Air Quality Related Values Inventory

Air quality impacts resources, including surface water, visibility, vegetation, wildlife, and soils.

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Air quality related values (AQRVs) are resources that may be adversely affected by a change in air quality. These include visibility, vegetation, water quality, soils, and wildlife. Inventory products on this page describe risk to AQRVs from air pollution for the 48 Class I national parks and 32 NPS inventory and monitoring networks.

Inventory Products

Overall

• Park Air Profiles
• AQRVs in national parks: effects from ozone, visibility reducing particles, and atmospheric deposition

Ozone

• Ozone Risk Assessments for I&M Networks
• Ozone Sensitive Plant Species by Park
• Ozone Bioindicator Species
• Handbook for Ozone Injury Assessments
• Ozone Injury Evaluation Training

Nitrogen

• Nitrogen Risk Assessments for I&M Networks

Nitrogen & Sulfur Acidification

• Atmospheric Acidification Risk Assessments for I&M Networks