title: Simple estimates of vehicle-induced resuspension rates.
abstract: Road dust emissions are considered to be a major source of airborne particulate matter (PM). This is particularly true for industrial environments, where there are high resuspension rates of deposited dust. The calculation of roads as PM emission sources has mostly focused on the consequences of this emission, viz. the increase in PM concentrations. That approach addresses the atmospheric transport of the emitted dust, and not its primary origin. In contrast, this paper examines the causes of the emission. The study is based on mass conservation of the dust deposited on the road surface. On the basis of this premise, estimates of emission rates were calculated from experimental data obtained in a road in a ceramic industrial area.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica-AICE, Universitat Jaume I, Campus Universitari Riu Sec, Avda de Vicent Sos Baynat, 12006 Castelló, Spain. aescrig@itc.uji.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escrig
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pandolfi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Monfort
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Querol
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Celades
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sanfélix
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alastuey
authors.forename: J A G
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Orza
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants; D000397:Air Pollution; D002516:Ceramics; D004391:Dust; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007221:Industry; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D052638:Particulate Matter
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust; D052638:Particulate Matter