Ambient Air Quality Monitoring for Tecate, Baja California, Mexico
Lead
Gabriel Ruiz
California Air Resources Board
P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95812
Telephone: (916) 323-4397
FAX: (916) 327-8217
E-Mail: gruiz@arb.ca.gov
Abstract
This project established an ambient air monitoring station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico in January 1999 and operated that site for one year. Continuing operation of this station as a permanent monitoring site is being funded by others. The station supplements data being gathered through the Tijuana and Mexicali Air Monitoring Networks. The following air pollutants are monitored:
- PM10 (particulate matter with a diameter less than 10 microns)
- Total suspended particulate (TSP)
- Ozone
- Meteorological parameters (wind speed, wind direction, and temperature)
- Determining ambient air pollution concentrations
- Apportioning sources and their relative impacts
- Recommending cost effective strategies
- Measuring progress/compliance in the long term
Partners
- Western Governors Association
- California Air Resources Board
- U.S. EPA Region 9
- Secretaria del Medio Ambiente Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT, Spanish Only)
- Dirección General de Ecología, Baja California, México
- Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, California, U.S.A.
- CICA