Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Pacific Islands Network (PACN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics
Sullivan TJ. 2016. Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Pacific Islands Network (PACN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics. Natural Resource Report. NPS/PACN/NRR—2016/1181. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report describes the Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs) of the Pacific Island Network (PACN). The PACN parks that are included in the NPS Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program, and discussed in this report, are American Memorial Park (AMME), Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (HAVO), Haleakala National Park (HALE), Kalaupapa National Historical Park (KALA), Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (KAHO), National Park of American Samoa (NPSA), Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park (PUHO), Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site (PUHE), and War in the Pacific National Historical Park (WAPA). HALE and HAVO are designated as Class I, giving them a heightened level of protection against harm caused by poor air quality under the Clean Air Act. 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 the PACN, 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. Background for this section can be found in “Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs) in the Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) National Parks: Status of Visibility Degradation, Ozone Effects on Vegetation, and the Effects on Natural Resources of Atmospheric Acid, Nutrient, and Toxics Deposition” (Sullivan 2016).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sullivan, Timothy
- Date of Issue
- 2016-03-29
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NRSS , PACN
- 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