Regional source profiles of sources of SOx at the Grand Canyon during Project MOHAVE

Total fluoride (gas plus fine particle), spherical aluminosilicate particles, particulate selenium, arsenic, lead, bromine, and absorption of light by fine particles have been used to characterize chemical profiles for sources of sulfur oxides impacting the Grand Canyon National Park Class I Visibility Region. During the Project MOHAVE (Measurement of Haze and Visual Effects) winter and summer intensive studies in 1992, these various species were determined at seven sampling sites in and around the Grand Canyon. Extensive upper air and surface-based meteorological measurements were examined to determine probable geographical origins of the air mass present during a given sampling period for each sampling site. Samples corresponding to air masses dominated by transport from a single major source region were used to determine a source profile for each region. Source regions which have been characterized by this analysis include the San Joaquin Valley area, the southern California coastal urban area, the Baja, California-Imperial Valley area, the Arizona and Mexico area (including major smelters) south of the Grand Canyon, the area southeast of the Grand Canyon, the Colorado Plateau area, the Wasatch Front in Utah, and the area in Nevada to the west and northwest of the Grand Canyon. Source profiles giving the ratio of each endemic marker to SO x for each identified regional source in these areas have been determined. The source profiles for the various regional sources are all statistically different and distinguishable from those for other geographically adjoining sources.

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