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GIS in Air QualityA very brief introduction

Glenn GehringITEP

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Quapaw Site on July 22, 2004 – Site’s highest 8-hour Ozone

93 ppb as an 8-hour average

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Area 8-hour Ozone on July 22, 2004

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8-hr Ozone on July 22, 2004, with Prediction Contours(ESRI Geostatistical Analyst)

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July 22, 2004, 24-hour Backward Trajectories(NOAA Air Resource Laboratory HYSPLIT Model)

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Oologah Power Plant 48-hr dispersion(NOAA Air Resource Laboratory HYSPLIT Model)

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GRDA Power Plant 48-hr dispersion(NOAA Air Resource Laboratory HYSPLIT Model)

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Muskogee Power Plant 48-hr dispersion(NOAA Air Resource Laboratory HYSPLIT Model)

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Combined 48-hour dispersion(NOAA Air Resource Laboratory HYSPLIT Model)

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GIS Map on Your DVD 2002 Emission Inventory

(Point – Criteria & HAPS) AQS Monitors

(all that had coordinates back to 1960s) Summary Data for Criteria Monitors

(2003–2007, but 2007 may be incomplete due to AQS lag time)

Microsoft Access Database in folder

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GIS Map on Your DVD (cont.)

File system set to “relative path” – All information must stay in folder, including new data

you add

– Drop folder on a computer with GIS and open map

Very few clicks enables new views on map

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AQS ozone sites only

All AQS Sites

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2002 EI showing mercury compound Emissions withproportional circles

2002 EI showing all point source emissions