Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Northern Great Plains Network (NGPN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics
Sullivan TJ. 2016. Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Northern Great Plains Network (NGPN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NGPN/NRR—2016/1178. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report describes the Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs) of the Northern Great Plains Network (NGPN). AQRVs are those resources sensitive to air quality and include streams, lakes, soils, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and visibility. This report also describes air pollutant emissions and air quality in NGPN, 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 ozone (O3); haze-causing particles; and airborne toxics. The 13 parks that are included in the NPS Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program, and discussed in this report, are Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (AGFO), Badlands National Park (BADL), Devils Tower National Monument (DETO), Fort Laramie National Historic Site (FOLA), Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (FOUS), Jewel Cave National Monument (JECA), Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site (KNRI), Missouri National Recreational River (MNRR), Mount Rushmore National Memorial (MORU), Niobrara National Scenic River (NIOB), Scotts Bluff National Monument (SCBL), Theodore Roosevelt National Park (THRO), and Wind Cave National Park (WICA). Three of the parks (THRO, BADL, and WICA) are Class I areas, giving them a heightened level of protection against harm caused by poor air quality under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sullivan, Timothy
- Date of Issue
- 2016-03-29
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NGPN , 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