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NADP Passive Ammonia Monitoring Network ( AMoN ) . Melissa Puchalski , US EPA, CAMD Mark Rhodes, NADP Program Office Chris Lehmann, NADP Central Analytical Laboratory Donna Schwede , US EPA, ORD Jesse Bash, US EPA, ORD NADP Spring 2012 Portland, OR. Network Status. 53 Active Sites
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NADP Passive Ammonia Monitoring Network (AMoN) Melissa Puchalski, US EPA, CAMD Mark Rhodes, NADP Program Office Chris Lehmann, NADP Central Analytical Laboratory Donna Schwede, US EPA, ORD Jesse Bash, US EPA, ORDNADP Spring 2012 Portland, OR
NetworkStatus • 53 Active Sites • 3 New sites: • Georgia Station, GA41 • Logan, UT01 • Salt Lake City, UT97 • No sites were shutdown since last update
Data Availability • 35 AMoN sites collocated with CASTNET • 145 site-years available • Site photos available on the AMoN website • Bi-weekly replicate samples or triplicate average concentrations • Triplicates at 5% of the sites • Travel blanks to all sites
Independent QA • Independent audit SOW now includes identifying any violations to the siting criteria at AMoN(and AMNet) sites that are collocated with CASTNET, NTN, MDN or AIRMoN • Contractor will also take photographs of the site and submit to the PO
Data Quality Assurance Elevated Travel Blanks – Mark Rhodes Variability in Triplicates – Chris Lehmann
Estimated Deposition Fluxes • Using AMoN seasonal concentrations + 2002 CMAQ deposition velocities
Contribution of NH3 to “total” N deposition • Caveats!!! • Average annual NH3 dry deposition calculated from: • 2011 bi-weekly concentrations (AMoN) • 2002 weekly CMAQ vd’s • CASTNET/NTN wet and dry deposition estimated from 2009 total deposition (annual)
ABT147/CT15 KNZ184/KS31 NH3 dry NH4wet NH4 dry NO3 wet NO3 dry SND152/AL99 HNO3 dry
Bi-directional flux • 2002 annual simulation with bi-directional science option in progress • 2006 annual simulation will be next • Work with ORD to understand how we can use bi-weekly NH3 (and hourly Hg) concentrations with the bi-directional deposition velocities to estimate flux at AMoN/AMNet sites
Special Studies ACCS Update NOx/SOx Secondary Standard Field Pilot Program
Ammonia CASTNET CSN Study (ACCS) • Two journal articles • NH3 comparison between AMoN, URG denuders, MPPDs in Super SASS • Ion comparison between CASTNET filter pack, URG denuders, Super SASS canisters (CSN) • Final data being QA’ed • Schedule – mid-summer, early fall submittal
NOx/SOx Secondary Standard Field Pilot Program Implementation • Final Rule announced on March 20th - no new standard set • Proposal to implement a Field Pilot Program (FPP) to enhance understanding of the level of protectiveness we could expect from a multi-pollutant standard • 3-5 eco-regions to be selected • 5 year program to address uncertainty in developing a standard based on eco-region specific AAI values • Standard measurements at proposed FPP sites include: • CASTNET filter pack (SO2, SO4) – direct input to the AAI • Continuous NOy – direct input to the AAI as total reactive N • Additional measurements may be added to some sites to complement these basic measurements • NTN • AMoN • PM2.5 speciation • Total NO3 from the CASTNET filterpack • Continuous SO2 • True NO2
OH54 ID03 Local source of ammonia reported TN01 SC05 WY94 Local source of ammonia reported WA99 IL46 OH02 WY94 CO88 WY94 AZ98 NC26 FL11 OK99 CA83 FL11 NC25 CA67 GA41