Air quality in national parks: 2009 annual performance and progress report

National Park Service. 2010. Air quality in national parks: 2009 annual performance and progress report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRPC/ARD/NRR—2010/266. Natural Resource Program Center, Air Resources Division. Denver, Colorado

An annual report on the most recent air quality conditions and trends in NPS units. For 1999–2008, 241 NPS units have enough data to report on air quality indicators. Of these, 97% showed stable or improving trends in visibility, 100% showed stable or improving trends in ozone concentration, and 93% showed stable or improving trends in atmospheric deposition of sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium.

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Published Report
Authors
National Park Service
Date of Issue
2010-11
Publisher
Natural Resource Program Center, Air Resources Division
Units
ARD , NRSS
Keywords
Aerosols, Air, Air Quality, Ammonium, ARD_Park-Air-Info_Collection, Conditions, Contaminants, Deposition, Ecosystem protection, Haze, Mercury, Nitrate, Nitrogen, Ozone, regional haze, Rocky Mountain National Park Initiative, RoMANS, Sulfate, Sulfur, Toxics, Trends, Visibility

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