TERC - Impact on Policy

Texas Environmental Research Consortium

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Impact on Policy
A number of TERC projects were cited in the latest State Implementation Plan (SIP), the ozone-reduction plan for the Houston area's attainment of the one hour standard. Some of the studies were included in appendices to the plan. More details about each TERC project can be obtained by going to Completed Projects in the Research section of the web site.

Citations

	H13.2003: Event Emissions & Their Impact on Ozone Formation in HGA A study of the spatial and temporal distribution of event emissions from industrial sources and their impact on ozone formation in the Houston-Galveston area.
	H12.8HR.B.T1: Role of Modeling Assumptions in the Houston Mid-Course Review and Impacts on the Sensitivity of 1-Hour/8-Hour Ozone to Emissions Reductions An analysis of the modeling assumptions used in Houston's mid-course SIP and their implications for control strategy effectiveness.
	H1.2002: Meteorological and Emissions Sensitivity Modeling for Rapid Ozone Formation Events A study of the sensitivity to weather conditions and emissions estimates of models of events in which ozone forms rapidly.
	H8.B.2003.T/H: Humidity and Temperature Effects On On-Road and Off-Road Diesel Emissions
	H6.2002.E: Top Down Emission Inventory: Inverse Modeling A study of the use of an inverse modeling approach, based on aircraft measurements, to characterize emission inventories.
	H6.2002.B: VOC/NOx Ratio Method and Diagnostic Modeling Method. A study on diagnostic modeling of industrial air pollution plumes to evaluate emission inventories for volatile organic compounds.
	H6.2002.C : Top Down Emission Inventory: 3 part strategy Development of a three-part strategy to estimate emissions from monitoring data.

Appendices

Appendix F.4 contains the final report on diesel engine analyses in H8.B.2003.T/H.
Appendix F.5 contains the final report on spark engine analyses in H8.B.2003.T/H.
Appendix G.3 contains the draft report of H12.8.HRB.T1.
Appendix I contains the draft final report of H13.2003.

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