Southern California Air-Quality Study (SCAQS) suggested program plan. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5101419

Blumenthal, D; Watson, J; Lawson, D

The program plan outlines a suggested measurement and management approach and reviews the technical background for the Southern California Air Quality Study (SCAQS). A comprehensive bibliography of prior air-quality studies in the Los Angeles Basin is presented. SCAQS will be a multi-year, integrated, cooperative study funded by government agencies, industry groups, and individual corporate sponsors. The overall goal of SCAQS is to develop a comprehensive and properly archived air quality and meteorological data base for the South Coast Air Basin that can be used to test, evaluate, and improve elements of air-quality simulation models for oxidants, PM-10, fine particles, toxic air contaminants, and acidic species. In addition, SCAQS will address specific technical questions regarding the emission, transport, transformation, and deposition of pollutants. The study is planned to take place in 1987 during six weeks in early summer and four weeks in late fall. Extensive routine air quality, aerosol, and meteorological measurements and additional special studies will take place on about 19 days during the study. Most of the monitoring will take place at existing air quality monitoring sites. Airborne, meteorological, and tracer measurements are planned at additional locations.

• Research Organization: Sonoma Technology, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5101419
• Report Number(s): PB-86-223427/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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