Open AccessATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL SOURCE-RECEPTOR RELATIONSHIPS: THE ROLE OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
Author(s) -
Allen L. Robinson,
Spyros N. Pandis,
Cliff I. Davidson
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/794362
Subject(s) - air quality index , environmental science , aerosol , period (music) , air monitoring , sampling (signal processing) , meteorology , engineering , environmental engineering , telecommunications , geography , physics , detector , acoustics
This report describes the technical progress made on the Pittsburgh Air Quality Study (PAQS) during the period of August 2001 through January of 2002. The major activity during this project period was the continuation of the ambient monitoring effort. Work also progressed on organizing the upcoming source characterization effort, and there was continued development of several three-dimensional air quality models. The first PAQS data analysis workshop for the project was held at Carnegie Mellon in December 2001. Two new instruments were added to site during this project period: a single particle mass spectrometer and an in situ VOC instrument. The single particle mass spectrometer has been deployed since the middle of September and has collected more than 150 days of data. The VOC instrument was only deployed during the intensive sampling period. Several instruments experienced operational issues during this project period. The overall data recovery rate for the project has been high