Olympic Region Clean Air Agency Air Monitoring Section presentation and slides by Mark Moore, August, 2012
Olympic Region Clean Air Agency Air Monitoring Section presentation and slides by Mark Moore, August, 2012.
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Olympic Region Clean Air Agency
Air Monitoring Section
presentation and slides by Mark Moore, August, 2012
Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties
Summary
Air Quality Summary for
June/July 20124th of July
July Forest Fire Smoke
Air Monitoring on the Straight of Juan de Fuca
Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties
Air Quality Summary June – July 2012
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June/July 2012 Air Quality (Ozone)
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Numerical and Categorical* June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5)
Fine Particulate – PM2.5
Aberdeen: 61 GOODCheeka Peak Observatory: 61 GOODLacey: 60 GOOD and 1 MODERATE (July 10th)Raymond: 61 GOODPort Angeles: 60 GOOD and 1 MODERATE (July 9th)Port Townsend: 54 GOOD and 7 UNKNOWN (equipment failure)Shelton: 60 GOOD and 1 MODERATE (July 10th)
* Categorization according to the WAQA
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July 2012 Forest FireSmoke from Siberia
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July Forest Fire Smoke Event
July 7th – July 11th: PM2.5 increases noticeable on monitors
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July Forest Fire Smoke
Visible smoke entering the region on July 7th.
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July Forest Fire Smoke
97 square miles > 33 square miles
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July Forest Fire Smoke
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4th of July
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4th of July
• High hourly averages for urban sites
• Aberdeen: 106.4• Shelton: 64.5• Lacey: 25.6• Port Angeles: 10.9• Port Townsend: 5.3• Raymond: 4.1• Cheeka Peak: 2.4
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4th of July
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Current Air Monitoring on the Straight of Juan de Fuca
Introduction Monitoring Locations
Summary
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Air Monitoring Activities on the Straight of Juan de Fuca
Introduction
• ORCAA monitoring began in 1967 – ongoing
• Air quality stations operated by: • Olympic Region Clean Air Agency• Northwest Clean Air Agency• Makah Tribe• National Park Service / Olympic National Park• B.C., Canada Air Quality
•Parameters: TSP, PM2.5/10, Sulfur Dioxide, others
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Air Monitoring Activities on the Straight of Juan de Fuca
Monitoring Locations
• Olympic Region Clean Air Agency – 3• Northwest Clean Air Agency – 1• Makah Tribe - 2• National Park Service / Olympic National Park – 2 • B.C., Canada Air Quality - 3
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Air Monitoring Activities on the Straight of Juan de Fuca
http://goo.gl/maps/S2di
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Air Monitoring Activities on the Straight of Juan de Fuca
All ORCAA Monitoring Stations
43% of monitoring stations located on Strait of Juan de Fuca
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Summary
1. July air quality impacted by 4th of July and Fires in Asia
2. Odelle Hadley, Ph.D. joining ORCAA as Senior Monitoring Specialist August 20th, 2012
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Jimmy Werner
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Comments or Questions
Mark Moore
Network Administrator/Monitoring Specialist
360.539.7610 x117
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Air Monitoring Activities on the Straight of Juan de Fuca
Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties
June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5)
Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties
June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5)
Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties
June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5)
Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties
June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5)
Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties
June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5)
Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties
June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5)
Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties
June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5)
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