TY - JOUR
T1 - Stationary sources of airborne lead
T2 - A comparison of emissions data for southern california
AU - Harris, Allison R.
AU - Fifarek, Brian J.
AU - Davidson, Cliff I.
AU - Blackmon, Rebecca Lankey
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Lester Lave and Francis McMichael of Carnegie Mellon University for valuable ideas and insight, Tom Chico of the South Coast Air Quality Management District for clarifying data questions, and Cortney Higgins and Troy Hawkins of Carnegie Mellon University for helpful discussions on industrial lead flows. This work was funded by National Science Foundation Grant BES-9714162 and a National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Estimates for the air releases of lead from stationary point sources are considered for the South Coast Air Basin of California. We have examined four databases published by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Air Resources Board, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Our analysis indicates that none of the databases includes every emitting facility in the South Coast Air Basin of California and that other discrepancies among the databases exist. Additionally, the data have been analyzed for temporal variation, and some of the California Air Resources Board data are not current. The South Coast Air Quality Management District inventory covers 12 times more facilities in 2001 than in 1996. From this analysis, we conclude that all four of the databases would beneflt by sharing data, increasing transparency, analyzing uncertainty, and standardizing emission estimation methods.
AB - Estimates for the air releases of lead from stationary point sources are considered for the South Coast Air Basin of California. We have examined four databases published by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Air Resources Board, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Our analysis indicates that none of the databases includes every emitting facility in the South Coast Air Basin of California and that other discrepancies among the databases exist. Additionally, the data have been analyzed for temporal variation, and some of the California Air Resources Board data are not current. The South Coast Air Quality Management District inventory covers 12 times more facilities in 2001 than in 1996. From this analysis, we conclude that all four of the databases would beneflt by sharing data, increasing transparency, analyzing uncertainty, and standardizing emission estimation methods.
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U2 - 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464518
DO - 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464518
M3 - Article
C2 - 16681215
AN - SCOPUS:33646235393
SN - 1096-2247
VL - 56
SP - 512
EP - 517
JO - Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
JF - Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
IS - 4
ER -