A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO DETERMINING THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF CONTROL POINTS FOR CONDUCTING SUMMARY CALCULATIONS AND EMISSION QUOTAS CALCULATION

The article describes the prerequisites for the development of a uniform methodological approach to determining control points for conducting summary calculations of atmospheric air pollution and further calculations of emission quotas. A flowchart of the methodology for determining the number and location of control points is presented, as well as the results of its application in the territories of 29 pilot cities participating in the federal Clean Air project and the experiment on emission quotas. Statistical methods of data processing are presented as ways to assess the representativeness of the number of control points. The results of the work carried out by the «Russian scientific research institute «Ecology» to identify control points in 29 pilot cities are presented. The directions of further development of the methodology are outlined, taking into account the functionality of network analysis methods and graph theory.