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Nitrogen Emission/Deposition Ratios for Air Pollution Sources That Contribute to the Nitrogen Loading of Tampa Bay Funded by the Hillsborough County Pollution Recovery Fund
Contact for University of South Florida Project GoalStakeholders in the Tampa Bay Estuary Program and members of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council have estimated that to prevent further impairment of bay waters, nitrogen flowing into Tampa Bay must be reduced by 17 tons per year (TBNEP, 1996). Assessing the reductions or gains in nitrogen deposition for changes in power plant configurations or levels of vehicular traffic, e.g., are difficult to assess without atmospheric transport modeling. We propose to develop conversion factors for major Hillsborough County sources and source categories that relate tons of nitrogen emitted to tons of nitrogen deposited to Tampa Bay. This will not only aid bay managers in assessing nitrogen emission reductions made in recent years, but will reveal which sources/source categories, if controlled, would affect most the bay water quality. Fig. 1. Hooker's Point, Tampa, FL, as seen from a cruise ship. Photo by Kerstin L. Kenty, 2002. | |||||
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Contact for Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County