How Do You Define Airshed?

An airshed is defined by the USDA Forest Service as a geographic area that, because of topography, meteorology and/or climate, is frequently affected by the same air mass.

What does airshed mean?

: the air supply of a given region also : the geographical area covered by such an air supply.

What does an airshed do?

Simply stated, an airshed is the volume over an area of land in which airborne chemicals travel to reach a particular river, lake, bay, or other body of water given the area of the land surface.

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