NARSTO Research and Coordination

Jeremy Hales
Envair
60 Eagle Reach
Pasco, WA 99301
509-546-9541
fax 509-546-9522
jake@cgenv.com

The primary objective of this project is to support the activities of the North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO). NARSTO is an effort in Canada, Mexico, and the United States dedicated to providing the scientific and engineering basis for dealing with tropospheric ozone and fine-particle pollution on the North American continent. Basic elements of the NARSTO program are described in the November 1994 EPA document titled "NARSTO Research Strategy and Charter." The members of NARSTO are from several government agencies, industrial and private organizations, and universities. The U.S. DOE is a charter member of NARSTO. Research activities are carried out on the use of wavelets in numerical analyses, the resolution of tropospheric models needed to simulate chemical reactions properly on relatively fine scales, the reactivity of volatile organic compounds in relation to ozone production, and the behavior of fine particles in the lower atmosphere. In addition, technical networking is provided for NARSTO with the extended world community, especially WMO, IGAC, and EUROTRAC.

More information about this research can be found on the Web at http://www.cgenv.com/Narsto.