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Main Title Optimum meteorological and air pollution sampling network selection in cities /
Author Vukovich, Fred M., ; Bach, Jr., Walter D. ; Clayton, C. Andrew
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Author Title of a Work
Bach, Walter D.,
Clayton, C. Andrew,
CORP Author Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Environmental Monitoring and Support Lab., Las Vegas, NV.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory, For sale by the National Technical Information Service.
Year Published 1978
Report Number EPA 600-4-78-030; EPA 600-4-79-069; EPA 600-4-81-012; 68-03-2187; EPA 68-03-2187
Stock Number PB-285 484
OCLC Number 04227442
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Air--Pollution--United States ; Meteorology--United States
Additional Subjects Urban areas ; Sampling ; Air pollution ; Sites ; Mathematical models ; Concentration(Composition) ; Carbon monoxide ; Wind(Meteorology) ; Sensitivity ; Atmospheric motion ; Networks ; Air pollution sampling ; Air quality ; Saint Louis(Missouri) ; Numerical solutions
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EJBD  EPA 600-4-78-030 v.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 01/28/2020
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-4-78-030 v.1 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
NTIS  PB-285 484 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation volumes : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
Abstract
A technique was developed to establish an optimum meteorological and air pollution sampling network in urban areas. The basis of the network is the wind field in the urban area rather than the air pollution distribution because it provided a solution with longer-term stability than the air pollution distribution. Three specific models are required in order to determine the optimum network. These are: a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model; a statistical model; and an objective variational analysis model. The primitive equation model is used to simulate the wind field for a variety of cases. These simulated data were used to determine the form of a regression model which approximates the various wind fields. A regression model form was then used, along with a set of potential network sites, and a criterion for judging alternative networks to derive the sampling network for the winds. The method used to develop the network involved the successive elimination of candidate sites until a reasonably sized network was achieved. The air pollution distribution is obtained through an objective variational analysis model. The model simultaneously minimizes the error variance by comparing observed pollution concentrations with derived pollution concentrations and the error variance of the constraint equation.
Notes
Report prepared by Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Contract Number: 68-03-2187 "EPA 600-4-78-030, Volume 1." "EPA 600-4-79-069, Volume 2." "EPA 600-4-81-012, Volume 3." Issued June 1978 (v. 1), October 1979 (v. 2), March 1981 (v. 3). Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134).
Contents Notes
v. 1. Theory and design for St. Louis -- v. 2. Evaluation of wind field predictions for St. Louis -- v. 3. Objective variational analysis model.