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Main Title Altitude as a factor in air pollution.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office.
Publisher Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1978
Report Number EPA 600/9-78-015
Stock Number PB-285 645
OCLC Number 11121764
Subjects Altitude, Influence of--Environmental aspects ; Air--Pollution--Physiological effect
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Hydrocarbons ; Carbon monoxide ; Smog ; Concentration(Composition) ; Atmospheric pressure ; Visibility ; Public health ; Motor vehicles ; Exhaust emissions ; Monitoring ; Technology ; Air pollution control ; Ecology ; Altitude ; Stationary sources
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000TAGZ.PDF
Holdings
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EJED  EPA-600/9-78-015 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 03/25/2005
EKBD  EPA-600/9-78-015 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 05/21/2004
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-9-78-015 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ERAD  EPA 600/9-78-015 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 03/04/2013
ESAD  EPA 600-9-78-015 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-285 645 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Air pollution is affected by change in altitude. Cities with surface elevations above 1500 meters have atmospheric pressures which are approximately fifteen percent (15%) below pressures at sea level. Consequently, mobile sources designed to operate at pressures of one atmosphere perform less efficiently at high altitudes and emit greater amounts of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide than those designed to operate at the lower atmospheric pressures. The net result is a photochemical smog problem which is further enhanced by the increased solar radiation of higher altitudes. The most significant effect of air pollution at high altitudes is upon human health. This is due primarily to the inhalation of carbon monoxide at the reduced oxygen concentrations of high altitudes. Particularly susceptible is the fetus exposed to hypoxia and elevated carboxyhemoglobin levels. There is insufficient evidence to support significantly increased ecological effects at high altitudes. Reduction in visibility is being observed in the vicinity of large metropolitan areas and near large industrial complexes at high altitudes.
Notes
"July 1978." "Prepared in response to a request by EPA Region VIII"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references. "EPA-600/9-78-015."