National Air Pollution Surveillance: Annual summary for 1989. Report No. EPS 7/AP/22

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5675426

The National Air Pollution Surveillance Program is a joint project of the federal and provincial levels of government to monitor and assess, on a continuing basis, the quality of the ambient air in the urban regions of Canada. This annual summary presents data reported from 405 sampling instruments in 54 cities across the 10 provinces and the 2 territories. Measurements were made for sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, soiling index, suspended particulates, lead, dustfall and sulphation rate. The summary also compares the 1989 data with national air quality objectives for sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone and suspended particulates.

• Research Organization: Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada). Environmental Protection Service
• OSTI ID: 5675426
• Report Number(s): MIC-91-02388/XAB; SSC-EN --49-5/7-22
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AIR QUALITY
CANADA
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COMPILED DATA
DATA
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
INFORMATION
LEAD
METALS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
NITROGEN OXIDES
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
POLLUTION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
URBAN AREAS