The ongoing challenge of managing carbon monoxide pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska : interim report [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Carbon Monoxide Episodes in Meteorological and Topographical Problem Areas, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456035703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-280-18344-6; 9786610183449; 0-309-56617-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.7392072
• Soggetti: Carbon monoxide - Toxicology - Research - Alaska - Fairbanks; Air - Pollution - Research - Alaska - Fairbanks; Air quality - Standards - Alaska - Fairbanks; Particles - Health aspects - Research; Electronic books.; Fairbanks (Alaska)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-121).
• Nota di contenuto: ""THE ONGOING CHALLENGE OF MANAGING CARBON MONOXIDE POLLUTION IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA""; ""Copyright""; ""OTHER REPORTS OF THE BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY""; ""Acknowledgment of Review Participants""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""THE COMMITTEE'S APPROACH TO ITS CHARGE""; ""FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""CO Concentration Trends in Fairbanks""; ""Health and Exposure""; ""Health Benefits from Meeting CO Standards""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Exposure During Episodes""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Copollutants""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Meteorological Conditions of Primary Concern""""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""I/M Programs in the Fairbanks North Star ; Borough""; ""Frequency and Exemptions""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Improvements in Emissions Testing""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Remote Sensing""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Ongoing Evaluation of I/M""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Vehicle Plug-ins""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Fuel Sulfur Content""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Oxygenated Fuels""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Traffic Flow and Motorist-Directed Control Strategies""""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Improving Ambient Monitoring in the Borough""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Improving Ambient-CO Modeling in the Borough""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Public Education""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""OVERALL EVALUATION""; ""1 Sources and Effects of Carbon Monoxide Emissions""; ""THE PROBLEM""; ""CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE""; ""HEALTH EFFECTS OF CO""; ""Clinical and Epidemiological Studies of CO Effects""; ""CO Exposure""; ""Related Pollutants""; ""NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STATUS FOR AMBIENT CO""""Areas in Nonattainment for CO""; ""METEOROLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY IN CO NONATTAINMENT AREAS""; ""NATIONAL INVENTORY OF CO EMISSIONS""; ""CO EMISSIONS FROM VEHICLES""; ""Vehicle Technologies""; ""Cold-Start Emissions""; ""New-Vehicle Certification Programs""; ""Strategies to Address Emissions-Control Failures""; ""AIR QUALITY MODELS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""2 Fairbanks Case Study""; ""GEOGRAPHICAL, METEOROLOGICAL, AND SOCIETAL CONTEXT""; ""Physical Setting""; ""Demographics""; ""CO DATA""; ""Exceedances in Fairbanks""; ""Recent CO Trends""; ""Air Quality Alerts""""Empirical Modeling""; ""EMISSIONS AND VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS""; ""CO Inventory and Forecasted Reductions""; ""Vehicle-Fleet Characteristics""; ""CO CONTROL PROGRAMS""; ""Fleet-Turnover Incentives""; ""In-Use Vehicle Controls""; ""Fuels Control""; ""Gasoline Volatility""; ""Oxygenated Fuels""; ""Sulfur Content""; ""I/M Programs""; ""Methods and Data for Evaluating the I/M Program""; ""Cold-Start Controls""; ""Plug-In Strategies""; ""After-Market Retrofits""; ""Transportation Control Measures""; ""Transportation-Demand Management""; ""Transportation-Supply Improvement""; ""Public Education and Surveys""