Uncertainties Influencing Health-Based Prioritization of Ozone Abatement Options

Sunday, February 17, 2013
Room 313 (Hynes Convention Center)
Dan Cohan , Rice University, Houston, TX
The primary goal of air quality management is protection of human health. Therefore, formulation of ground-level ozone mitigation policies could be informed by attainment of regulatory standards and how control measures benefit public health. Uncertainty in photochemical modeling and the selection of temporal metric for concentration-response relationships each affect health-based prioritization of ozone control options. We present methods for health-benefits estimation of ozone reduction.