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Introduction
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Brief overview of
the workbook and its motivation.
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Background
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Summary of air
toxics information to provide a basis for the analyst regarding emissions,
formation, transport, and sampling/analysis of air toxics.
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Preparing data for
analysis
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Methods and examples
for validating air toxics data and preparing daily, quarterly, and annual
averages.
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Characterizing air
toxics
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Methods and examples
of characterizing air toxics concentrations including spatial patterns,
relationships, and time of day/seasonal variations.
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Quantifying trends
in air toxics
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Methods and examples
for preparing data for inter-annual trend analyses, identifying and
quantifying trends, and tying these trends to changes in emissions.
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Advanced data
analysis techniques
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Brief overview of
advanced methods for data analysis including source apportionment.
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Suggested analyses
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Summary of basic set
of analyses that could be performed with air toxics at a local, state, and
regional level to better understand the data and inform policy makers.
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