Regional Ozone Analyses
Overview
The Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) will provide technical analyses and databases to assist states, tribes, federal land managers, local air agencies and the US EPA with understanding current and evolving regional Ozone air quality issues in the West.
The regional effort on Ozone includes, but is not limited to:
- Analyses to support air quality planning and management by individual WRAP member jurisdictions and agencies for the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS);
- The nature and causes of Ozone air quality issues, and how the sources and impacts are related to particulate matter, nitrogen deposition and critical loads, mercury, and other pollutants;
- Emissions sources from all sectors, both domestic and international;
- Effects of air pollution transport; and
- Effects of climate change on regional air quality.
To accomplish this, WRAP develops, maintains, and shares databases, supports technical analyses, and provides access to data and results from various information sources to produce consistent, comparable, and complete results for use by individual WRAP member jurisdictions and agencies.
Resources
Background Ozone
- Western Ozone NAAQS Implementation Issues: Addressing Background and Transport; Uhl, M.A, and Moore, C.T., AWMA Environmental Manager, Sept. 2018
- Scientific assessment of background ozone over the U.S.: Implications for air quality management, Jaffe, D.A., et. al., July 2018
DEASCO3 Project
- Deterministic & Empirical Assessment of Smoke’s Contribution to Ozone (DEASCO3) project website
- Evaluation and Application of AQAST Products and Knowledge in Western U.S. Air Quality Planning and Management System (PDF)
Western Modeling Studies
New Mexico Environment Department – Ozone Attainment Initiative Modeling Study
- May 2020 Modeling Protocol
- May 2020 Work Plan
- May 28, 2020 Webinar Presentation
- June 26, 2020 Webinar Presentation
- July 27, 2020 Webinar Presentation
- August 31, 2020 Webinar Presentation
- September 2020 Photochemical Modeling Study – 2014 Modeling Platform Development and Model Evaluation Report
- February 1, 2021 Webinar Presentation
- February 10, 2021 Webinar Presentation
- February 2021 Addendum Report – Revised 2014v2 Base Case and Model Performance Evaluation
- February 24, 2021 Webinar Presentation
- March 12, 2021 Webinar Presentation
- April 2, 2021 Webinar Presentation
- April 21, 2021 Webinar Presentation
- May 2021 Air Quality Technical Support Document
Contact Us
Western States Air Resources Council
(WESTAR)
1925 Aspen Dr.
Suite 600A
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: (505) 954-1160
Fax: (505) 954-1216