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RECORD NUMBER: 180 OF 1711

Main Title Chemistry, Physics, and Optical Properties of Plumes and Background Air in the Southwest United States.
Author Blumenthal, D. L. ; Richards, L. W. ; Macias, E. S. ; Bergstrom, R. W. ; Bhardwaja, P. S. ;
CORP Author Sonoma Technology, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA. ;Meteorology Research, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA. ;Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO. Dept. of Chemistry. ;Systems Applications, Inc., San Rafael, CA.;Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1983
Report Number EPA-68-02-3225; EPA-600/3-83-085;
Stock Number PB83-261768
Additional Subjects Plumes ; Air pollution ; Aerosols ; Electric power plants ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Chemical properties ; Physical properties ; Oxygen ; Ozone ; Nitrogen dioxide ; Nitrogen oxide(NO) ; Optical properties ; Sources ; Particle size distribution ; Visibility ; Concentration(Composition) ; Sites ; Sulfur dioxide ; Water ; Haze ; VISTTA project ; Air pollution sampling ; Navajo Generating Station ; Page(Arizona) ; Southwest Region(United States) ; Hydroxyl radical
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NTIS  PB83-261768 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
VISTTA (Visibility Impairment due to Sulfur Transport and Transformation in the Atmosphere) is a cooperative program involving numerous government agencies, private companies, and universities and is jointly sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Salt River Project. During the summer and winter of 1979, plume measurement programs were conducted near the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), at Page, Arizona. Results indicated that: (1) For the NGS plume, under most lighting and viewing conditions, NO2 dominates the blue light extinction and brown coloration due to the plume. (2) Widespread areas of elevated aerosol concentrations were documented in the Southwest due to long range transport from the Southern California area and wildfires. Other causes of regional haze are known to exist but were not documented in this study. (3) Evaluation of the chemistry, aerosol growth, and optics components of the PLUVUE plume visibility model showed predictions to be in reasonable agreement with the measurements. More uncertainty was encountered with the diffusion component. A set of nine reactions among NO, NO2, O3, SO2, OH, H2O, and O('D) was found to adequately simulate the plume chemistry for the clean dry background conditions at NGS.