| Title: |
Air Quality Monitoring
|
| Objective: |
To continually measure ambient air quality in forested areas
of West Virginia based upon parameters measured by the National
Dry Deposition Network. |
| Year Established: |
1988 |
| Year Completed: |
expected to continue |
| Site Description: |
USDA Forest Service Timber and Watershed Research Lab, Parsons,
WV; Monongahela National Forest, Bearden Knob - Canaan Heights,
WV. |
| Statistical Design: |
Paired watershed approach with 2 recording stations at separate
locations.
NOTE: substudies may include more or fewer weather recording
stations. |
| Likelihood of Locating Study Areas: |
100% |
| Experimental Treatments: |
Substudies include varying degrees of treatment to the forests
located on the monitored watersheds. |
| Sampling Methods: |
Ambient air monitoring equipment were used and operation of
equipment was checked weekly. O3 analyzer, SO2
analyzer, and NOx analyzer were among the special
equipment used. |
| Variables and Sampling Frequency: |
National Dry Deposition Network (NDDN) data collected: site,
date, time, precipitation (inches), wind direction (0 to 360
deg), wind speed (meters/second), temperature (degC), relative
humidity (%), ozone (ppb), solar radiation (Watt/meter squared).
Additional data collected included sulfur dioxide (ppb), nitrogen
oxide (ppb), and nitrous oxides (ppb). |
| QA/QC Practices: |
US EPA procedures followed for ozone analyzer. |
| Data Storage: |
Current raw and summarized data are stored on 9-track tape.
The DG which can output to ASCII is used as backup. |
| Global Change Research Applications: |
Studies of Ecosystem Processes
Model Development and Application |
| Data Availability: |
1994 |
| Publications and Reports: |
Adams, Mary Beth; Kochenderfer, James N.; Edwards, Pamela
J.; Angradi, Theodore. 1993. Research on acidic deposition and
other air pollutants at the Fernow Experimental Forest. In:
Keller, E.C., Jr., ed. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy
of Science. Vol. 65(1); 1993 April 3; Davis and Elkins College,
Elkins, WV. Huntington, WV: Marshall University Printing Services:
1. Abstract.
Lefohn, Allen S.; Edwards, Pamela J.; Adams, Mary Beth. 1994.
The characterization of ozone exposures in rural West Virginia
and Virginia. Journal of Air and Waste Management Association.
44: 1276-1283.
Edwards, P.J.; Wood, F.; Kochenderfer, J.N. 1991. Characterization
of ozone during consecutive drought and wet years at a rural
West Virginia site. Journal of Air and Waste Management Association
41: 1450-1453.
|
| Contact: |
Mary Beth Adams, USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 404, Parsons,
WV. 26287. (304) 478-2000. |
| Cooperation: |
Monongahela National Forest - Bearden Knob |
