Updated model assessment of pollution at major U. S. Airports
The air quality impact of aircraft at and around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is simulated for hours of peak aircraft operation and worst case pollutant dispersion conditions. An updated version of the Argonne Airport Vicinity Air Pollution (AVAP) model is used in the simulation; model refinements reflect new theoretical formulations and data from field programs at LAX, O'Hare, and John F. Kennedy International Airports. Maximum carbon monoxide concentrations at LAX are found to be low relative to the NAAQS. Relatively high, widespread hydrocarbon levels indicate that aircraft emissions may aggravate oxidant problems near the airport. Concentrations of oxides of nitrogen are high enough relative to proposed standards to warrant further study. Similar modeling is underway for the O'Hare and JFK airports.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL
- OSTI ID:
- 6426640
- Journal Information:
- J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 29:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Updated model assessment of pollution at major U. S. airports
Related Subjects
AIR POLLUTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
SIMULATION
AIRPORTS
CARBON MONOXIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
NITROGEN OXIDES
AIR QUALITY
AIRCRAFT
EMISSION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
ISOLATED VALUES
STANDARDS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA
DATA FORMS
INFORMATION
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)