Results of An Indoor Size Fractionated PM School Sampling Program in Libby, Montana |
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Authors: | Tony J Ward Curtis W Noonan Kathi Hooper |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA;(2) Lincoln County Environmental Health Department, Libby, MT, USA |
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Abstract: | Libby, Montana is the only PM2.5 nonattainment area in the western United States with the exceptions of parts of southern California. During January through
March 2005, a particulate matter (PM) sampling program was conducted within Libby’s elementary and middle schools to establish
baseline indoor PM concentrations before a wood stove change-out program is implemented over the next several years. As part
of this program, indoor concentrations of PM mass, organic carbon (OC), and elemental carbon (EC) in five different size fractions
(>2.5, 1.0–2.5, 0.5–1.0, 0.25–0.5, and <0.25 μm) were measured. Total measured PM mass concentrations were much higher inside
the elementary school, with particle size fraction (>2.5, 0.5–1.0, 0.25–0.5, and <0.25 μm) concentrations between 2 and 5
times higher when compared to the middle school. The 1.0–2.5 μm fraction had the largest difference between the two sites,
with elementary school concentrations nearly 10 times higher than the middle school values. The carbon component for the schools’
indoor PM was found to be predominantly composed of OC. Measured total OC and EC concentrations, as well as concentrations
within individual size fractions, were an average of two to five times higher at the elementary school when compared to the
middle school. For the ultrafine fraction (<0.25), EC concentrations were similar between each of the schools. Despite the
differences in concentrations between the schools at the various fraction levels, the OC/EC ratio was determined to be similar. |
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Keywords: | elemental carbon organic carbon PM2 5 residential wood combustion smoke valley air pollution |
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