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Regional Air Quality: Photochemical Modeling for Policy Development and Regulatory Support

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dc.contributor.advisor Russell, Armistead G.
dc.contributor.author Bergin, Michelle Silvagni en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Bostrom, Ann
dc.contributor.committeeMember Krupnick, Alan J.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Mulholland, James A.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Odman, M. Talat
dc.contributor.department Civil and Environmental Engineering en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-02-07T18:18:17Z
dc.date.available 2008-02-07T18:18:17Z
dc.date.issued 2006-12-05 en_US
dc.description.abstract Two long-standing air quality challenges in the United States are the control of tropospheric ozone and particulate matter, both of which are responsible for widespread damage to human health and the environment. This thesis presents three modeling applications in support of policy development and regulatory actions for control of these pollutants in the eastern United States, taking advantage of recent advancements in sensitivity techniques in a regional Eulerian photochemical air quality model. A broad evaluation of regional atmospheric pollution and transboundary air quality management, including the international scale, and an analysis of successful transboundary management efforts are also presented. The first modeling application is an evaluation of local and interstate impacts on ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from ground-level and elevated nitrogen oxide plus nitrogen dioxide and from sulfur dioxide emissions from individual states. This analysis identifies states responsible for a significant amount of regional secondary pollution, and states which do not have independent control over much of their pollution concentrations. An average of approximately 77% of each state s ozone and PM2.5 concentrations that are sensitive to the emissions evaluated are found to be formed from emissions from other states. The second application is an assessment of impacts from emissions from a single power-plant on resulting regional ozone concentrations. Three sensitivity techniques and two 3D photochemical models are applied. Ozone increases greater than 0.5 ppbv are found over eight states downwind from the power-plant. The third application supports the extension of a body of research aimed at advancing understanding of the ozone formation potential, or reactivity , of VOCs for use in regional-scale, rather than urban-scale, regulations. Air quality impacts of VOCs emissions from solvent use and manufacture are presented, scientific barriers to accounting for reactivity in regulations are discussed, current and upcoming regulatory applications are described, and results from a regional scale evaluation of reactivity quantification are presented. en_US
dc.description.degree Ph.D. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19773
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Air quality en_US
dc.subject Sensitivity en_US
dc.subject Particulate matter en_US
dc.subject Ozone en_US
dc.subject Environmental policy en_US
dc.subject Air pollution en_US
dc.subject Regional air quality en_US
dc.subject Photochemical modeling en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Air quality
dc.subject.lcsh Photochemistry
dc.subject.lcsh Environmental policy
dc.subject.lcsh Tropospheric chemistry
dc.subject.lcsh Ozone
dc.subject.lcsh Computer simulation
dc.title Regional Air Quality: Photochemical Modeling for Policy Development and Regulatory Support en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Russell, Armistead G.
local.contributor.corporatename School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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