The Fall line Air Quality Study (FAQS) |
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Project Description The Fall line Air Quality Study is a four-year project to assess urban and regional air pollution, identify the sources of pollutants and pollutant precursors, and recommend solutions to realized and potential poor air quality in the Augusta, Macon, and Columbus, Georgia metropolitan areas. The study will primarily address ground-level ozone but ancillary results will also provide better understanding of the mechanisms contributing to other pollutants such as fine particulate matter. The study consists of four primary components:
Phase II requires that baseline emission inventories are developed, and a
second, more extensive monitoring campaign is designed. Phase III encompasses
the most critical elements of the study. In this Phase, the second field study
will be completed and information from this investigation will be used to
validate the emission inventories and subsequent air quality models that
are developed. In turn, the air quality models will be used to isolate and
examine the factors contributing to poor air quality in the urban and regional
study areas, and to explore multiple scenarios for effecting change. In Phase IV,
the final phase, the research team will transfer the technologies implemented in
the three urban areas to local or state authorities and develop comprehensive
recommendations for improving air quality in the short and long term.
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