Northern Colorado Plateau Network Air Quality Monitoring
Perkins D. Northern Colorado Plateau Network Air Quality Monitoring. 2008. National Park Service
Both the Clean Air Act and the National Park Service (NPS) Organic Act protect air resources in national parks. Six Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) parks are designated as Class I areas, which receive the highest protection under the Clean Air Act: Arches, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion national parks. Understanding changes in air quality can aid in interpreting changes in other monitored vital signs and support evaluation of compliance with legislative and reporting requirements. The NCPN has identified several components of air quality as high-priority vital signs for monitoring. Over the past three decades, the NPS has developed several internal and cooperative programs for monitoring various measures of air quality. The NCPN acquires and analyzes data from existing stations and reports on data specific to park units.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Perkins, Dustin
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ARCH , BLCA , BRCA , CANY , CARE , CEBR , COLM , CURE , DINO , NABR , NCPN , TICA , ZION
- Keywords
- Air Quality, Atmospheric Sciences, Monitoring
Program
Products
- Air quality monitoring in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: 2008 annual report
- Air quality monitoring in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: annual report 2009
- Northern Colorado Plateau Network monitoring brief: air quality monitoring
- Northern Colorado Plateau Network monitoring brief: air quality monitoring
- Northern Colorado Plateau Network monitoring brief: air quality monitoring
- Northern Colorado Plateau Network monitoring brief: air quality monitoring
- Northern Colorado Plateau Network monitoring brief: air quality monitoring
- Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics
- Air quality monitoring protocol and standard operating procedures for the Northern Colorado Plateau Network
- Northern Colorado Plateau Network Ozone Risk Assessment