Grantee Research Project Results
2017 Progress Report: Integrated Analysis of Land Use-Based Policies for Improving Air and Water Quality: A Focus on Agricultural Reactive Nitrogen and Wildland Fire Emissions as Climate, Land Use and Anthropogenic Emissions Change
EPA Grant Number: R835880Title: Integrated Analysis of Land Use-Based Policies for Improving Air and Water Quality: A Focus on Agricultural Reactive Nitrogen and Wildland Fire Emissions as Climate, Land Use and Anthropogenic Emissions Change
Investigators: Russell, Armistead G. , Burtraw, Dallas , Driscoll, Charles T. , Odman, Mehmet Talat , Shih, Jhih-Shyang , Siikamäki, Juha , Smith, Richard
Current Investigators: Russell, Armistead G. , Burtraw, Dallas , Driscoll, Charles T. , Odman, Mehmet Talat , Shih, Jhih-Shyang , Smith, Richard
Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology , Syracuse University , United States Geological Survey , Resources for the Future
Current Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology , Resources for the Future , Syracuse University , United States Geological Survey
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2018 (Extended to December 31, 2020)
Project Period Covered by this Report: January 1, 2017 through December 31,2017
Project Amount: $789,820
RFA: Particulate Matter and Related Pollutants in a Changing World (2014) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Air Quality and Air Toxics , Air
Objective:
Agriculture-related reactive nitrogen (NR) and wildland fire emissions are playing an increasingly more prominent role in the formation of atmospheric particulate matter (PM). Those sources can also impact water quality and ecosystem structure and function through the deposition of reactive nitrogen to sensitive environments. While nitrogen and sulfur oxides and organic emissions are being markedly curtailed by traditional control strategies, alternative approaches are needed to address reduced nitrogen (e.g., ammonia) and fire emissions. Land use-based policies can be an attractive approach to improve air quality with the co-benefit of decreasing reactive nitrogen deposition and improving water quality. An integrated modeling framework is being developed to investigate a range of land use based policies to mitigate particulate matter levels, atmospheric deposition and associated impacts on water quality and sensitive ecosystems. Land use policies are being assessed across multiple environmental endpoints of concern, with a focus on identifying cost effective strategies and those with benefits in one or more media.
Progress Summary:
Future Activities:
Continue work on set-up and adjustment of the SPARROW and PnET-BGC models and evaluate of the relevant impacts of cropland NH3 emissions on water quality and ecosystems; Evaluate the potential impacts of future biogenic emission changes on air quality and N deposition; conduct cost-effective analysis of mitigation measure targeting future cropland NH3 emissions in views of not only farmland levels but also population and ecosystem levels.
Journal Articles on this Report : 2 Displayed | Download in RIS Format
Other project views: | All 27 publications | 19 publications in selected types | All 19 journal articles |
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Henneman LRF, Shen H, Liu C, Hu Y, Mulholland JA, Russell AG. Responses in ozone and its production efficiency attributable to recent and future emissions changes in the Eastern United States. Environmental Science & Technology 2017;51(23):13797-13805. |
R835880 (2016) R835880 (2017) R835880 (2018) R835880 (Final) |
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Lawal AS, Guan X, Liu C, Henneman LRF, Vasilakos P, Bhogineni V, Weber RJ, Nenes A, Russell AG. Linked response of aerosol acidity and ammonia to SO2 and NOX emissions reductions in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology 2018;52(17):9861-9873. |
R835880 (2017) R835880 (2018) R835880 (Final) R835882 (Final) |
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Supplemental Keywords:
reactive nitrogen species, PM2.5, land use change, pollutants emissions, air and water qualityProgress and Final Reports:
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