Design of the Sulfate Regional Experiment (SURE). Volume I:Supporting Data and Analysis.

摘要

This planning study -Design of the Sulfate Regional Experiment (SURE) -was conducted on project RP 485to determine ways of predicting the impact of emissions from fossil fuel combustion by the electric utilities industry on ambient sulfate,nitrate and related concentrations in a large region downwind of groups of major sources. The end goal of the analysis and interpretation of seven specific hypotheses is the adoption and verification of an air quality model which will be used to investigage the relation between sulfur oxide emissions and ambient sulfate concentrations,and,to a lesser extent,the relation between NOx emissions and ambient nitrate. The results are presented in four volumes. This report (volume 1) describes the technical approach and interpretations of data analysis supporting design of the SURE. The other three reports include the proposed experimental design (volume 2), a compilation of technical appendices (volume 3),and an executive summary (volume 4).