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June 9, 2019
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Road Dust Emission Sources and Assessment of Street Washing Effect

Publicated to: Aerosol and Air Quality Research. 14 (3): 734-743 - 2014-04-01 14(3), DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2013.03.0074

Authors:

Karanasiou, A; Amato, F; Moreno, T; Lumbreras, J; Borge, R; Linares, C; Boldo, E; Alastuey, A; Querol, X
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CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain - Author
Ctr Res Environm Epidemiol CREAL, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Inst Environm Assessment & Water Res IDAEA CSIC, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Natl Ctr Epidemiol, Carlos III Inst Hlth, Canc & Environm Epidemiol Unit, Madrid, Spain - Author
Tech Univ Madrid UPM, Dept Chem & Environm Engn, Madrid, Spain - Author
TNO Environm & Geosci, Dept Climate Air & Sustainabil, NL-3508 TA Utrecht, Netherlands - Author
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Abstract

Although previous studies report on the effect of street washing on ambient particulate matter levels, there is a lack of studies investigating the results of street washing on the emission strength of road dust. A sampling campaign was conducted in Madrid urban area during July 2009 where road dust samples were collected in two sites, namely Reference site (where the road surface was not washed) and Pelayo site (where street washing was performed daily during night). Following the chemical characterization of the road dust particles the emission sources were resolved by means of Positive Matrix Factorization, PMF (Multilinear Engine scripting) and the mass contribution of each source was calculated for the two sites. Mineral dust, brake wear, tire wear, carbonaceous emissions and construction dust were the main sources of road dust with mineral and construction dust being the major contributors to inhalable road dust load. To evaluate the effectiveness of street washing on the emission sources, the sources mass contributions between the two sites were compared. Although brake wear and tire wear had lower concentrations at the site where street washing was performed, these mass differences were not statistically significant and the temporal variation did not show the expected build-up after dust removal. It was concluded that the washing activities resulted merely in a road dust moistening, without effective removal and that mobilization of particles took place in a few hours between washing and sampling. The results also indicated that it is worth paying attention to the dust dispersed from the construction sites as they affect the emission strength in nearby streets.
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Keywords

AerosolChemical-compositionCitiesEnvironmentFineFugitive dustMadridNon-exhaust emissionsParticlesParticulate matterPm10Pm2.5ResuspensionRoad dustSource apportionmentSpain

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Aerosol and Air Quality Research due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2014, it was in position 93/223, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Environmental Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Pollution.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • WoS: 36
  • Scopus: 41
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-27:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 69.

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/36158/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 399
  • Downloads: 4
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Netherlands.

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Awards linked to the item

The authors wish to thank the City Council of Madrid for modifying their street washing activities during the campaign. We also thank Jorge Pey and Cristina Reche for their help during the collection of the road dust samples. This project was financed by the Spanish Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (SERCA-058/PC08/3-18.1).
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