AIR QUALITY AND METEOROLOGICAL MONITORING

RTP maintains strong capabilities in ambient and indoor air monitoring. We can perform monitoring for criteria pollutants as well as non-criteria and hazardous air pollutants. Projects have ranged from walk through surveys of volatile organic compounds, wipe samples and grab samples to continuous ambient monitoring systems and CEM systems with fully automated calibration and data management systems. We have designed complete PSD qualified monitoring systems for new projects and specialized approaches to meet specific project requirements. Designs have included fully automated systems with remote data processing for a variety of clients. We can provide full technical support for all operating systems.

As an adjunct to our aerometric experience, our meteorological monitoring experience includes the installation and operation of remote, solar powered wind systems, Doppler and monostatic acoustic radar systems, and multi-leveled tall towers. We can provide complete turnkey systems or lease equipment for the duration of a monitoring project. Training on the operation of monitoring systems is also available.

RTP performs independent, "third party" system and performance audits on existing monitoring systems. We use EPA certified gas cylinder standards with precision dilution and GPT calibrators and our meteorological auditing techniques follow the guidelines in USEPA's QA Handbook, Vol. IV. We also provide unique quality assurance services for auditing Doppler acoustic radar systems.

RTP can provide remote data interrogation, data reduction and processing services for your existing monitoring network. We can reduce data from strip chart recorders as well as from digital data loggers or diskettes in SAROAD, RAMMET, ISCST, AERMOD, CALPUFF format, joint frequency distributions and other formats. Statistical summaries and pollution and/or wind roses are also available.

As part of our monitoring services, RTP can perform odor and community noise exposure studies on a short-term or long-term basis. By integrating sound level meters, meteorological equipment, and data loggers, we can provide complete noise monitoring systems.

Support programs and staff are available for integrating meteorological and air quality monitoring study data into source evaluation analytical protocols. Integration of high quality field data to specifically evaluate existing and proposed source interactions with local and regional meteorological and climatological conditions is available through RTP. Direct access to other data bases is available through the use of hardware systems at RTP and through a series of service bureaus.