Lower Rio Grande Valley transboundary air pollution project (TAPP). Project report 1996--1997
The Lower Rio Grande Valley Transboundary Air Pollution Project (TAPP) was a US-Mexico Border XXI project to find out if air pollutants were moving across the border from Mexico into the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and to see what levels of air pollutants were present. Ambient measurements and meteorology were collected data for a year (March 1996-March 1997) at three fixed sites in and near Brownsville, Texas very close to the US-Mexico border on a continuous and 24-h internal basis. Overall levels of air pollution were similar to or lower than other areas in Texas and elsewhere. Based on wind sector analyses, transport of air pollution across the border did not appear to adversely impact air quality on the US side of the Valley. Southeasterly winds from the Gulf of Mexico were largely responsible for the clean air conditions.
- Research Organization:
- ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States); Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin, TX (United States); Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 678943
- Report Number(s):
- PB--99-146938/XAB; CNN: Contract EPA-68-D2-0134; Contract EPA-68-D5-0049
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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