PM2.5 monitoring network design strategies

Conference · Thu Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:361965

DuBois, D W; Watson, J G; Chow, J C; Green, M ^[1]; Frank, N ^[2]; Pitchford, M ^[3]

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1. Desert Research Inst., Reno, NV (United States)
2. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Las Vegas, NV (United States)

In response to the US EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM2.5, a new network of PM2.5 monitors will be required throughout the nation. The PM2.5 monitoring network will represent population or community exposure where people live, work and play. These do not necessarily correspond to the locations of maximum concentrations in an area. The network of PM2.5 monitors will likely approach 1,500 in number as the implementation gets underway. PM2.5 monitors are to be located at specific sites that represent neighborhood or urban scales to determine compliance with standards. Transport and background sites are located between, and away from, planning areas to determine regional increments to PM measured around the planning area. Network design philosophies examined in this paper include random, systematic, judgmental sampling, combined judgmental/systematic sampling and other analytical model based sampling techniques. Methods to determine the information content of different monitors were also evaluated.

• OSTI ID: 361965
• Report Number(s): CONF-980632--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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