Publications

This webpage provides access to a variety of publications on air quality information in national parks. The "Top Picks" list features items that have been recently published or are the most requested. A collection of air quality publications, including reports and journal articles, can also be accessed below by browsing a specific topic area. Journal articles authored by Air Resources Division (ARD) staff will be provided in full, however, when articles of interest are authored by non-ARD staff, only citations will be listed due to copyright restraints.

Top Picks

• Yellowstone Over-snow Vehicle Emission Tests – 2012; Summary Vehicle Data and Fleet Estimates for Modeling (January 2013; pdf, 980 KB)
• 2010 Monitoring and Tracking Wet Nitrogen Deposition at Rocky Mountain National Park (August 2012; pdf, 1.8 MB)
• Sierra Nevada-Southern Cascades (SNSC) Region Air Contaminants Research and Monitoring Report (July 2012; pdf, 2.8 MB)
• Setting Limits: Using Air Pollution Thresholds to Protect and Restore U.S. Ecosystems (November 2011; pdf, 1.5 MB)
• Greater Yellowstone Area Critical Loads Science Workshop (April 2011; 1.7 MB)
• 2009 Monitoring and Tracking Wet Nitrogen Deposition at Rocky Mountain National Park (September 2011; pdf, 6 MB)
• Assessment of foliar ozone injury on bioindicator plant species at Rocky Mountain National Park; results form 2006-2009 (2011; pdf, 246 KB)
• Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring Program: Annual Data Summary Reports (Updated October 2011)
• NPS Acidification Sensitivity Assessment (2011)
• NPS Nitrogen Sensitivity Assessment (2011)
• Technical Guidance on Assessing Impacts to Air Quality in NEPA and Planning Documents (January 2011; pdf, 1.3 MB)
• Air Quality in National Parks: 2009 Annual Performance & Progress Report (November 2010; pdf, 2.9 MB)
• Federal Land Managers' Air Quality Related Values Work Group (FLAG) Phase 1 Report—Revised (2010) (November 2010; pdf, 4.9 MB)
  NOTE: A minor revision to page 23 of FLAG 2010 regarding recommended use of the CALPUFF dispersion model was made on 11/10/2010 following the reports release on 10/28/2010.
• Federal Land Managers' Air Quality Related Values Work Group (FLAG) Phase 1 Report—Response to Public Comments (2010) (October 2010; pdf, 1.2 MB)

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