Listing of the 20 areas with the most severe air pollution problems among the 65 standard metropolitan statistical areas having an industrial population of 40,000 or more
Air sampling data for the 65 SMSA's considered is available from which a fairly accurate measure can be derived of the levels of particulates, sulfur oxides, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide. However, only a very rough index of photochemical smog is available. In spite of this gap in the total pollution measurement, the importance of the information that is available on the particulates and sulfur oxides, and to a lesser extent on hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, is great enough to justify using it to compile this list. It should be noted that work is going forward in measuring photochemical smog, and the National Center for Air Pollution Control expects to have smog data on the larger SMSA's within 2 years.
- OSTI ID:
- 5487059
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CARBON MONOXIDE
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
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PARTICULATES
PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS
SULFUR OXIDES
URBAN AREAS
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
SAMPLING
SURVEYS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
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MONITORING
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
POLLUTION
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)