TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation of transboundary pollution in the Lower Rio Grande Valley using a GIS/source modeling approach
AU - Mejía, Gerardo
AU - Estrada, Alejandra
AU - Lighty, Jo Ann
AU - Reyna, Ruth
AU - Vela, Patricia
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) has shown a dramatic increase in population, commerce, and traffic activities in the last decades. Results of the application of a GIS/Source Modeling approach to evaluate the possible contributions of different US and Mexican sources on PM10 transboundary concentrations in the LRGV were presented. Emission maps were created for PM2.5, VOC, CO, SOx, etc., for fixed, mobile (on-road and off-road), area, and natural sources. PM10 emissions from area sources had the highest contribution in PM10 concentrations in the LRGV. The emission inventories would improve the quality of the results when they allow to gain greater knowledge about the location of the sources and the quantities of the different pollutants emitted by each source. The impact of transboundary pollution happened mainly towards the south and southeast; the Mexican urban zones are the most affected. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the AWMA's 99th Annual Conference and Exhibition (New Orleans, LA 6/20-23/2006).
AB - The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) has shown a dramatic increase in population, commerce, and traffic activities in the last decades. Results of the application of a GIS/Source Modeling approach to evaluate the possible contributions of different US and Mexican sources on PM10 transboundary concentrations in the LRGV were presented. Emission maps were created for PM2.5, VOC, CO, SOx, etc., for fixed, mobile (on-road and off-road), area, and natural sources. PM10 emissions from area sources had the highest contribution in PM10 concentrations in the LRGV. The emission inventories would improve the quality of the results when they allow to gain greater knowledge about the location of the sources and the quantities of the different pollutants emitted by each source. The impact of transboundary pollution happened mainly towards the south and southeast; the Mexican urban zones are the most affected. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the AWMA's 99th Annual Conference and Exhibition (New Orleans, LA 6/20-23/2006).
KW - AERMOD
KW - Air Pollution Modeling
KW - Transboundary pollution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33847773986&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33847773986
SN - 0923204806
SN - 9780923204808
T3 - Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA
SP - 1520
EP - 1533
BT - Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's - 99th Annual Conference and Exhibition 2006
T2 - Air and Waste Management Association's - 99th Annual Conference and Exhibition 2006
Y2 - 20 June 2006 through 23 June 2006
ER -