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Project Status: Concluded

Program

Border 2012 Program

Goal

#2: Reduce Air Pollution

Grant Funds

$28,725.00 USD

Sponsor

NMSU, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

ID#

20209

The primary goal of the study is to extend the air quality project in Doña Ana County and west Texas to northwestern Chihuahua. The study objectives are to: - Obtain a quality database of precipitation in northwestern Chihuahua for use in model evaluation, and to help develop conceptual models of wind- blown dust -Obtain episodic PM10, PM2.5, pollen, and meteoroligcal measurements during high particulate matter events -Determine past and present locations of air quality and climate monitoring stations in northwestern Chihuahua summarized in a database -Enhance and evaluate the air quality emission inventory in northwestern Chihuahua with a focus on PM10 and PM2.5