National air quality and emissions trends report, 1985

Technical Report · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6222613

This report presents national and regional trends in air quality from 1976 through 1985 for total suspended particulate, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and lead. Air-pollution trends were also examined for the 5-year period (1981-85) to take advantage of the larger number of sites and the fact that the data from the post-1980 period should be of the highest quality. Both national and regional trends in each of the major pollutants are examined. National air-quality trends are also presented for both the National Air Monitoring Sites (NAMS) and other site categories. In addition to ambient air quality, trends are also presented for annual nationwide emissions. These emissions are estimated using the best available engineering calculations: the ambient levels presented are averages of direct measurements. The report also includes a section, Air Quality Levels in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA's). Its purpose is to provide interested members of the air-pollution control community, the private sector, and the general public with greatly simplified air-pollution information. Air-quality statistics are presented for each of the pollutants for all SMSA's with populations exceeding 500,000 for the years 1983, 1984 and 1985.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• OSTI ID: 6222613
• Report Number(s): PB-87-180352/XAB; EPA-450/4-87/001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR QUALITY
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FORECASTING
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PARTICLES
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STANDARDS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES
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