Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Southeast Coast Network (SECN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics

Sullivan TJ. 2016. Air quality related values (AQRVs) for Southeast Coast Network (SECN) parks: Effects from ozone; visibility reducing particles; and atmospheric deposition of acids, nutrients and toxics. Natural Resource Report. NPS/SECN/NRR—2016/1199. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado

This report describes the Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs) of the Southeast Coast Network (SECN). AQRVs are those resources sensitive to air quality and include streams, lakes, soils, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and visibility. The SECN parks that are included in the NPS Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program, and discussed in this report, are Canaveral National Seashore (CANA), Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA), Cape Lookout National Seashore (CALO), Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (CASA), Chattahoochee River National Recreational Area (CHAT), Congaree National Park (COSW), Cumberland Island National Seashore (CUIS), Fort Caroline National Memorial (FOCA), Fort Frederica National Monument FOFR), Fort Matanzas National Monument (FOMA), Fort Pulaski National Monument (FOPU), Fort Sumter National Monument (FOSU), Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (HOBE), Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (KEMO), Moores Creek National Battlefield (MOCR), Ocmulgee National Monument (OCMU), and Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve (TIMU). Sullivan et al. (2011a, 2011b) and Kohut (2007) conducted risk assessments for acidification, eutrophication, and ozone (O3) for the SECN I&M parks; their results are described in this report. This report also describes air pollutant emissions and air quality in the SECN, 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 MB

Type
Published Report
Authors
Sullivan, Timothy
Date of Issue
2016-04
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
CAHA , CALO , CANA , CASA , CHAT , CHPI , CONG , CUIS , FOCA , FOFR , FOMA , FOMO , FOPU , FORA , FOSU , HOBE , KEMO , MOCR , NRSS , OCMU , SECN , TIMU , WRBR
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

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