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A METHOD OF PREDICTING POINT AND PATH-AVERAGED AMBIENT AIR VOC CONCENTRATIONS, USING METEOROLOGICAL DATA

Author:
CARTER, RE  LANE, DD  MAROTZ, GA  CHAFFIN, CT  MARSHALL, TL  TUCKER, M  WITKOWSKI, MR  HAMMAKER, RM  FATELEY, WG  THOMAS, MJ  HUDSON, JL  


Journal:
JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION


Issue Date:
1993


Abstract(summary):

A method of predicting point and path-averaged ambient air VOC concentrations is described. This method was developed for the case of a plume generated from a single point source, and is based on the relationship between wind directional frequency and concentration. One-minute means of wind direction and wind speed were used as inputs to a Gaussian dispersion model to develop this relationship. Both FTIR spectrometry and a whole-air sampling method were used to monitor VOC plumes during simulated field tests. One test set was also conducted using only whole-air samplers deployed in a closely-spaced network, thus providing an evaluation of the prediction technique free of any bias that might exist between the two analytical methods. Correlations between observed point concentrations and wind directional frequencies were significant at the 0.05 level in most cases. Predicted path-integrated concentrations, based on observed point concentrations and meteorological data, were strongly correlated with observed values. Predicted point concentrations, based on observed path-integrated concentrations and meteorological data, accurately reflected the location and magnitude of the highest concentrations from each test, as well as the shape of the concentration-versus-crosswind distance curve.


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