Impact/Purpose:
The PM Supersites Program is an ambient monitoring program intended to address the scientific uncertainties associated with fine particulate matter. The main objectives of the Supersites Program are as follows: 1) characterize particulate matter in a way that contributes to the understanding of source-receptor relationships and supports development of State Implementation Plans (SIPs), 2) develop and test advanced measurement methods for potential use in national monitoring networks, and 3) support health and exposure studies by providing detailed chemical and physical data at one or more central monitoring sites.
The specific objectives of this task are to provide scientific review and coordination of the technical aspects of the Supersites Program. This includes coordination among all Supersites projects and other projects which support Supersites objectives, overseeing of the data management, and coordinating the communication of data analysis and modeling results to the scientific community and other stakeholders. Products include a number of peer-reviewed journal articles (approaching 200 or more), final reports from each project, a relational database than includes not only Supersites data, but most aerometric data collected in the continental US and SE Canada during the period July 2001 to August 2002, and a policy relevant findings synthesis entitled Key and Policy Relevant Findings from the Supersites Program and Related Studies. Also supporting the synthesis is a major international conference where results will be presented from air quality methods, measurements, modeling, and data analysis studies with similar objectives to the Supersites program and during the time period of the Supersites Program, i.e., the last 5-7 years.
Description:
In 1997, the EPA administrator published National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM) that included new standards for PM2.5 (PM with diameters less than 2.5 um). These revised standards stimulated national concern over uncertainties regarding the exposure to and health effects from PM2.5. As a result, EPA was directed to conduct and coordinate research to address the scientific uncertainties associated with PM2.5. From this directive came the PM Supersites Program. The Supersites Program is an ambient monitoring program to address the scientific uncertainties associated with PM2.5 Under this task and its predecessors, NERL/ORD participated in the development of a "Supersites Conceptual Plan". NERL has continued its role in the Supersites Program, serving as one of several coordinators responsible for the program?s technical oversight. NERL's technical oversight role has been to coordinate the efforts of the Supersites projects and other projects which support Supersites objectives, oversee the NARSTO data management efforts, coordinate the development of a nationwide air quality data base, and coordinate the communication of results to the scientific community and other stakeholders.
Keywords:
PM SUPERSITES, CHEMICAL SPECIATION, PM METHODS RESEARCH, PM2.5, STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, HEALTH EFFECTS,
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Project Information:
Progress
:Both NERL/ORD and Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) serve as technical coordinators for the program. They developed, with input from the scientific community, a conceptual plan in 1998. Shortly thereafter, EPA selected two sites (Atlanta and Fresno) through a non-competitive process. These are referred to a Phase I Supersites. In 2000, seven additional sites (Baltimore, Fresno, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis) were competitively selected and their host institutions awarded cooperative agreements. These are referred to as Phase II Supersites.
Phase III consists of database development and communications of results to key stake holders.
NERL lead the coordination of an intensive monitoring effort conducted in July 2001 at eastern U.S. Supersites locations. The success of the July 2001 intensive effort lead to the coordination of additional intensive efforts in January 2002 and July 2002. The 13 month period from July 2001 to August 2002 became known as the Eastern Supersites Program. The Supersites Integrated Relational Database (SIRD) is being developed that will include surface and aloft air quality and meteorological data from most measurements conducted across the US during the the 13 month Eastern Supersites Program period. The primary objective of the program is to develop a regional and continental air quality database to support various data analysis and modeling efforts.
By early 2001, NERL assumed the lead role in coordinating measurements among the seven Phase II Supersites, and in communication of results from Phase I and Phase II. NERL and OAQPS have cooperated in the oversight of the SIRD. In addition, NERL has lead the effort to ensure the prompt and thorough dissemination of results from the Supersites Program. This includes holding data analysis meetings, organizing special journal issues (e.g., Journal of Geophysical Research -- Atmospheres, Special Issue for the Atlanta Supersites Project, Volume 108), and planning for a series of workshops and a major international specialty conference in early 2005. The result of these efforts will be a document that provides a thorough synthesis and integration of the key and policy relevant findings from the Supersites Program and related studies.
Relevance
:Information obtained from the Supersites Program will be integrated with the base level PM mass monitoring of the FRM compliance network, with the national PM2.5 chemical speciation network, including the IMPROVE network, and with other private and public/private networks and studies occurring near the Supersites project areas. Data and results will provide the states with critical information needed for development of State Implementation Plans (SIP), the health community with a wide variety of chemical and physical information on spatial and temporal scales not otherwise attainable in current programs, and the air monitoring community methods evaluation under a wide variety of chemical and meteorological conditions that would not be available under current networks. Data obtained from the Supersites Program also will provide a regional data base for model evaluation.
Clients
:OAR/OAQPS (Dr. Scheffe, Mr. Bachmann), ORD (National PM Program Manager; AMD-Drs. Schere/Rao; NERL- Drs. Lewis/Norris/Zweidinger; NHEERL-Drs. Vandenberg/Costas/Devlin/ Neas/Draher; NRMRL-Drs. Smith/Miller; NCER-Drs. Wilson/Grant) , Regions 1, 2, 3, 4
Project IDs:
ID Code
:5675
Project type
:OMIS