Meteorological considerations in siting photochemical pollutant monitors

Ozone conducive meteorological conditions are identified based on statistics derived from local meteorological data of 31 eastern U.S. cities in a period of ten summers (1981–1990). A method of using ozone conducive meteorological conditions to construct a wind rose to site photochemical pollutant monitors is presented. The approach used to derive ozone conducive criteria appears to be quite robust, suggesting that the method may be applicable to site photochemical pollutant monitors in other areas of the United States.