Air Quality Science Reading Room
Air quality science refers to the study of air pollution – not only the pollutants themselves, but also how they behave in the atmosphere. It includes the monitoring and evaluation of pollutants and their concentrations in the ambient air. It also includes inventories of emissions from their many sources, forecasts of future emissions and their resulting concentrations in the air through computer modelling. Monitoring of atmospheric conditions and local meteorology is also very important in understanding how pollutants move through the air.
The Air Quality Science Reading Room has been divided into sections reflecting these different aspects of the science, as well as one section dedicated specifically to the scientific study of air quality in the Sea-to-Sky Airshed.
| Sea-to-Sky Air Quality Science |
STS 1995 Emissions Inventory Download PDF |
| STS Ambient Monitoring Report: 1984-2001Download PDF |
Other Monitoring Reports View Site |
| B.C. Air Quality Science |
| Air Quality Science The Basics |
| B.C. Lung State of the Air Report: 2009Download PDF |
| Particulate Matter in British ColumbiaDownload PDF |
| Learn More: Specific Pollutants |
| Particulate Matter (PM10 & PM2.5)View Site |
| Ground-level Ozone (O3)View Site |
| Nitrogen Oxides (NO2 & NO)View Site |
| Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)View Site |
| Total Reduced Sulphur (TRS)View Site |
| Greenhouse GasesView Site |
| What are Air Toxics?View Site |
| Air Toxics in CanadaView Site |
| Air Quality Standards & Objectives |
| Air Quality Objectives for B.C. and CanadaDownload PDF |
| Updating B.C. Provincial Air Quality Objectives: An Options PaperDownload PDF |
| Final Air Quality Objectives for FormaldehydeView Site |
| Final Air Quality Objectives for PM10View Site |
| Emission Inventories in B.C. |
| 2000 B.C. Emissions Inventory of Criteria Air ContaminantsDownload PDF |