AEROMETRIC DATA ANALYSIS: TIME SERIES ANALYSIS AND FORECAST AND AN ATMOSPHERIC SMOG DIAGRAM

A TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF AIR MONITORING DATA FOR THE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES STATION HAS BEEN USED TO FORECAST POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS. TRENDS ARE THEREBY DETECTABLE. HYDROCARBON, TOTAL OXIDANT, AND CARBON MONOXIDE ARE TRENDING DOWNWARD. NITRIC OXIDE IS TRENDING UPWARD. SULFUR DIOXIDE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE ARE BEHAVING IN A COMPLEX MANNER, AND NO FORECAST IS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. THESE STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON ANALYSIS OF THE DATA TO THE END OF 1969. THE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT RESULTS OBTAINED USING THE DATA TO THE END OF 1967 EMPHASIZE THE EMPIRICAL, ADAPTIVE NATURE OF THE TIME SERIES FORECASTING AND THE NEED FOR UPDATING. A SMOG EFFECT DIAGRAM WAS DERIVED FROM THE AIR MONITORING RESULTS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Atmospheric Environment

  ,    
• Authors:
  • Merz, P H
  • Painter, L J
  • Ryason, P R
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 319-42
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Atmospheric Environment
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Atmospheric Environment

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Contaminants; Forecasting; Monitoring; Smog; Time series analysis
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223877
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1972 12:00AM