Show West Of Future industrial plants in the Salt Lake metropolitan areas should be confined to sites west of the Oquirrh Mountains or open areas near Great Salt a University of Utah scientist recommended Shih-Kung a meteorologist based his suggestions on preliminary findings in a one-year sudy of wind circulation and air pollution levels in the Salt Lake The research showed that air intensity in the western part of the encompassing areas such as Magna and is almost three times greater than along the east BORROWING equipment from the Army's Proving research team established 15 portable meteorological stations extending from Antelope Island on the north to Point the Mountain on the south to study wind velocity and temperature at various and Temperature inversions and the valley's horse-like physical makeup often serve to trap man-caused pollutants in the valley in the absence of strong wind said chairman of the University's Department of BEST area industrial would be on the-other side of the the U scientist area is not a but more like a so the air can get while over here it is Kao described the study as the most extensive of its kind ever conducted in the Salt Lake he is rated one of the 15 most polluted regions in the U.S. HE SAID air pollution generally is heavier during the morning hours because of stagnate air and a cool valley floor topped by warmer temperatures at higher elevations that combine to on a prevent in gd of In a breakdown of tants in the the list is headed by automobile-caused carbon monoxide followed by sulfur dioxide which overwhelmingly is traceable to industrial KAO emphasized fW percent of the are including the major culprits of carbon sulfur and The visible pollutants include nitrogen particulates and acid the Salt Lake Valley a Kao a lid on cook underneath doesn't get out But in the when the valley the lid is pushed and the polluted air can pop out and AIR pollution is less of a problem during the alter-noon and evening hours because of a warmer valley floor and increased wind ac-ti- the we usually have a so-called a wind coming from mountains from south and Kao This is a reversal of the general wind flow in the afternoon the north and SALT area residents should be cor about pul ution the U we live in a horses hoe-type valley and it is difficult for the air to get |