Comparison of short-term variations (15-minute averages) in outdoor and indoor PM2.5 concentrations

Gurumurthy Ramachandran; John L. Adgate; Nicholas Hill; Ken Sexton; Gregory C. Pratt; Donald Bock

doi:10.1080/10473289.2000.10464160

Comparison of short-term variations (15-minute averages) in outdoor and indoor PM_2.5 concentrations

Gurumurthy Ramachandran, John L. Adgate, Nicholas Hill, Ken Sexton, Gregory C. Pratt, Donald Bock

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Measurements of 15-min average PM_2.5 concentrations were made with a real-time light-scattering instrument at both outdoor (central monitoring sites in three communities) and indoor (residential) locations over two seasons in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. These data are used to examine within-day variability of PM_2.5 concentrations indoors and outdoors, as well as matched indoor-to-outdoor (I/O) ratios. Concurrent gravimetric measurements of 24-hr average PM_2.5 concentrations were also obtained as a way to compare real-time measures with this more traditional metric. Results indicate that (1) within-day variability for both indoor and outdoor 15-min average PM_2.5 concentrations was substantial and comparable in magnitude to day-to-day variability for 24-hr average concentrations; (2) some residences exhibited substantial variability in indoor aerosol characteristics from one day to the next; (3) peak values for indoor short-term (15-min) average PM_2.5 concentrations routinely exceeded 24-hr average outdoor values by factors of 3-4; and (4) relatively strong correlations existed between indoor and outdoor PM_2.5 concentrations for both 24-hr and 15-min averages.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1157-1166
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
Volume	50
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10473289.2000.10464160
State	Published - Jul 2000
Externally published	Yes

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