Background Material: 2004-11 State and Local Air Monitoring Network Plan

CALIFORNIASTATE AND LOCAL AIR MONITORING

NETWORK PLAN - 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction...... 1-1

Monitoring Objectives and Spatial Scales ...... ….2-1

Table 1 - Air Quality Monitoring Data Availability...... 3-1

California:

Great BasinValleysAirBasin...... 3-2

LakeCountyAirBasin...... 3-4

Lake TahoeAirBasin ...... 3-4

Mojave DesertAirBasin ...... 3-4

MountainCountiesAirBasin ...... 3-8

NorthCentralCoastAirBasin ...... 3-12

NorthCoastAirBasin ...... 3-12

NortheastPlateauAirBasin ...... 3-14

SacramentoValleyAirBasin ...... 3-16

Salton SeaAirBasin ...... 3-20

San DiegoAirBasin ...... 3-22

San FranciscoBayAreaAirBasin ...... 3-22

San JoaquinValleyAirBasin ...... 3-28

SouthCentralCoastAirBasin ...... 3-32

SouthCoastAirBasin ...... 3-38

Mexico:

Mexicali and Tijuana Area ...... 3-44

Table 2 - Criteria Pollutant and Meteorological Data Monitoring Information ...... 4-1

California:

Great BasinValleysAirBasin...... 4-2

LakeCountyAirBasin...... 4-4

Lake TahoeAirBasin ...... 4-4

Mojave DesertAirBasin ...... 4-4

MountainCountiesAirBasin ...... 4-8

NorthCentralCoastAirBasin ...... 4-12

NorthCoastAirBasin ...... 4-12

CALIFORNIASTATE AND LOCAL AIR MONITORING

NETWORK PLAN - 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.)

Table 2 - Criteria Pollutant and Meteorological Data Monitoring Information (cont.)

California:

NortheastPlateauAirBasin ...... 4-14

SacramentoValleyAirBasin ...... 4-16

Salton SeaAirBasin ...... ………..4-20

San DiegoAirBasin ...... …………4-22

San FranciscoBayAreaAirBasin ...... 4-22

San JoaquinValleyAirBasin ...... 4-28

SouthCentralCoastAirBasin ...... 4-32

SouthCoastAirBasin ...... ………4-38

Mexico:

Mexicali and Tijuana Areas ...... …4-44

Air Basin/Site Location Maps...... ……………….5-1

California:

Figure 1. CaliforniaCounties And AirBasins...... 5-3

Figure 2. Great BasinValleysAirBasin...... 5-4

Figure 3. LakeCountyAirBasin...... ………...5-5

Figure 4. Lake TahoeAirBasin...... ………...5-6

Figure 5. Mojave DesertAirBasin...... ……...5-7

Figure 6. MountainCountiesAirBasin...... ….5-8

Figure 7. NorthCentralCoastAirBasin...... …5-9

Figure 8. NorthCoastAirBasin...... ………...5-10

Figure 9. NortheastPlateauAirBasin...... …5-11

Figure 10. SacramentoValleyAirBasin...... ……5-12

Figure10a.SacramentoValleyAirBasin

Sacramento - Yolo - Solano Counties...... 5-13

Figure 11. Salton SeaAirBasin...... ……….…5-14

Figure 12. San DiegoAirBasin...... ……….….5-15

Figure 13. San FranciscoBayAreaAirBasin...... 5-16

Figure 14. San JoaquinValleyAirBasin ...... …5-17

CALIFORNIASTATE AND LOCAL AIR MONITORING

NETWORK PLAN - 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.)

Air Basin/Site Location Maps (cont.)

California:

Figure 15. SouthCentralCoastAirBasin ...... 5-18

Figure 16. SouthCoastAirBasin ...... ………5-19

Figure 16a. SouthCoastAirBasin - Los AngelesCounty...... 5-20

Mexico:

Figure 17. Mexicali and Tijuana Areas...... ….5-21

Appendix A - Speciated Compounds

NMOC ...... ……….………………………………6-1

PM2.5 ...... ……….………………………………6-4

TOXICS...... ……….……………………………..6-6

Appendix B - New Sites for 2009…………….……….……………………………….….7-1

Glossary ...... ……….……………………………………………8-1