Applications of the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) to provide input to photochemical grid models for the Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS)
- ASTeR, Inc., Ft. Collins, CO (United States)
- Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO (United States)
In spite of stringent emission controls, numerous exceedances of the US ozone air quality standard have continued in the Lake Michigan region, especially during the very hot summers of 1987 and 1988. Analyses revealed that exceedances of the 120 PPB hourly standard were 400% more likely at monitors located within 20 km of the lakeshore. While the role of Lake Michigan in exacerbating regional air quality problems has been investigated for almost 20 years, the relative impacts of various phenomena upon regional photochemical air quality have yet to be quantified. In order to design a defensible regional emission control policy, LMOS sponsored the development of a comprehensive regional photochemical modeling system. This is comprised of an emission model, an advanced regional photochemical model, and a prognostic meteorological model.
- OSTI ID:
- 28735
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940115-; TRN: 95:002816-0025
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 8. Joint conference on applications of air pollution meterology. 74. American Meteorological Society annual meeting, Nashville, TN (United States), 23-28 Jan 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Eighth joint conference on applications of air pollution meteorology with A & WMA; PB: 359 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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