Comparison of selected volatile organic compounds during the summer and winter at urban sites in New Jersey

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1984

Abstract

This paper presents a comparison of summer and winter levels of twenty-five selected volatile organic compounds (VOC) measured as part of the New Jersey project on Airborne Toxic Elements and Organic Substances (ATEOS). Most of the selected VOC were found in the range of 0.01-1.00 ppbv, with the exception of toluene (1-5 ppbv) and benzene (1-3 ppbv). However, peak levels of many compounds increased more than 100 fold during specific pollutant episodes. Generally, VOC levels were higher in the winter than the summer. Day to day variations of measured aromatic VOC showed significant correlations at each site suggesting an area source (motor vehicles), while there was little relationship between chlorinated species. During summer oxidant episodes, selected VOC increased from 2-10 times at Newark and Elizabeth, but not at Camden. In the winter, nocturnal temperature inversions caused levels of selected VOC to increase from 2-3 times seasonal average at all sites. © 1984.

Identifier

0021639109 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Science of the Total Environment the

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-9697(84)90220-1

ISSN

00489697

First Page

259

Last Page

274

Issue

C

Volume

38

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