Concentration profiles and mapping of ambient air quality in the Shenandoah National Park
Abstract
A graphical system was developed to represent airborne
air quality monitoring data. The representations developed
included three—dimensional spatial mapping, percentage and
frequency distributions, and altitude—based scatter
diagrams. Elementary statistical analyses and correlations
of the measured parameters were also performed. Data
gathered in eight flights to the Shenandoah National Park
during the summer months of 1981 were analyzed. Sulfur
dioxide levels were found to be in the 5 - 15 ppb range,
nitrogen oxides were in the 4 — 10 ppb range, nitrous oxide
was in the 2 - 5 ppb range, nitrogen dioxide was in the 2 -
5 ppb range, ozone was in the 35 - 70 ppb range and visual
range was in the 5 — 90 mile range. The data representation
system proved to be an easier and more useful method of
displaying the data than the previously existing system.
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