Estimating daily nitrogen dioxide level: exploring traffic effects

DOI10.1214/13-AOAS642zbMATH Open1400.62309arXiv1311.7478OpenAlexW3103551619WikidataQ37375906 ScholiaQ37375906MaRDI QIDQ386764FDOQ386764

Authors: Lixun Zhang, Yongtao Guan, Brian P. Leaderer, Theodore R. Holford 

Publication date: 10 December 2013

Published in: The Annals of Applied Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Data used to assess acute health effects from air pollution typically have good temporal but poor spatial resolution or the opposite. A modified longitudinal model was developed that sought to improve resolution in both domains by bringing together data from three sources to estimate daily levels of nitrogen dioxide ($mathrm{NO}_2$) at a geographic location. Monthly $mathrm{NO}_2$ measurements at 316 sites were made available by the Study of Traffic, Air quality and Respiratory health (STAR). Four US Environmental Protection Agency monitoring stations have hourly measurements of $mathrm{NO}_2$. Finally, the Connecticut Department of Transportation provides data on traffic density on major roadways, a primary contributor to $mathrm{NO}_2$ pollution. Inclusion of a traffic variable improved performance of the model, and it provides a method for estimating exposure at points that do not have direct measurements of the outcome. This approach can be used to estimate daily variation in levels of $mathrm{NO}_2$ over a region.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.7478

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zbMATH Keywords

air pollutionBayesian modelEPAlongitudinal modelnitrogen dioxide

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to environmental and related topics (62P12)

Cites Work

• Development of a high-resolution nested air pollution model. The numerical approach

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