Primary Convener:
Olga Pikelnaya, South Coast Air Quality Management District

Convener:
Tara Yacovitch, Aerodyne Research Inc.
Jochen Stutz, University of California Los Angeles
Yifan Yu, South Coast AQMD

Early Career Convener:
Yifan Yu, South Coast AQMD

Chair:
Olga Pikelnaya, University of California LA
Tara Yacovitch, Aerodyne Research Inc.
Jochen Stutz, University of California Los Angeles
Yifan Yu, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Technological advancements of the past decade offer great promise for air quality applications. Modern optical in-situ and remote sensing technologies, mass-balance methods, tracer release techniques, and low-cost sensors are now being routinely used in emissions monitoring and community exposure studies. These technologies enable near real-time emissions monitoring and exposure assessment to hazardous air pollutants (HAP) with unprecedented temporal- and spatial resolution, therefore offering the promise of monitoring emissions from industrial facilities and their impact on neighboring communities. Furthermore, more accurate information on site-specific emissions can better explain discrepancies between observations and bottom-up estimates of emission inventories. Ultimately these data can inform effective policy decisions. This session solicits observational, technical and theoretical contributions that provide insights into the application of novel and well-established methods for emissions quantification and exposure evaluations.

Index Terms
0345 Pollution: urban and regional
0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry
0394 Instruments and techniques
0240 Public health

Cross-Listed:
GH - GeoHealth

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering