AIR QUALITY MANUAL: VOL. I METEOROLOGY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE DISPERSION OF POLLUTANTS FROM HIGHWAY LINE SOURCES

HIGHWAY ENGINEERS MUST PLAN AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ENHANCEMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THEY WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER A VARIETY OF FACTORS IN THE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ANY HIGHWAY PROJECT AND COMPLETE A NUMBER OF STUDIES PRIOR TO WRITING AN IMPACT STATEMENT. ONE OF THESE STUDIES IS CONCERNED WITH THE GATHERING OF FIELD DATA, ANALYSIS OF SUCH DATA AND WRITING AN AIR QUALITY REPORT. THIS REPORT EXPLAINS THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF METEOROLOGY AND THEIR EFFECT ON POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS ON AND WITHIN THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR. IT DISCUSSES (1) THE GENERAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METEOROLOGY AND AIR POLLUTION, (2) THE ROLE OF METEOROLOGY IN THE TRANSPORT AND DISPERSION OF AIR POLLUTANTS, (3) A METHOD TO ESTIMATE THE SURFACE STABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE, (4) METEOROLOGICAL SURVEYS, (5) METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN HIGHWAY ROUTE LOCATION, (6) A HIGHWAY LINE SOURCE MODEL FOR ANALYZING METEOROLOGICAL DATA, AND (7) SOURCES OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA. /FHWA/

• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Public Works

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  California Division of Highways

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • BEATON, J L
  • Ranzieri, A J
  • Skog, J B
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 169 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Environmental impacts; Field studies; Highways; Location; Mathematical models; Meteorological phenomena
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field data; Highway location; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Meteorological data
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222623
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-72- 33 Intrm Rpt., FCP 33F3-032
• Contract Numbers: FH-11-7730
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 24 1976 12:00AM