Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Mid-Atlantic Network (MIDN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics
Sullivan TJ. 2016. Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Mid-Atlantic Network (MIDN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics. Natural Resource Report. NPS/MIDN/NRR—2016/1163. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report describes the Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs) of the Mid-Atlantic Network (MIDN). AQRVs are those resources sensitive to air quality and include streams, lakes, soils, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and visibility. The MIDN parks that are included in the National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program, and discussed in this report, are Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (APCO), Booker T. Washington National Monument (BOWA), Eisenhower National Historic Site (EISE), Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park (FRSP), Gettysburg National Military Park (GETT), Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site (HOFU), Petersburg National Battlefield (PETE), Richmond National Battlefield Park (RICH), Shenandoah National Park (SHEN), and Valley Forge National Historical Park (VAFO). SHEN is designated as Class I, giving it a heightened level of protection against harm caused by poor air quality under the Clean Air Act (CAA). It is the only park in the network that is larger than 100 mi2 (260 km2). Data with which to assess potential air pollution effects within MIDN parks are mainly available for SHEN. Other parks are discussed here in considerably less detail. Sullivan et al. (2011a, 2011b) and Kohut (2007a) conducted risk assessments for acidification, eutrophication, and ozone (O3) for the MIDN parks; their results are described in this report. This report also describes air pollutant emissions and air quality, and their effects on AQRVs in the MIDN. The primary pollutants likely to affect AQRVs include nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) compounds (nitrate [NO3-], ammonium [NH4+], and sulfate [SO42-]); ground-level O3; haze-causing particles; and airborne toxics. Background for this section can be found in “Air quality related values (AQRVs) in national parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics.” (Sullivan 2016). File size: 4.1 MB
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sullivan, Timothy
- Date of Issue
- 2016-03-21
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- MIDN , NRSS
- Keywords
- Acidification, Air Quality Related Values, Airborne Toxics, AQRV, Critical loads, Deposition, Emissions, Nitrogen, Ozone, Sulfur, Visibility
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Ozone , Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Wet and Dry Deposition , Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Visibility and Particulate Matter , Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Air Contaminants