title: The mobile monitoring of black carbon and its association with roadside data in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai.
abstract: High-level black carbon (BC) pollution is associated with traffic emissions in metropolitan areas with high vehicle density. Mobile monitoring was conducted to assess the in-vehicle BC exposure on three backbone ring roads (inner, middle, and outer ring roads) on October 14 and October 18, 2015 in Shanghai. Ambient BC monitoring was also simultaneously conducted in three fixed roadside stations from October 14 to October 20, 2015. Results of the mobile monitoring showed median BC personal exposure concentrations ranging from 5.0 μg m-3on the inner ring road to 13.5 μg m-3on the outer ring road. The ambient BC concentrations during the entire observation period showed an arithmetic mean and a standard deviation of 3.5 ± 2.9 μg m-3. The correlation analysis of urban roadside monitoring (Caoxi Road and South Zhongshan Road) and personal data showed a high and significant correlation. The results of this study highlight the critical level of BC pollution in Shanghai and facilitate the development of evidence-based public health interventions and control strategies to prevent the adverse health effects of BC pollution.
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Ning
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China.|Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center, Shanghai, 200030, China.
authors.forename: Ji-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bian
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China. xiugl@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guang-Li
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Xiu
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, 200237, China.
authors.forename: Xin-Sheng
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center, Shanghai, 200030, China.
authors.forename: Qing-Gen
authors.initials: QG
authors.lastname: Bian
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D053260:Soot / Q000032:analysis*; D001335:Vehicle Emissions / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D053260:Soot; D001335:Vehicle Emissions
keywords: Black carbon; Fixed monitoring; Mobile monitoring; Personal exposure