Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Northeast Temperate Network (NETN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics
Sullivan TJ. 2016. Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Northeast Temperate Network (NETN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NETN/NRR—2016/1166. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report describes the Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs) of the Northeast Temperate Network (NETN). AQRVs are those resources sensitive to air quality and include streams, lakes, soils, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and visibility. The NETN parks that are included in the NPS Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program, and discussed in this report, are Acadia National Park (ACAD), Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (BOHA), Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (MABI), Minute Man National Historical Park (MIMA), Morristown National Historical Park (MORR), Roosevelt-Vanderbilt national historic sites (ROVA; consisting of Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site [ELRO], Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site [HOFR], and Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site [VAMA]), Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site (SAGA), Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site (SAIR), and Weir Farm National Historic Site (WEFA). The network region also includes parts of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, which runs from Maine to Georgia; the trail corridor is addressed in the companion report for the Appalachian Highlands Network. Only limited data are available for some of the small parks in the NETN, including ELRO, which is not discussed in this report. ACAD 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). Sullivan et al. (2011a, 2011b) and Kohut (2007) conducted risk assessments for acidification, eutrophication, and ozone (O3) for the NCCN parks; their results are described in this report. This report also describes air pollutant emissions and air quality, and their effects on AQRVs. 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: 3.6 MB
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sullivan, Timothy
- Date of Issue
- 2016-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NETN , 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