Area Source Emission

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002076",
  "term": "Area Source Emission",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Emission from an array of pollutant sources, so widely dispersed and uniform in strength that they can be treated in a dispersion model as an aggregate pollutant release from a defined area at a uniform rate. Compare line source and point source.\n\n2. A source of air pollution that is released over an area that cannot be classified as a point source. Area sources can include vehicles and other small engines, small businesses and household activities, or biogenic sources such as a forest that releases hydrocarbons.",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from NOAA National Weather Service Glossary",
    "Adapted from EPA Report on the Environment Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/ncea/roe/glossary.htm"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/area-source-emission/"
}