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Main Title Comparison of air quality model estimates with measured SO2 concentrations near March Point, Washington /
Author Winges, Kirk D. ; Winges, K. D.
CORP Author TRC Environmental Consultants, Inc., Mill Creek, WA.;Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, WA. Region X.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10,
Year Published 1986
Report Number EPA-910/9-86-147; REPT-3710-Q81; EPA-68-02-3886
Stock Number PB87-173068
OCLC Number 748689408
Subjects Air--Pollution--Mathematical models ; Air quality management--Washington (State) ; Air quality--Washington (State) ; Air quality--Standards--United States ; Sulfur dioxide--Environmental aspects--United States
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Atmospheric models ; Sulfur dioxide ; Concentration(Composition) ; Meteorology ; Graphs(Charts) ; Air quality ; Atmospheric dispersion ; SHORTZ model ; ISCST model
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ESAD  EPA 910-9-86-147 2 copies Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 06/08/2016
NTIS  PB87-173068 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation [ii], 78, [20] p. : ill., charts ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report documents an air quality modeling study of sulfur dioxide concentrations near March Point, Washington. The current study evaluated the measured data from these air quality monitors with predictions using the SHORTZ and ISCST air quality models. A series of 20 different test periods were used in the model evaluations. Neither model preformed well in a comparison of measured and predicted values when the data are paired in space and time. However, model prediction improved for both models when comparison was performed with the data paired in time, but not in space. The main conclusions were that air monitoring is not necessary, given the low level of impacts, and that neither model offers significant advantages unless terrain heights are higher than the stack heights, in which case the SHORTZ Model is preferred.
Notes
Cover title. "December 1986." Includes bibliographical references (p. 78). "EPA-910/9-86-147." "EPA Contract No. 68-02-3886." "Project Officer, Robert B. Wilson."