Southern California Air Quality Study (SCAQS) description of measurement activities. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6971422
The goal of the Southern California Air Quality Study (SCAQS) was to develop a data base for the Los Angeles Basin that can be used to test, evaluate, and improve models for oxidants, PM10, fine particles, toxic air contaminants, and acidic species. In addition, SCAQS data will be used to address questions regarding the emission, transport, transformation, and deposition of pollutants. The report documents the SCAQS measurements which were conducted in the Los Angeles Basin over 13 weeks in the summer and fall of 1987. Routine air quality and meteorology measurements were made continuously throughout the study period. On 17 selected intensive study days, measurements were made at several locations throughout the Basin of: reactive and toxic gases (including PAN, H2O2, speciated hydrocarbons, and carbonyls), aerosol chemistry, aerosol size distribution, selected aerosol chemical species as a function of size, and light scattering and extinction. LIDAR backscatter and aerosol and reactive gas measurements were also made by aircraft.
- Research Organization:
- Sonoma Technology, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6971422
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-191990/XAB; STI--96030-810FR
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AERIAL MONITORING
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CALIFORNIA
CARBONYLS
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DOCUMENT TYPES
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ESTERS
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HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
LOS ANGELES
MASS TRANSFER
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METEOROLOGY
MONITORING
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID ESTERS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
OPTICAL RADAR
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PEROXIDES
PEROXYACETYL NITRATE
POLLUTION
PROGRESS REPORT
RADAR
RANGE FINDERS
USA
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AERIAL MONITORING
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AIRCRAFT
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CALIFORNIA
CARBONYLS
CHEMISTRY
DATA ACQUISITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
ESTERS
FEDERAL REGION IX
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
LOS ANGELES
MASS TRANSFER
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METEOROLOGY
MONITORING
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID ESTERS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
OPTICAL RADAR
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PEROXIDES
PEROXYACETYL NITRATE
POLLUTION
PROGRESS REPORT
RADAR
RANGE FINDERS
USA