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Section 4 What Are We Forecasting? What is in the Air? What Are We Forecasting? Pollutants Units of Measure Averaging Time Spatial Scale

Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting? What is in the Air? Mixture of invisible gases, particles, and water Nitrogen (78%) Oxygen (21%) Remaining (1%) Argon Water vapor Carbon dioxide Pollutants Many others Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

What Are We Forecasting – Pollutants Pollutants of concern Ozone (O3) Particulate Matter (PM) Carbon Monoxide (CO) Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Toxics Greenhouse gases (CO2, others) Ozone-layer depleting gases (CFCs) Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Ozone (1 of 3) Colorless gas Composed of three oxygen atoms Oxygen molecule (O2) – needed to sustain life Ozone (O3) – the extra oxygen atom makes ozone very reactive Occurs in stratosphere and troposphere Stratospheric ozone helps protect organisms from the sun’s harmful ultra-violet radiation. Troposphere ozone occurs naturally, injected from the stratosphere. Ozone is also produced in the troposphere as a secondary pollutant, formed from precursor gases: Nitric oxide – combustion product Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) – evaporative and combustion products Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Ozone (2 of 3) Source: http://www.al.noaa.gov/WWWHD/Pubdocs/assessment94/common-questions.html Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Ozone (3 of 3) Why forecast ozone (O3) concentrations Severe irritant (reactive) Inflames and irritates the respiratory tract, particularly during physical activity; breathing ozone can worsen asthma attacks (symptoms include breathing difficulty, coughing, and throat irritation) Damages lung tissue; complete recovery may take several days after exposure Damages materials such as rubber, plastics, etc. Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Particulate Matter (1 of 3) Complex mixture of solid and liquid particles Composed of many different compounds Both a primary (directly emitted) and secondary pollutant (formed in the atmosphere) Sizes vary tremendously Particle sizes: Ultra-fine particles (<0.1 μm) Fine particles (0.1 to 2.5 μm) Coarse particles (2.5 to 10 μm) Formed in many ways Ultra-fine fly-ash or carbon soot Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Particulate Matter (2 of 3) Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Particulate Matter (3 of 3) Why forecast particulate matter (PM) concentrations Aggravates heart diseases Associated with cardiac arrhythmias and heart attacks Aggravates lung diseases such as asthma and bronchitis Increases susceptibility to respiratory infections Affects visibility Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Carbon Monoxide (1 of 2) Colorless, odorless, poisonous gas Produced by incomplete combustion of carbon Typically comes from transportation sources, also from wood-burning stoves, incinerators, and industrial sources Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Carbon Monoxide (2 of 2) Why forecast carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations CO inhibits the blood's ability to carry oxygen to body tissues, including vital organs such as the heart and brain When inhaled, CO combines with the oxygen carrying hemoglobin of the blood to form carboxyhemoglobin (COHb). Once combined with the hemoglobin, that hemoglobin is no longer available for transporting oxygen. Source: http://biology.about.com/library/blco.htm Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Sulfur Dioxide Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a gas from combustion of the sulfur contained in the coal and oil. (e.g., energy generation, steel mills, refineries, smelters). Why forecast sulfur dioxide (SO2) concentrations Aggravates existing respiratory and cardiovascular diseases Converts to sulfuric acid which, with SO2, burn sensitive tissues in the nose and lungs Large component of acid rain Contributes to formation of particulate matter (PM) Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Nitrogen Dioxide Brown, highly reactive gas NOx generated in combustion of fossil fuels. The product is mostly NO, with 2–10% of the NOx being NO2. NO2 is further produced by oxidation of NO in the atmosphere. So NO2 is both a primary and secondary Precursor to ozone (O3) and acid rain Why forecast nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations Irritates lungs Lowers resistance to respiratory infection Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Toxics (1 of 2) Air toxics (hazardous air pollutants) Known or suspected to cause cancer Can cause other serious health effects Some are products of combustion 188 hazardous air pollutants include Benzene (motor fuel, oil refineries, chemical processes Perchlorethylene (dry cleaning, degreasing) Chloroform (solvent in adhesive and pesticides, by-product of chlorination processes) Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Pollutants – Toxics (2 of 2) Not generally forecasted Health criteria differ from major pollutants No AQI-like standards Cancer/non-cancer benchmarks (long-term exposures) Short-term exposure limits Monitoring is a challenge Data usually not available in real-time Example: Dioxin requires 28 days of sampling to acquire measurable amounts in ambient air Toxics are often localized near a source Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

What Are We Forecasting – Units of Measure Pollution is reported in several ways Concentration Amount of a particular material in large amount of air Reported as mixing rations: ppm, ppb, volume/volume Parts per million (ppm) 1 in 1,000,000 Parts per billion (ppb) 1 in 1,000,000,000 Mass Weight of impurity in a volume of air Microgram per cubic meter (µg/m3) (µg=10-6g) Milligram per cubic meter (mg/m3) Air Quality Indices Health-related, normalized scaling system Physical units removed Example: Healthy, Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy Air Pollution Index (API), Air Quality Index (AQI), Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

What Are We Forecasting – Averaging Time (1 of 3) Pollutant concentrations are reported as time-averaged values Examples include Hourly 8-hr 24-hr/Daily Seasonal Forecast objective and standards need to be considered to determine which averaging should be used Based on the averaging period used, different meteorological processes and information will need to be considered during forecasting Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

What Are We Forecasting – Averaging Time (2 of 3) Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

What Are We Forecasting – Averaging Time (3 of 3) Air Quality Standard Level 1 Alert Level 2 Pre-Emergency Ulriksen and Merino (2003) Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

What Are We Forecasting – Spatial Scale (1 of 2) Scales Regional or mesoscale (10 km – 400 km) Urban or sub-regional (10 km) Neighborhood or single site (< 5 km) Forecast scale needs to match local air quality scale Forecast zone Several may exist in an area Areas with complex terrain, meteorology, and emission patterns are subject to multiple forecast zones Metrics Maximum of all sites in forecast zone Multi-site average Others Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

What Are We Forecasting – Spatial Scale (2 of 2) Local forecast regions Hourly ozone maps of Air Quality Index Los Angles, California, USA Forecast Regions Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?

Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting? Summary Pollutants of concern Major (ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide) Toxics Toxics are difficult to forecast because of uncertainties in emissions and their chemical change in the atmosphere What are we forecasting? Units of measure Averaging time Spatial scale Section 4 – What Are We Forecasting?