| Main Title |
Optimum meteorological and air pollution sampling network selection in cities : volume I, theory and design for St. Louis / |
| Author |
Vukovich, Fred M. ;
Bach, Jr., Walter D. ;
Clayton, C. Andrew
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| Other Authors |
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| CORP Author |
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Environmental Monitoring and Support Lab., Las Vegas, NV. |
| Publisher |
Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, |
| Year Published |
1978 |
| Report Number |
EPA-600/4-78-030; 68-03-2187; EPA-68-03-2187 |
| Stock Number |
PB-285 484 |
| OCLC Number |
04868735 |
| Subjects |
Air--Pollution--Mathematical models ;
Meteorology--United States
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| 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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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EKBD |
EPA-600/4-78-030 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
09/08/2014 |
| ESAD |
EPA 600-4-78-030 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
09/12/2017 |
| NTIS |
PB-285 484 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
xviii, 134 pages : illustrations, maps ; 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 |
Prepared by the Research Triangle Institute under contract no. 68-03-2187. Supported by the National Science Foundation, Research Applied to National Needs. Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134). |
