Implementation and application of the variable grid Urban Airshed Modeling System (UAM-V) to the lower Fraser Valley/Vancouver area for ozone assessment and planning
- Systems Applications International, San Rafael, CA (United States); and others
During the last decade, the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area, located in the Lower Fraser Valley (LFV) of British Columbia, experienced the largest growth in population of any comparable urban area in North America. Given the current concerns regarding the effects on health and vegetation of tropospheric ozone and the expected future growth of the area, the Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) of Environment Canada, in cooperation with the National Research Council (NRC), the British Columbia Ministry of the Environment, the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD), and the University of British Columbia (UBC), initiated a multiyear, multiphased effort to address the ozone problem. The effort includes supplemental meteorological and air quality data collection, data analysis, emission inventory development, and the application of meteorological and photochemical models to simulate ozone episodes and evaluate the effects of emission reductions. The complex terrain and land-water features of the LFV area affect the transport and mixing of precursor pollutants and the production of ozone.
- OSTI ID:
- 466216
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606185--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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