Mobile-platform measurement of air pollutant concentrations in California: performance assessment, statistical methods for evaluating spatial variations, and spatial representativeness

Solomon, Paul A.; Vallano, Dena; Lunden, Melissa; LaFranchi, Brian; Blanchard, Charles L.; Shaw, Stephanie L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3277-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3277-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3277-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

Research article

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30 Jun 2020

Research article |

| 30 Jun 2020

Mobile-platform measurement of air pollutant concentrations in California: performance assessment, statistical methods for evaluating spatial variations, and spatial representativeness

Paul A. Solomon, Dena Vallano, Melissa Lunden, Brian LaFranchi, Charles L. Blanchard, and Stephanie L. Shaw

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RC1: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Feb 2020
- AC2: 'Responses to Referee #1', Charles Blanchard, 24 Mar 2020
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Mobile-Platform Measurement of Air Pollutant Concentrations in California: Performance Assessment, Statistical Methods for Evaluating Spatial Variations, and Spatial Representativeness” / Paul A. Solomon et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Feb 2020
- AC3: 'Responses to Anonymous Referee #2', Charles Blanchard, 24 Mar 2020
RC3: 'amt-2019-501', Anonymous Referee #3, 16 Mar 2020
- AC4: 'Responses to Anonymous Referee #3', Charles Blanchard, 24 Mar 2020
- AC5: 'Responses to Anonymous Referee #3, correction', Charles Blanchard, 26 Mar 2020
AC1: 'Authors' general response', Charles Blanchard, 24 Mar 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Charles Blanchard on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Apr 2020) by Andrew Sayer

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (08 May 2020)

ED: Publish as is (08 May 2020) by Andrew Sayer

AR by Charles Blanchard on behalf of the Authors (18 May 2020)

Short summary

Analyzing street-level air pollutants (2016–2017), this assessment indicates that mobile measurement is precise and accurate (5 % to 25 % bias) relative to regulatory sites, with higher spatial resolution. Collocated sensor measurements in California showed differences less than 20 %, suggesting that greater differences represent spatial variability. Mobile data confirm regulatory-site spatial representation and that pollutant levels can also be 6 to 8 times higher just blocks apart.