Hello nerv-ga,
Monitoring and regulation of air quality in California is the
responsibility of the California Air Resources Board (ARB).
http://www.arb.ca.gov/
The list of ARB air monitoring sites is provided at:
ARB Quality Assurance
Air Monitoring Site Information
http://www.arb.ca.gov/qaweb/site.php
As you can see, there is no site listed for Whittier. However, there
is a site listed for Pasadena, and there is a site listed for La
Habra.
If you click on the name “La Habra”, you can see that the air
monitoring site is located at:
621 W. Lambert
La Habra, CA 90631
Quality Assurance
Site Information for La Habra
http://www.arb.ca.gov/qaweb/site.php?s_arb_code=30177
The location of the Whittier City Hall is provided at the City of
Whittier website:
http://www.whittierch.org/
Whittier City Hall
13230 Penn Street
Whittier, CA 90602
According to Yahoo Maps, the La Habra monitoring station address is 7
miles from Whittier City hall.
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&ed=Sw7yt.V.wikirlfn9b8l.zfmRerCfpTbNChAUq9romIUuQISYWmFF.5mXv16BWhH1nN_6EoE3agV_JCTXvNsikJyFE7Bm.XhV2A-&newcsz=La+Habra,+CA+90631-6755&newcountry=us&newtcsz=90602&newtcountry=us
The ARB provides information about the Pasadena monitoring station at
the following webpage:
Quality Assurance
Site Information for Pasadena
http://www.arb.ca.gov/qaweb/site.php?s_arb_code=70088
The following page allows you to view Air Quality Data Statistics for
each monitoring station:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/adam/welcome.html
For comparison purposes, I believe the best data is the “Top 4
Summary”, which provides the top 4 pollutant measurements and number
of days above the State and National standards for each measurement.
Click “Top 4 Summary”.
On the next page, you can select a Pollutant, a Year Range, a County
or Air Basin, and the type of summary.
“Hourly Ozone” and “Year Range 2000-2002” are already selected.
“Summarize by Monitoring Site” is also already selected.
Pick Los Angeles County in step 3. Then click “Submit These
Selections.”
On the next page pick the Pasadena-S Wilson Avenue site. Then click
“Create the Top 4 Summary”.
You will see that, for Pasadena, the Hourly Ozone level was above the
State Standard for 19 days in 2000, 28 days in 2001, and 23 days in
2002.
Click “8-Hour O3” in the menu on the left side of the page. You will
see that the 8-Hour Ozone Averages were above the State Standard for
13 days in 2000, 9 days in 2001, and 10 days in 2002.
You can repeat this for PM 2.5, CO and NO2. The number of days above
standard was zero or 1 for most of these pollutants.
However, if you view this same data for La Habra, you will find a
noticeable difference.
To view the La Habra data, go back to the Air Quality Data Statistics
main page:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/adam/welcome.html
Once again select “Top 4 Summary”. Select Orange County. On the next
page select La Habra.
You will see that, in La Habra, the Hourly Ozone level was above the
State Standard for 8 days in 2000, 4 days in 2001, and 3 days in 2002.
This is significantly fewer days than were recorded for Pasadena.
For 8-Hour Ozone Averages, La Habra was above the State Standard for 2
days in 2000, 2 days in 2001, and 0 days in 2002. This is also
significantly fewer days than were recorded for Pasadena.
Based on this information, I would conclude that Pasadena is
“smoggier” than La Habra. Since La Habra is very close to Whittier, I
would also conclude that Pasadena is “smoggier” than Whittier.
I hope this data helps you settle your argument. If you have any
questions, please request clarification prior to rating the answer.
Googlenut
Search Strategy:
I was familiar with the California Air Resources Board website from
research on a previous question.
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=222778 |
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