Kevin,
Sorry, was not aware of any access-restriction, but if you have problems and
were interested in local AQ maybe
https://www.epa.gov/outdoor-air-quality-data
Karl
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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:29:36 +
From: Kevin Zembower
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Subject: Re: [R] Advice on starting to analyze smokestack emissions?
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Bert, Tim, Karl and Richard, thank you all for your suggestions and
help.
I will try the R-sig-ecology list.
Karl, I wasn't aware of the RAQSAPI package, but it looked promising.
However, when I went to the source of the data it uses, the United
States Environmental Protection Agency’s (US EPA) Air Quality System
(AQS) Data Mart database, it looks like interactive access to the data
is restricted to those who can document a professional agency
affiliation. I don't have that. I'll work with the package to see if
this is true regarding obtaining the data through it. Thanks for the
suggestion.
Richard, the Canada study of crematoriums was very useful. Thanks.
Thanks, again, all, for your help.
-Kevin
You might also try the R-Sig-ecology list, though I would agree that it's not
clearly related. Still, air pollution effects...?
-- Bert
On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 3:15 AM Kevin Zembower via R-help <
r-help@r-project.org> wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> [Originally sent to r-sig-geo list, with no response. Cross-posting
> here, in the hope of a wider audience. Anyone with any experience in
> this topic? Thanks.]
>
> I'm trying to get started analyzing the concentrations of smokestack
> emissions. I don't have any professional background or training for
> this; I'm just an old, retired guy who thinks playing with numbers is
> fun.
>
> A local funeral home in my neighborhood (less than 1200 ft from my
> home) is proposing to construct a crematorium for human remains. I
> have some experience with the tidycensus package and thought it might
> be interesting to construct a model for the changes in concentrations
> of the pollutants from the smokestack and, using recorded wind speeds
> and directions, see which US Census blocks would be affected.
>
> I have the US Government EPA SCREEN3 output on how concentration
> varies with distance from the smokestack.
> See
> https://www/.
> epa.gov%2Fscram%2Fair-quality-dispersion-modeling-screening-models%23s
> creen3&data=05%7C02%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu%7C3097c182143c47a6789c08dbfb2a7
> ed2%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638379932467260671%7C
> Unknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1h
> aWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QgsYQ9w28caBmEGwJ9Kei2x0fSkH3
> 4v3%2BfAo37GdcYQ%3D&reserved=0 if curious. As a first task, I'd like
> to see if I can calculate similar results in R. I'm aware of the
> 'plume' steady-state Gaussian dispersion package
> (https://rdr/
> r.io%2Fgithub%2Fholstius%2Fplume%2Ff%2Finst%2Fdoc%2Fplume-intro.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu%7C3097c182143c47a6789c08dbfb2a7ed2%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638379932467260671%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DN9oxiJnDFvvmY968G9t9Sagr8UfJ2ySZiGWV1%2F9AC8%3D&reserved=0),
> but am a little concerned that this package was last updated 11 years ago.
>
> Do you have any recommendations for me on how to get started analyzing
> this problem? Is 'plume' still the way to go? I'm aware that there are
> many atmospheric dispersion models from the US EPA, but I was hoping
> to keep my work within R, which I'm really enjoying using and learning
> about. Are SCREEN3 and 'plume' comparable? Is this the best R list to
> ask questions about this topic?
>
> Thanks for any advice or guidance you have for me.
>
> -Kevin
>
>
>
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