Application of PMF for Evaluation of the Fine Particles Contribution from Vehicular Emission in Six Brazilian Cities

dc.contributorSistema FMUSP-HC: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP) e Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP
dc.contributor.authorANDRADE, Maria
dc.contributor.authorOYAMA, Beatriz
dc.contributor.authorFORNARO, Adalgiza
dc.contributor.authorMIRANDA, Regina
dc.contributor.authorSALDIVA, Paulo
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-22T22:16:42Z
dc.date.available2015-04-22T22:16:42Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe vehicular emission is the main source of fine particles in Brazilian Cities. A comprehensive study was performed from 2007 to 2009 with 24 h daily sampling of fine particles in an experimental site in six Brazilian capitals: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Recife and Belo Horizonte. The polycarbonate filters collected at each site with Harvard sampling, were submitted to gravimetrical analysis for identification of PM2.5 concentration, to reflectance for Black Carbon concentration, to X-ray fluorescence analysis for elemental composition and to ion chromatography for an ion sand cations composition and concentration. The average PM2.5 concentration were 28, 19, 17, 17, 16 and 11 mu g/m(3) in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Porto Alegre and Recife, respectively. Black Carbon accounted for approximately 30 % of the PM2.5 mass concentration in the more air pollution impacted cities: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. The Black Carbon was used as a tracer for diesel fuel emission and biomass burning. The elemental chemical composition of the PM2.5 was used to identify source-related fractions of fine particles, by means of Receptor Models. The results were used to examine the association of these fractions with daily mortality in each of the six cities. Principal Matrix Factorization (PMF) was applied to the elemental concentration data in order to identify the sources of fine particles, specifically the participation of the vehicular emission. These results were compared to the previous analysis performed with Absolute Principal Component Analysis (APCA). The participation of the vehicular fleet to the PM2.5 mass concentration was significant, explaining in the most urbanized area even 40 % of its mass. These results show the relative importance of the vehicular emission to health injury.
dc.description.conferencedateMAY 07-11, 2012
dc.description.conferencelocalUtrecht, NETHERLANDS
dc.description.conferencename32nd NATO/SPS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application
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dc.identifier.citationAIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATION XXII, p.167-174, 2014
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-94-007-5577-2_28
dc.identifier.isbn978-94-007-5576-5; 978-94-007-5577-2
dc.identifier.issn1871-4668
dc.identifier.urihttps://observatorio.fm.usp.br/handle/OPI/9093
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSPRINGER
dc.relation.ispartofAir Pollution Modeling and Its Application Xxii
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNATO Science for Peace and Security Series C-Environmental Security
dc.rightsrestrictedAccess
dc.rights.holderCopyright SPRINGER
dc.subjectParticulate matter
dc.subjectVehicular emissions
dc.subjectObservations
dc.subjectPrincipal matrix factorization
dc.subjectReceptor models
dc.subject.otheraerosol-particles
dc.subject.wosGeochemistry & Geophysics
dc.subject.wosPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health
dc.subject.wosMeteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
dc.titleApplication of PMF for Evaluation of the Fine Particles Contribution from Vehicular Emission in Six Brazilian Cities
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hcfmusp.author.externalANDRADE, Maria:Univ Sao Paulo, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, Brazil
hcfmusp.author.externalOYAMA, Beatriz:Univ Sao Paulo, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, Brazil
hcfmusp.author.externalFORNARO, Adalgiza:Univ Sao Paulo, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, Brazil
hcfmusp.author.externalMIRANDA, Regina:Univ Sao Paulo, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, Brazil
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hcfmusp.contributor.author-fmusphcPAULO HILARIO NASCIMENTO SALDIVA
hcfmusp.description.beginpage167
hcfmusp.description.endpage174
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hcfmusp.publisher.cityDORDRECHT
hcfmusp.publisher.countryNETHERLANDS
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