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MONITORING AND MODELING METHODS FOR DEVELOPING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL STRATEGIES: A CASE STUDY IN THE NORTHWEST CZECH REPUBLIC
Citation:
Stevens, R. AND J. Pinto. MONITORING AND MODELING METHODS FOR DEVELOPING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL STRATEGIES: A CASE STUDY IN THE NORTHWEST CZECH REPUBLIC. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-95/033 (NTIS PB95190476).
Description:
Scientists from the United States and the Czech Republic recently completed a study to investigate the ambient air quality impact of industrial and motor vehicle sources in Teplice. ir pollution measurements made from 1992 through 1993 provide data on ambient concentrations of sulfur dioxide, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, fine and coarse particle mass, elemental composition, and aerosol acidity. he primary monitoring sites were located in Teplice in northwestern Bohemia and Prachatice in southern Bohemia. ine particulate air samples were composed mainly of organic carbon and sulfate and had smaller amounts of trace metals. he Teplice ambient monitoring and source characterization data were then used in receptor modeling calculations, which indicated that home heating and power plant emissions were responsible for up to 80% of ambient fine particle mass concentrations observed during winter inversion episodes. otor vehicles, incinerators and windblown dust contributed to the balance of the inhalable particles. he results of this study ars being used by the Czech government to assist in the development of future air pollution emissions control strategies.