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Main Title Evaluation and application of the urban airshed model in the Philadelphia air quality control region /
Author Haney, Jay L. ; Braverman, T. N.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Braverman, Thomas N.
CORP Author United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.; Systems Applications, inc.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards,
Year Published 1985
Report Number EPA/450-4-85-003; EPA-68-02-3870
Stock Number PB85-246056
OCLC Number 13346776
Subjects Air quality--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region ; Air quality management--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region ; Photochemical smog--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region--Mathematical models ; Photochemical smog--Mathematical models
Additional Subjects Air quality--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region ; Air quality management--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region ; Photochemical smog--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region--Mathematical models ; Air pollution ; Nitrogen oxides ; Carbon monoxide ; Sulfur dioxide ; Particles ; Exhaust emissions ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Urban airshed models ; Volatile organic compounds ; Emission inventories ; Point sources ; Baseline measurements
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000N6A7.PDF
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
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Status
EJAD  EPA 450/4-85-003 Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 01/07/1994
EKBD  EPA-450/4-85-003 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 08/27/1999
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 450-4-85-003 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 450-4-85-003 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB85-246056 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xv, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Abstract
The Urban Airshed Photochemical Grid Model has been applied to a data base assembled for the Philadelphia metropolitan area consisting of meteorological and air quality data collected during the EPA 1979 summer field study and a spatially, temporally, and chemically resolved emissions inventory of hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. The report presents results of (1) the evaluation of Urban Airshed Model performance on 2 selected model test days, (2) application of the Urban Airshed Model for control strategy planning, and (3) sensitivity tests to determine the response of Urban Airshed Model predictions and control requirements to uncertainty in background concentrations. The model tended to slightly overestimate calculated hourly ozone for both simulation days; but performed well in replicating observed concentrations. Results indicate that urban hydrocarbon emission reductions required to attain the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone vary widely depending on assumed levels of background hydrocarbons and ozone standard. Therefore, all large metropolitan areas in the Northeast must cooperate to reduce emissions if region-wide attainment of the ozone standard is to be maintained.
Notes
"Systems Applications, Inc." Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. "June 1985." "EPA/450-4-85-003." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Monitoring and Data Analysis Division (MD-14). Contract Number: 68-02-3870. Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188).