Air Quality Studies

STI scientists have extensive experience designing, managing, and performing air quality studies throughout the United States and abroad. We help government and industry clients define study objectives and design air quality studies that meet their research and regulatory needs. Our studies help our clients identify the sources, transport, transformations, and impacts of atmospheric pollutants. We assist agencies in understanding the emissions sources that affect pollutant concentrations at specific locations and in developing control strategies to minimize pollutant concentrations and exposure, taking steps to identify the relative contributions of local sources and transported pollutants and precursors.

STI offers a variety of specific services to accomplish these tasks. We perform air quality and meteorological measurements at surface monitoring sites and from aloft platforms such as aircraft and balloons. Our services include determining site locations; preparing, setting up, operating, and maintaining field and aircraft equipment; and reviewing and auditing operations and data. STI analysts validate collected data, prepare quality-assured data sets, perform data analyses, perform modeling, and evaluate modeling results.