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CHARACTERIZING METEOROLOGY AND AIR POLLUTION DISPERSION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: A CASE STUDY IN NEW YORK CITY POST SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

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Citation:

Huber, A H., R C. Gilliam, M. Freeman, R. M. Spencer, H. Felngersh, AND R. Kelly. CHARACTERIZING METEOROLOGY AND AIR POLLUTION DISPERSION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: A CASE STUDY IN NEW YORK CITY POST SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. Presented at Science Forum 2003, Washington, DC, May 2, 2002.

Impact/Purpose:

The research is planned to meet the following objectives:

Support is provided to HEASD Tasks by Alan Huber. (60% 9524 New Air Toxics Modeling, ; 10% 5732 PM Population Exposure Modeling; 10% 3948 Next Generation MMMP Exposure Modeling; 10% N533 PM Toxic agent exposure modeling, and 10% 3957 Integrated Human Exposure Source-to-Dose Modeling)

  • Development of data and algorithms for exposure modeling in urban areas, to be used in refined probabilistic exposure models being developed elsewhere, to allow prediction of human exposures for an urban population.

  • Characterize exposures and variability of concentrations in critical microenvironments in urban areas using targeted measurement studies and refined air quality models.

  • Identify critical human activities influencing exposures, especially identifying microenvironments that are key to exposures to urban air toxics.

  • Develop methods (measurements, dispersion modeling, receptor modeling) to distinguish exposures to "near field" sources - like indoor sources, human activities or hobbies, or nearby point or area sources - from "background" concentrations or from distant sources that can be modeled well by compartmental or air quality models.

  • Provide data and algorithms based on a scientific understanding of exposure dynamics for inclusion in NERL human exposure models and other models like OAR's TRIM..

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    Record Details:

    Record Type:DOCUMENT( PRESENTATION/ ABSTRACT)
    Product Published Date:05/02/2002
    Record Last Revised:06/21/2006
    Record ID: 86842