Highway air quality impact appraisals. Volume I. Introduction to air quality analysis. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:5546346

Pollack, R I; Tesche, T W; Reynolds, S D; Hillyer, M J; Jerskey, T N

This report is the first of a two volume series intended to provide transportation planners and engineers with guidance on how to perform air quality analyses. Volume I presents basic information useful for analyzing local or regional air quality impacts. Subjects discussed include basic characteristics, sources, removal processes, and air quality standards for five pollutants--hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, particulates, and photochemical oxidants; emissions, control devices, and legislation on vehicular emissions; nonvehicular anthropogenic and natural sources of those five pollutants; construction of emissions inventories; relative contributions of vehicular emissions to air quality at regional, urban, and roadway spatial scales; physical and chemical processes that affect pollutant concentrations; an assessment of types of air quality models, including algebraic (Gaussian), trajectory, and grid numerical models; and the design and use of air quality monitoring programs. The treatment of these issues is designed specifically for the highway planner or engineer who is required to perform air quality evaluations of transportation or land use plans. A glossary is included. Volume I may be useful as a general reference work, particularly on the subjects of emissions, atmospheric processes, and air quality models.

• Research Organization: Systems Applications, Inc., San Rafael, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5546346
• Report Number(s): PB-293798
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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