Optimum Meteorological and Air Pollution Sampling Network Selection in Cities. Volume III: Objective Variational Analysis Model

摘要

This report is the third in a series of reports on the development and application of a procedure to establish an optimum sampling network for ambient air quality in urban areas. In the first report, the theoretical aspects and the model algorithms for the procedure and an optimum network for St. Louis were presented (EPA-600/4-78-030). The results of the comparison of the wind field obtained from the optimum network in St. Louis and that obtained from all available data were described in the second report (EPA-600/4-79-069). This report discusses the development and application to St. Louis of the Objective Variational Analysis Model which is used to provide the air pollution distribution.