Developing figures of merit for determining relative air quality

摘要

In spite of the fact that air quality has been a major national concern for many years measures have not been taken to develop a methodology for evaluating the relative merit of air quality alternatives. The research to be presented explores the issue of relative air quality merits and develops a rating approach to determine the superior alternative. These measures have been developed and tested using pollution dispersion models and accounting for spatial and temporal patterns of ambient pollution by means of a discrete network of receptor points.