Grantee Research Project Results
Boise Valley Inversion and Air Pollution Study
EPA Grant Number: R829425E02Title: Boise Valley Inversion and Air Pollution Study
Investigators: Dawson, Paul
Institution: Boise State University
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: September 1, 2002 through August 31, 2004
RFA: EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) (2001) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: EPSCoR (The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)
Objective:
The objectives of this research project are to: (1) monitor, model, and analyze winter inversion events in the Boise Valley (Treasure Valley), including the meteorology and the three-dimensional airflow; and (2) collect, measure, and analyze meteorological and particulate concentration data over space and time. Treasure Valley, which has been experiencing a high rate of growth in the last decade, is particularly susceptible to prolonged winter valley inversion events. Atmospheric inversions often trap polluted air in the Treasure Valley and make it unhealthy to breathe. The focus of the research project is to accurately simulate the three-dimensional windfields. The windfields are necessary to develop accurate airshed modeling, a key component to airshed management, and one of the highest air quality priorities in the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ).
Supplemental Keywords:
mountain valley inversions, cool air pools, mesoscale modeling, particulate matter monitoring, air quality, air quality episodes, air, ecosystem protection/environmental exposure & risk, monitoring/modeling, state, particulate matter, PM, Boise Valley, Idaho, ID, air pollution, air quality, air quality models, airborne particulate matter, atmospheric dispersion models, atmospheric inversion, atmospheric measurements, atmospheric particulate matter, particulate, particulate matter mass, environmental chemistry., RFA, Air, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Scientific Discipline, Geographic Area, State, particulate matter, Ecology, Air Quality, Monitoring/Modeling, atmospheric dispersion models, three dimensional air flow modeling, Idaho (ID), airborne particulate matter, atmospheric inversion, particulate matter mass, mesoscale modeling, air quality models, atmospheric particulate matter, Boise Valley, air pollution, particulate, atmospheric measurementsProgress and Final Reports:
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