Air Quality Research Subcommittee (AQRS) Reports

Air Quality Research Subcommittee

Executive Summary
- ES.1 Observational Needs and Issues
- ES.2 Opportunities
- ES.3 Barriers to Progress
- ES.4 Recommendations
1. Introduction
- 1.1. Background
- 1.2. Current and emerging air quality assessment challenges
- 1.3. Relationship to other strategies and organization structures
2. Overview of Observation Programs
- 2.1. Routine surface based ambient air and deposition networks
- 2.2. Intensive field campaigns
- 2.3. Satellite-based air quality observing systems
- 2.4. Observation programs (surface and vertical profile) for climate change, baseline concentrations, stratospheric ozone, and pollutant transport
3. Maintaining and Advancing Observation Programs
- 3.1. Opportunities and critical measurement gaps
  - 3.1.1. Measurement gaps of specific species
  - 3.1.2. Spatial scale considerations
  - 3.1.3. Gaps in temporal resolution
- 3.2. Barriers to progress
- 3.3. Observations and models to improve environmental characterization
- 3.4. Information technology to facilitate data access, integration and use
4. Recommendations
- 4.1. Establish a standing multi-agency observations task force
- 4.2. Address current observation gaps
5. References

Introduction to Appendices for Existing Air Quality Monitoring Programs
Appendix A. Evolution of United States Air Monitoring Networks
Appendix B. Major Routine Operating Air Monitoring Networks
Appendix C. National Routine Meteorological Monitoring Networks
Appendix D. European Air Monitoring Networks
Appendix E. Monitoring Networks for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Appendix F. Field Campaigns for Non-Routine Special Intensive Studies
Appendix G. Satellite - Based Air Quality Observing Systems
Appendix H. Air Monitoring Networks for Climate Forcing, Transport, Vertical Profile Information, and Stratospheric Ozone