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Environ Manage

Title:		Blowing smoke in Yellowstone: air quality impacts of oversnow motorized recreation in the park
Author(s):		Shively DD; Pape BM; Mower RN; Zhou Y; Russo R; Sive BC;
Address:		"Department of Geography, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA. david.shively@umontana.edu"
Journal Title:		Environ Manage
Year:		2008
Volume:		41
Issue:		2
Page Number:		183 - 199
DOI:		10.1007/s00267-007-9036-8
ISSN/ISBN:		0364-152X (Print) 0364-152X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park has been shown to impact air quality, with implications for the safety and welfare of Park staff and other Park resource values. Localized impacts have been documented at several high-use sites in the Park, but the broader spatial variability of snowmobile emissions and air quality was not understood. Measurements of 87 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were made for ambient air sampled across the Park and West Yellowstone, Montana, during 2 days of the 2002-2003 winter use season, 1 year before the implementation of a new snowmobile policy. The data were compared with similar data from pristine West Coast sites at similar latitudes. Backward trajectories of local air masses, alkyl nitrate-parent alkane ratios, and atmospheric soundings were used to identify the VOC sources and assess their impact. Different oversnow vehicle types used in the Park were sampled to determine their relative influence on air mass pollutant composition. VOCs were of local origin and demonstrated strong spatiotemporal variability that is primarily influenced by levels of snowmobile traffic on given road segments at different times of day. High levels of snowmobile traffic in and around West Yellowstone produced consistently high levels of benzene, toluene, and carbon monoxide"
Keywords:		Air Pollutants/*analysis Carbon Monoxide/analysis Environmental Monitoring Montana *Off-Road Motor Vehicles Organic Chemicals/analysis Volatilization;
Notes:		"MedlineShively, David D Pape, Bruce M C Mower, Richard N Zhou, Yong Russo, Rachel Sive, Barkley C eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2007/11/21 Environ Manage. 2008 Feb; 41(2):183-99. doi: 10.1007/s00267-007-9036-8"