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Overview of the Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Observational (BRAVO) study:
Understand the long-range, trans-boundary transport of visibility-reducing particles from regional sources in the U.S. and MexicoQuantify contributions of U.S. and Mexican source regions responsible for poor visibility at Big Bend NP BRAVO conducted during July-October 1999Large network of aerosol and SO2 monitoring sites, tracer released from 4 locations, additional upper air measurements Specialized aerosol measurements at Big BendExtensive data analysis and modeling (MM5,REMSAD, CMAQ)
BRAVO aerosol and tracer monitoring sites and tracer release locations
Tracer transport • Eagle Pass tracer > detection limit at the 6 hour sites
16% to 59% of the time (most frequently at northern sites)
• Timing tracers from Eagle Pass indicated transport times most often 12-18 hours
• Northeast Texas and Houston area tracers hit 6 hour sites infrequently and tends to hit all sites during an episode (broader plume)
• San Antonio tracer > detection limits 15% to 34% of the time with several periods of short-term impacts at most or all sites
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4 major episodes, 2-4 days duration Sulfate scattering dominated extinction
Some findings
• Sulfates dominated fine mass budget, followed by carbon, crustal
• Secondary organics identified as important by organic speciation, but could not be apportioned
• Some periods of African dust (July, August) identified from calcium deficiency, backtrajectories
• Spatial pattern analysis (TAGIT) of SO2 and SO4 near Big Bend attribute 75% of SO2 to “local” sources and 90% of SO4 to “regional” sources
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Table 6. Use of SO2 for attribution of particulate sulfur BIBE FTST MARA MONA PRSG SNVI ALL Average attribution (ng/m3)
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. Table 7. Use of SO2 for attribution of SO2 BIBE FTST MARA MONA PRSG SNVI ALL Average attribution (ng/m3)
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% of SO2 6810 766 767 9411 798 6110 754 Table 8. Use of SO2 for attribution of total sulfur BIBE FTST MARA MONA PRSG SNVI ALL Average attribution (ng/m3)
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% of total sulfur 314 363 353 718 404 193 332
TAGIT-SO2 method results
HYSPLIT Residence time
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flow mostly from SE along border
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Residence time worst 20% light
scattering (6-hour periods) flow more from NE prior to along border area
Episode 2 Influence functions
This episode appeared to have transport from eastern US
Weak cold front passes through area, bring flow from the NE behind front-episode 3
Conceptual model for late summer/early fall haze episodes at Big Bend
• Weak early season cold front approaches Texas• SE flow ahead of front brings emissions from sources in
east Texas/Gulf Coast inland under humid conditions• Northeast-east flow after frontal passage carries polluted
airmass toward Big Bend• Flow returns to typical SE as it approached Big Bend, also
carrying emissions from border area• Absolute worst-case had “back-door cold front approach
from NE, carrying sulfur compounds from eastern US in additional to regional and local emissions
Preliminary Particulate Sulfur Source Attributions for BRAVO by Trajectory Mass Balance Regressions- Kristi Gebhart, NPS
Results Using EDAS/FNL wind fields with start heights of 10, 100, 200, 500, and 1000m
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Mean Obs = 831.507Mean Pred = 814.318
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Mean Obs = 815.471Mean Pred = 805.848
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Results using MM5 36-Km Winds
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Mean Obs = 838.349Mean Pred = 848.192
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24-hr PS, MM5WTC, Source Set 3
Preliminary Source Attributions from Trajectory Mass Balance Regressions
• Carbon I/II – 0 - 18%• East Texas – 36 - 42%• Monterrey Region, Mexico City & Volcano – 20 - 30%• El Paso Region – 0 - 7%• Eastern U.S. – 0 - 7%• Western U.S. – negligible
Air Quality modeling
• MM5 with 36 and 12 km grids entire 4 months, 4 km near Big Bend two 10-day episodes
• CMAQ for two 10-day episodes
• REMSAD for entire 4 months (36 km and 12 km)
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REMSAD vs. CMAQ36 km vs. 12 km
PTCH (Houston Tracer) October 12
Graphics from AER
SO4 at K-BAR, August-October 1999 from CIRA
Modeling status
• Modeling work is on-going
• Additional work being done (CMAQ at 36 km, etc.) to help understand CMAQ transport problems
• REMSAD and CMAQ sensitivity tests to assess contributions to sulfate from Mexico, east Texas, west Texas, non-Texas US areas