Aerosol Monitors and Measurements

Aerosol Monitor Projects and Research

Aerosol monitors provide a means to measure airborne particulate matter and droplets, and we have worked with different monitors aimed at measuring fugitive dust and bioaerosol particulate matter for various projects.

  • Wind-Tunnel Fugitive Dust Analysis with TSI DustTraks

  • TEOM, MetOne, DustTrak testing in a Wind-Tunnel Dust Chamber

  • Bio-Aerosol Monitor Prototype Wind-Tunnel Testing

  • Atmospheric Prototype Aerosol Monitoring


Publications and Technical Reports


J.A. Roney and B.R. White, “Comparison of a two-dimensional numerical dust transport model with experimental dust emissions from soil surfaces in a wind tunnel”, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 44, Issue 4, February 2010, Pages 512-522.


J.A. Roney and B.R. White, “Estimating Fugitive Dust Emission Rates using an Environmental Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel”, Atmospheric Environment 40, 7668-7685, 2006.


J.A. Roney and B.R. White, “Definition and Measurement of Dust Aeolian Thresholds”, Journal of Geophysical Research—Earth Surface, Vol. 109, F01013, doi:10.1029/2003JF000061, 2004.


S. O’Kane, K. McGregor, K. Stopenhagen , M. Schaaf, L. Ashbaugh, B. White, J. Roney, J. Castleberry, “Precision and Accuracy of the MetOne Model GT-641 PM10 Monitor”, AWMA Paper No. 43562, 2001.


J.A. Roney, "Physical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Factors Leading to High PM10 Emission Fluxes from Ground Source Fugitive Dust with Emphasis on Owens (dry) Lake Soils", Ph.D Dissertation, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, 2001.


B.R. White and J.A. Roney, “Simulation and Analysis of Factors Leading to High PM10 Emissions Fluxes at Owens Dry Lake Using an Environmental Wind Tunnel”, Final Report prepared for the California Air Resource Board (CARB), 2000, Interagency Agreement No. 97-718.


Presentations


J.A. Roney, “Wind-Tunnel Physical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Fugitive Dust Entrainment”, Presentation to the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University, March 21, 2001


J.A. Roney, D. Kim, R.V. Coquilla, and B.R. White, “Simulation and Analysis of Factors Leading to High PM10 Emissions Fluxes at Owens Dry Lake Using an Environmental Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel”, Poster Presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, 1999.


D. Kim, J.A. Roney, R.V. Coquilla, and B.R. White, “Wind Tunnel Methods for Estimating Atmospheric Fugitive Dust Emissions”, Poster Presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, 1999.