Air Quality Monitoring Protocol: Sonoran Desert Network, Chihuahuan Desert Network, and Southern Plains Network
Sonoran Desert Network. Air Quality Monitoring Protocol: Sonoran Desert Network, Chihuahuan Desert Network, and Southern Plains Network. 2011
As part of their long-term monitoring programs, the Sonoran Desert Network, Southern Plains Network, and Chihuahuan Desert Network identified several aspects of air quality as high-priority vital signs for monitoring. The networks use information provided by the National Park Service Air Resources Division to provide updates on air quality in network parks. Both the Clean Air Act and the NPS Organic Act protect air resources in national parks. Park resources affected by air quality include scenery and vistas, vegetation, water, and wildlife. Three main components comprise the NPS air quality monitoring program: atmospheric deposition, ozone, and visibility. Information relative to these three vital signs supports evaluation of compliance with legislative requirements of the Clean Air Act’s Regional Haze Guidelines and National Environmental Policy Act, and facilitates interpretation of plot-based vegetation and water-quality measurements.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Sonoran Desert Network
- Units
- CHDN , SODN , SOPN
- 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
Program
- Sonoran Desert Inventory and Monitoring Network (SODN)
- The Southwest Network Collaboration (SWNC): A joint effort between the Sonoran Desert Network, Chihuahuan Desert Network, and Southern Plains Network
Products
- 2010 Chiricahua NM & Fort Bowie NHS Visibility
- 2010 Chiricahua NM Deposition
- 2010 Chiricahua NM Ozone
- 2010 Gila Cliff Dwellings NM Deposition
- 2010 Gila Cliff Dwellings NM Visibility
- 2010 Organ Pipe Cactus NM Deposition
- 2010 Organ Pipe Cactus NM Visibility
- 2010 Saguaro NP & Tumacácori NHP Visibility
- 2010 Saguaro NP Ozone
- 2010 Tonto NM Visibility
- Sonoran Desert Climate Change
- Sonoran Desert, Southern Plains, & Chihuahuan Desert Air Quality Monitoring
- Sonoran Desert, Southern Plains, & Chihuahuan Desert Climate Monitoring
- Air Quality Monitoring Protocol and Standard Operating Procedures for the Sonoran Desert Network
- Air quality monitoring protocol and standard operating procedures for the Sonoran Desert, Southern Plains, and Chihuahuan Desert networks: Version 2.0
- 2011 Bent’s Old Fort NHS Atmospheric Deposition
- 2011 Capulin Volcano NM Atmospheric Deposition
- 2011 Fort Larned NHS Visibility
- 2011 Pecos NHP Visibility
- 2011 Washita Battlefield NHS Visibility
- Capulin Volcano NM Air Quality
- Chickasaw NRA Air Quality Brief
- Lyndon B. Johnson NHP Air Quality Brief
- Southern Plains Air Quality