Design and demonstration of a next-generation air quality attainment assessment system for PM2.5 and O3

Hua Wang; Yun Zhu; Carey Jang; Che-Jen Lin; Shuxiao Wang; Joshua S Fu; Jian Gao; Shuang Deng; Junping Xie; Dian Ding; Xuezhen Qiu; Shicheng Long

doi:10.1016/j.jes.2014.08.023

Design and demonstration of a next-generation air quality attainment assessment system for PM2.5 and O3

J Environ Sci (China). 2015 Mar 1:29:178-88. doi: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.08.023. Epub 2015 Feb 4.

Authors

Hua Wang¹, Yun Zhu², Carey Jang³, Che-Jen Lin⁴, Shuxiao Wang⁵, Joshua S Fu⁶, Jian Gao⁷, Shuang Deng⁷, Junping Xie⁸, Dian Ding⁸, Xuezhen Qiu⁸, Shicheng Long⁸

Affiliations

¹ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China. Electronic address: amy_wanghua@qq.com.
² Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Electronic address: zhuyun@scut.edu.cn.
³ USEPA/Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards, RTP NC27711, USA.
⁴ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; Department of Civil Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710-0024, USA.
⁵ State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
⁶ Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-2010, USA.
⁷ Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
⁸ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China.

PMID: 25766027
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.08.023

Abstract

Due to the increasingly stringent standards, it is important to assess whether the proposed emission reduction will result in ambient concentrations that meet the standards. The Software for Model Attainment Test-Community Edition (SMAT-CE) is developed for demonstrating attainment of air quality standards of O3 and PM2.5. SMAT-CE improves computational efficiency and provides a number of advanced visualization and analytical functionalities on an integrated GIS platform. SMAT-CE incorporates historical measurements of air quality parameters and simulated air pollutant concentrations under a number of emission inventory scenarios to project the level of compliance to air quality standards in a targeted future year. An application case study of the software based on the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) shows that SMAT-CE is capable of demonstrating the air quality attainment of annual PM2.5 and 8-hour O3 for a proposed emission control policy.

Keywords: Air pollution; Air quality standards; Attainment test; Emission control; GIS.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants / chemistry*
Ozone / chemistry*
Particle Size*
Particulate Matter / chemistry*

Substances

Air Pollutants
Particulate Matter
Ozone