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Air quality surveillance is defined as the systematic collection and evaluation of aerometric and related data, which include information on pollutant concentrations, sources, and emissions, and on certain meteorological parameters. Information on pollution levels in ambient air is obtained through the operation of networks of monitoring stations, which can encompass long-term nation wide or even global networks as well as intensive, short-term sampling studies of specific problem areas and situations. The development of source and emission inventories—through stack measurements, questionnaires, and engineering calculations—provides information on the types and amounts of pollutants emitted into the air and identifies the sources of pollution. The recording of wind flows, temperatures, and mixing depths provides information needed to define the diffusion characteristics of the atmosphere. In every case, the product of surveillance is usable information—so collected, structured, and presented that it is useful to the researcher, the control official, the industrialist, and the concerned citizen.
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© 1971 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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B., G., Ozolins, G. (1971). Air Quality Surveillance. In: McCormac, B. (eds) Introduction to the Scientific Study of Atmospheric Pollution. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3137-0_6
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