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Research Article

A multipollutant evaluation of APEX using microenvironmental ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations measured in Los Angeles by the exposure classification project

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Article: 1453022 | Received 12 Oct 2017, Accepted 12 Mar 2018, Published online: 28 Mar 2018

Figures & data

Figure 1. Microenvironmental measurements were made in three study areas, downtown Los Angeles, Alhambra, and Long Beach.

Note: Triangles indicate locations of nearby air monitoring stations of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
Figure 1. Microenvironmental measurements were made in three study areas, downtown Los Angeles, Alhambra, and Long Beach.

Table 1. APEX microenvironment parameters

Table 2. Mapping of 40 ECP microenvironments to condensed set of 24 APEX microenvironments

Table 3. Comparisons of APEX estimated ratios of indoor microenvironmental O3 concentration to simultaneous nearby outdoor microenvironmental O3 concentration obtained from ECP measurements

Table 4. Comparisons of APEX estimated ratios of indoor microenvironmental CO concentration to simultaneous nearby outdoor microenvironmental CO concentration obtained from ECP measurements

Table 5. Comparisons of APEX estimated ratios of indoor microenvironmental PM2.5 concentration to simultaneous nearby outdoor microenvironmental PM2.5 concentration obtained from ECP measurements

Table 6. Comparison of APEX estimated ratios of microenvironmental O3 concentrations to simultaneous fixed-site O3 concentrations obtained from ECP measurements

Table 7. Comparisons of descriptive statistics for ratios of microenvironmental O3 concentrations to simultaneous fixed-site O3 concentrations obtained from ECP measurements and APEX estimates—grouped microenvironments

Figure 2. Microenvironment-to-monitor O3 ratios.

Figure 2. Microenvironment-to-monitor O3 ratios.

Table 8. Comparison of ratios of microenvironmental CO concentrations to simultaneous fixed-site CO concentrations obtained from ECP measurements and APEX estimates

Table 9. Comparisons of descriptive statistics for ratios of microenvironmental CO concentrations to simultaneous fixed-site CO concentrations obtained from ECP measurements and APEX estimates—grouped microenvironments

Figure 3. Microenvironment-to-monitor CO ratios.

Figure 3. Microenvironment-to-monitor CO ratios.

Table 10. Comparison of ratios of microenvironmental PM2.5 concentrations to simultaneous fixed-site PM2.5 concentrations obtained from ECP measurements and APEX estimates

Table 11. Comparisons of descriptive statistics for ratios of microenvironmental PM2.5 concentrations to simultaneous fixed-site PM2.5 concentrations obtained from ECP measurements and APEX estimates—grouped microenvironments

Figure 4. Microenvironment-to-monitor PM2.5 ratios.

Figure 4. Microenvironment-to-monitor PM2.5 ratios.

Table 12. Comparison of distributions of indoor/outdoor ratios: ECP measurements and APEX predictions

Figure 5. Comparison of distributions of indoor/outdoor ratios: ECP measurements and APEX predictions.

Figure 5. Comparison of distributions of indoor/outdoor ratios: ECP measurements and APEX predictions.
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