Short-term monitoring for compliance with air quality standards.

Author(s)
Caniparoli, D.
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Abstract

As an alternative to collection of up to 1 year of carbon monoxide (CO) monitoring data, a short-term monitoring procedure was developed to predict the likelihood of air quality exceedances at transportation project locations. This report presents a statistical procedure to estimate probability of exceedance of the 8-hour CO standard through collection of a limited amount of data at the project site. A multivariable parameterization was used to develop this procedure. Information needed for development of this parameterization includes (a) meteorology; (b) any other available traffic, meteorological, or air quality data; (c) details of the project location; (d) a physical description of features near the location; and (e) data collection of meteorology, traffic volumes, fractional volumes during A.M. and P.M. periods, fractional red time, 1-hour average CO concentrations, and longer-term data. With this approach, limited monitoring data, dependent upon site location, can be used as a tool in transportation planning and air quality evaluations. (Author/publisher) This report may be accessed by Internet users at http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_479.pdf

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20041086 ST S [electronic version only]
Source

Washington, D.C., National Research Council NRC, Transportation Research Board TRB / National Academy Press, 2002, 60 p., 44 ref.; National Cooperative Highway Research Program NCHRP Report ; 479 - NCHRP Project B25-15 FY’98 - ISSN 0077-5614 / ISBN 0-309-06771-5

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