interior structural remodeling approach was found to limit the applicability of simple two-compartment infiltration modeling.
Parameterization of meteorological variables in the process of infiltration of outdoor ultrafine particles into a residential building
Intaek Hahn, Laurie A. Brixey, Russell W. Wiener and Stacy W. Henkle,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2192
DOI: 10.1039/b907140g
Cross-correlation analysis is used to determine the flux of particles penetrating a residential building shell. Real-time concentrations of ambient particulate matter inside and outside an urban building and the impact of meteorological variables are assessed.
Analysis of indoor air pollution trends and characterization of infiltration delay time using a cross-correlation method
Alfred D. Eisner, Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, Intaek Hahn, Zora E. Drake-Richman, Laurie A. Brixey, Russell W. Wiener and William D. Ellenson,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2201
DOI: 10.1039/b907144j
Cross-correlation analysis is used to assess the lag time in peak concentration between ambient outdoor and indoor measurements in an urban street canyon. A persistence ratio is established for relative time of pollutant abatement indoors as opposed to outdoors.
Fate of organohalogens in US wastewater treatment plants and estimated chemical releases to soils nationwide from biosolids recycling
Jochen Heidler and Rolf U. Halden,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2207
DOI: 10.1039/b914324f
An investigation of 25 wastewater facilities in 18 US states shows widespread occurrence and persistence of various organohalogen pesticides and biocides during sewage treatment and sludge digestion.
The determination of nitrogen dioxide in ambient air with free hanging filters as passive samplers, and a new calibration method using fritted bubblers
Paul Heeres, Rineksa Setiawan, Maarten Cornelis Krol and Eduard Hilbrand Adema,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2216
DOI: 10.1039/b914023a
Calibrating free hanging filters. Fritted bubblers have been wrapped in aluminium foil to prevent influence of day light.
Chemotrapping-atomic fluorescence spectrometric method as a field method for volatile arsenic in natural gas
M. Kalle Uroic, Eva M. Krupp, Charlie Johnson and Jörg Feldmann,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2222
DOI: 10.1039/b913322d
Arsenic contamination in natural gas can be determined using a simple field deployable method based on chemotrapping rather than time consuming and expensive methods using cryofocusing and subsequent laboratory-based mass spectrometric detection
Vegetation greening in the canadian arctic related to decadal warming
Gensuo J. Jia, Howard E. Epstein and Donald A. Walker,
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2231
DOI: 10.1039/b911677j
The Arctic is warming and dwarf shrub dominated tundra is greening, as demonstrated by a 25-yr long continuous satellite observation over the Canadian Arctic.
Back cover
J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 2239
DOI: 10.1039/b924252j
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