Description
ENVIRON International Corporation and Novus Environmental performed the Capital Region Particulate Matter Air Modelling Assessment Study for the Alberta Environmental and Sustainable Resources Development (ESRD). The objective of the study is to develop a Photochemical Grid Model (PGM) modelling database for the Capital Region, which includes Edmonton and surrounding communities, that reproduces the observed winter elevated fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations sufficiently well that it can be a reliable tool for analyzing source contributions to elevated PM2.5 concentrations and evaluating the effects of alternative emission control strategies on elevated PM2.5 concentrations. To achieve these objectives, the study was conducted in four tasks: Task 1: Base Case Emission Inputs, Task 2: Meteorological Inputs, Task 3: Photochemical Grid Modelling and Model Performance Evaluation, Task 4: Conduct Scenarios