(EPA, Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems. QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems: "Volume I: A Field Guide to Environmental Quality Assurance (PDF) (54 pp, 1 MB, April 1994) QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems:"Volume II: Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program (PDF) (346 pp, 5 MB, January 2017) The U.S. EPA’s Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems, Volume IV: Meteorological Measurements, Version 2.0 (March 2008) should be considered as required reading prior to conducting meteorological audits. This document, Volume IV… Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems . Volume II is dedicated to the Ambient Air Quality Surveillance Program and the data collection activities of that program. IV, Meteorological Measurements, EPA-600/4-82-060. Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems - Volume IV: Meteorological Measurements Version 2.0 March 2008 : 5.1MB : Calibrating a tipping bucket rain gauge - Video 04/18/07 : 29MB : Calibrating a temperature monitoring system - Video 04/18/07 : 46MB : Calibrating a cup anemometer and vane system - Video 04/18/07 : 88MB 32. ODAR uses acoustic pulses to measure the horizontal and vertical components of the wind profile as well as the height above ground level of the atmospheric inversion layer. QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems: "Volume I: A Field Guide to Environmental Quality Assurance," EPA-600/R-94/038a, April 1994 (PDF) (54pp, 1.1 MB) QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems:"Volume II: Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program" EPA-454/B-17-001, January 2017 - Full Document (PDF) (394pp, 4.8 MB) Planned Edits for Revision to the 2017 QA Handbook; Analysis of the Affect of ASOS-Derived Meteorological Data on Refined Modeling (EPA-454/R-97-014)Analysis of the Affect of ASOS-Derived Meteorological Data on Refined Modeling (PDF)(95 pp, 438 K, 11-01-1997, 454-R-97-014)Meteorological Monitoring Guidance for Regulatory Modeling Applications (EPA-454/R-99-005)Read Me (TXT)(2 K, 04-06-2000)Meteorological Monitoring Guidance for Regulatory Modeling Applications (PDF)(171 pp, 694 K, 02-01-2000, 454-R-99-005)Missing Data Procedures for Substituting Values for Missing NWS Meteorological Data for Use in Regulatory Air Quality ModelsProcedures for Substituting Values for Missing NWS Meteorological Data for Use in Regulatory Air Quality Models (TXT)(8 K, 07-07-1992)Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems - Volume IV: Meteorological Measurements (EPA-454/B-08-002)Volume IV: Meteorological Measurements Version 2.0 (PDF)(191 pp, 5 MB, 03-24-2008, 454-B-08-002). These guidelines are set forth in the USEPA Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems, Volume IV, Meteorological Measurements, Version 2.0 (USEPA, March 2008), and from the On-Site Meteorological Program Guidance for Regulatory Modeling Applications (USEPA 1987). IV). ADAR/RASS, on the other hand, combines acoustic and electromagnetic pulses which yields data on air temperature, wind speed and the horizontal and vertical components of the wind profile. Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems: Volume IV. QUALITY ASSURANCE HANDBOOK FOR AIR POLLUTION MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS: VOLUME IV - METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS (REVISED - AUGUST 1994). This document, Volume IV, is designed to provide clear and concise information and guidance to the State/Local/Tribal (SLT) air pollution control agencies that operate meteorological monitoring equipment and systems. Contact Us to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem. Volume V pertains to ambient dry deposition. 33. Templeman, B. Assurance Standard Operating Procedures for Air Quality Monitoring, Volume II Section 2.0.8 (Siting Requirements for Meteorological Equipment); the Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems, Volume IV; and U.S. EPA Prevention of Significant Deterioration Quality assurance handbook for air pollution measurement systems volume II, part 1, ambient air quality monitoring program quality system development EP 4.8: Q 2/2/V.2/PT.1 Quality assurance handbook for air pollution measurement systems Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. ADAR uses height above ground level of the atmospheric inversion layer. 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