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Query AQS Data

Follow the links below to find forms that let you query the data. The queries allow you to select portions of the data geographically, by pollutants (or parameters), and by time. You should be aware that this query section is intended for those persons who are familiar with ambient air quality monitoring and related data. If you would like information derived from data that have already been analyzed, you may want to look at other links from the AIRData page.

Air Quality Data contains annual summaries of key measurements from each monitor. Information such as maximum value, average value, and number of exceedances of the standard are available through the Annual Summary table.

Annual Summary
Summary Method

Site Descriptive Data contains data about the physical location of the monitors. Information such as the latitude/longitude, city location, and who owns the site are available here.

Sites
Streets tangent to sites

Monitor Descriptive Data contains data about the equipment at monitoring sites used to sample the air. Information such as the probe height, monitoring objective, and when the monitor was operable are available here.

Monitors
Monitor Objective
Monthly Sampling Schedule
Probe Obstructions
Reporting Organization
Road Descriptions
Sampling Period

Reference Tables. To keep the database smaller, many fields in AQS are populated with codes rather than full text descriptions. So the reports you get from the above links will contain many fields with the word "code" in the header. To interpret these codes we have created reference tables with the full information that the code represents. Some provide other useful information as well. For example, the county reference table lists the county name and additional information, such as the population and area.

Agency*
Agency Type
Air Basin
AQCR
AQCR Type
City*
CMSA
Compass Sector
County*
Criteria Flag
Dominant Source
EPA Region
Exception Data Flag
Land Use
LDP Collection Methods
Location Setting
Location Unit Code
Measurement Scale
Met Site Type
Method*
Monitoring Area
Monitoring Objective
Monitoring Season*
Monitor Type
MSA*
Null Value
Obstruction Type
Parameter*
Probe Location
Project Classification
Road Type
Sampling Frequency
Sampling Interval
Site Criteria
State
Status Area
Unit
Urban Area*
Validity Flag
Worst Site

* Indicates that the table is too long to display in its entirety so you will be asked to narrow your search when you select this link. The data queried from this page is updated monthly. The last update was on November 4, 2008.

 

 

 
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