Abstract
The Bay Area Air Pollution Control District of California (US of A) is a regional agency enforcing emission limits from stationary sources within a 6,000 square mile area. Monitoring stations established base line concentrations and trends relative to control effectiveness. Air quality modeling efforts are explained including the use of a climatological model and summary descriptions of dispersion models on regional and local scales and statistical modeling serving to combine the climatological model output with dispersion model output which is necessary for planning and enforcement applications.
Photochemical oxidant (Smog) modeling is discussed as being carried out by the agency with objectives defined including a definition of models used for non-reactive pollutants and another for reactive pollutants, both on a regional basis. Model validation is discussed and model application scenarios are generally defined outlining future work underway in the field.
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Feldstein, M. A new modeling technique for air pollution control. Environmental Management 1, 147–157 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01866105
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01866105