Paso del Norte pilot border study of ozone precursors and air toxics
- Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV (United States); and others
A comprehensive monitoring program for ozone precursors and air toxics in the Paso del Norte border area is planned by the U.S. EPA for the Summer of 1996. A pilot study was carried out in October 1995 in the Paso del Norte area (El Paso, Texas, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, and Sunland Park, New Mexico) to test the appropriateness of proposed sampling and analysis methods and to provide preliminary data to be used for planning the Summer 1996 study. Two monitoring sites were selected, one in Ciudad Juarez, and one in the El Paso area. Samples were collected every second day from October 21 to October 31, from 0300 to 0900 hr using stainless steel canisters (for VOC in the C{sub 2}-C{sub 12} range), Tenax-TA solid adsorbent cartridges (for C{sub 8}-C{sub 20} hydrocarbons). DNPH impregnated C{sub 18} Sep-Pack cartridges (for carbonyl compounds) and Teflon impregnated glass fiber filters followed by PUF/YAD/PUF {open_quotes}sandwich{close_quotes} cartridges (for SVOC). This paper discusses the data set obtained from the analyses of these samples. 6 refs., 7 figs.
- OSTI ID:
- 617649
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9605175-; TRN: 98:002112-0030
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International symposium on measurement of toxic and related air pollutants, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States), 7-10 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Measurement of toxic and related air pollutants; PB: 889 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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