Trends and relationship of O/sub 3/, NO/sub x/, and HC in the South Coast Air Basin of California

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5212520

Kuntasal, G; Chang, T Y

A basin-wide air quality trend analysis for the South Coast Air Basin of California is conducted for hydrocarbons (HC), NO/sub x/, O/sub 3/ and CO using multi-station composite daily maximum-hour average ambient concentrations for the third quarter (July, August, and September) from 1968 to 1985. Emissions and air quality trends are compared for the period 1968-1984. Ambient HC and NO/sub x/ trends are somewhat different from estimated emission trends of HC and NO/sub x/, while a definite, downward trend of ambient CO is consistent with vehicular emission control measures. Basin-wide ambient HC, NO/sub x/ and O/sub 3/ appear to show downward trends for the period 1970-1985, but because of high fluctuations it is difficult to delineate trends for shorter periods. The meteorology (850 mb temperature)-adjusted O/sub 3/ shows a more consistent downward trend than does unadjusted O/sub 3/. Polynomial and multiplicative regression models for basin-wide empirical O/sub 3/-HC-NO/sub x/ relationships indicate that the O/sub 3/ variation is explained largely by the meteorological variable (850 mb temperature) although model estimates are improved by adding HC and NO/sub x/ concentration terms

• Research Organization: Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5212520
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 37:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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