Skip common site navigation and headers
United States Environmental Protection Agency
National Center For Environmental Research
Begin Hierarchical Links EPA Home > Research & Development > National Center For Environmental Research > NCER Advanced Search End Hierarchical Links
   
NCER Banner Clouds
NCER Banner logo
End Hierarchical Links

Research Opportunities

Supplement to: Epidemiologic Research on Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Particulate Matter and Other Air Pollutants

PM2.5 Urban Speciation Monitor

Draft EPA Urban Speciation Data Summary
Questions on contents and its use should be directed to Tesh Rao of OAQPS/EMAD/AQTAG @ 734-214-4016
Annual Averages (March 2001 to Feb 2002)
site_id Lat Long Urban Location Sampler PM2_5MASS AL CA FE TI SI sulfur AMMONIUM OC_NIOSH Nitrate EC_NIOSH Vol_NITRATE NVol_NITRATE Sulfate Crustal
0107300235 33.552778 -86.815 Birmingham, AL SASS 22.38728814 0.033022881 0.135920339 0.194887288 0.007750508 0.245776271 1.562389831 1.573404237 7.059915966 1.125813559 1.316336134     4.755245763 1.392846631
0401399977 33.503667 -112.095139 Phoenix, AZ SASS 11.67075472 0.101485283 0.131696226 0.168233019 0.012688585 0.319333962 0.39304717 0.525411111 5.166296296 1.022944444 0.786509259     1.327166667 1.664813798
0601900085 36.781389 -119.772222 Fresno, CA SASS 23.68559322 0.054095932 0.05352322 0.117022881 0.00891 0.194768644 0.556974576 2.316427778 9.28147541 7.285564815 1.048311475     1.666083333 0.991708597
0606700065 38.614167 -121.366944 Sacramento, CA SASS 14.83565217 0.055665217 0.048245652 0.09528 0.008008522 0.151236522 0.388413043 0.726800893 6.140862069 2.411151786 0.703836207     1.280571429 0.823796963
0608500045 37.34 -121.8875 Santa Rosa, CA SASS 14.84842105 0.048070947 0.105405263 0.156163158 0.010347158 0.189135789 0.483747368 0.739882105 5.356315789 2.8862 0.990410526     1.467726316 1.146503107
0800100065 39.828056 -104.937222 Boulder, CO SASS 12.25714286 0.090735038 0.127815789 0.144874436 0.01041609 0.285021053 0.479533835 0.73539313 5.13593985 1.588770992 1.274992481     1.501076336 1.488462591
1100100435 38.918889 -77.0125 Washington, DC RASS 16.6025641 0.016320342 0.049406838 0.102552137 0.006530342 0.094550427 1.708555556 1.766843478 5.084 1.588373913 0.770733333     4.998521739 0.612713496
1205710755 28.05 -82.378056 Tampa, FL SASS 14.72086957 0.053505043 0.07233913 0.076291304 0.007712783 0.185728696 1.155208696 0.875055172 3.738547009 0.726965517 0.520290598     3.538137931 0.897676085
1308900025 33.6875 -84.290278 Atlanta, GA RASS 16.00092593 0.028514907 0.038446296 0.094903704 0.006662963 0.115316667 1.417546296 1.184990476 5.651376147 0.781495238 1.051926606     4.33852381 0.65513187
1809700785 39.811097 -86.114469 Indy, IN SASS 17.39405941 0.018811881 0.055756436 0.076671287 0.00545099 0.105316832 1.430574257 1.89420099 4.847326733 2.454742574 0.628762376     4.473435644 0.590627475
2400530015 39.310833 -76.474444 Baltimore, MD RASS 16.94819277 0.014242289 0.057155422 0.121637349 0.008430843 0.094727711 1.706975904 1.984888889 5.03702381 1.833753086 0.724380952     5.387160494 0.671086595
2501300085 42.194167 -72.556111 Springfield, MA MASS 9.682432432 0.008142838 0.016397568 0.033779054 0.002199189 0.048689324 0.955594595 1.154040541 2.490636364 0.689445946 0.306613636 0.363050667 0.356466216 3.004513514 0.251890434
2616300015 42.228333 -83.209167 Detroit, MI SASS 17.24507042 0.015910423 0.065486479 0.124693662 0.006345986 0.094194366 1.290250845 1.887166429 4.285 2.994443571 0.733352113     4.034264286 0.690359737
2705309635 44.953654 -93.258226 Minneapolis, MN SASS 12.0742268 0.015181443 0.055469278 0.055512371 0.004764227 0.090530619 0.729885567 1.141857732 3.981731959 2.219448454 0.515659794     2.284948454 0.492817877
2804700085 30.390139 -89.049722 Gulfport, MS SASS 14.81149425 0.042321149 0.048617241 0.072531034 0.008478851 0.162000805 1.243551724 0.993494253 3.977840909 0.635528736 0.445022727     4.02154023 0.767708709
2951000856 38.655556 -90.198333 St. Louis, MO RASS 15.2965812 0.030282222 0.137551282 0.2478 0.007979658 0.14897094 1.297803419 1.690396694 4.60322314 2.201396694 0.760884298     3.975024793 1.276923656
3006300245 46.842222 -114.019722 Missoula, MT SASS 10.02432432 0.043215536 0.04361875 0.051770536 0.005436339 0.15444375 0.241529464 0.301362162 5.385663717 1.079990991 0.495088496     0.781225225 0.686568873
3203100165 39.528889 -119.776111 Reno, NV SASS 12.16012658 0.07001443 0.073503165 0.138596203 0.012190506 0.232072152 0.214034177 0.322534641 6.978834356 0.880627451 1.074840491     0.718202614 1.210753956
3402300065 40.473333 -74.425556 New B, NJ SASS 14.73061224 0.014724848 0.029909495 0.074508081 0.005229596 0.076581818 1.307686869 1.528010204 3.924040404 1.664704082 0.607444444     4.10505102 0.462290842
3600500836 40.86586 -73.88075 Bronx, NYC SASS 16.38807339 0.019335229 0.052640367 0.113938532 0.006824771 0.101529358 1.330155963 1.724861905 4.857181818 2.067171429 1.293727273     4.037228571 0.670120706
3605560015 43.162222 -77.604167 Rochester, NY R & P 14.23490566 0.008553113 0.035480189 0.054234434 0.003762594 0.09525566 1.219325472 1.626866346 2.724636792 2.023317308 0.343718349     3.677403846 0.452382914
3608101246 40.7362 -73.82317 Queens County, NYC R & P 15.44301075 0.010516882 0.04465914 0.1102 0.005311613 0.099464516 1.509956989 1.892673118 3.654168421 2.079591398 0.734438316     4.501043011 0.620586712
3711900415 35.240278 -80.785556 Charlotte, NC SASS 17.31954023 0.036689655 0.039981379 0.088918391 0.008436092 0.133562069 1.459367816 1.451450549 5.327032967 0.914461538 0.636417582     4.637252747 0.710004966
3903500605 41.491944 -81.678333 Cleveland, OH SASS 20.0875 0.020057917 0.103007292 0.267532292 0.009490521 0.134741667 1.6368125 2.273841667 4.5859375 2.638125 1.0423125     4.995958333 1.213375808
4014311275 36.206667 -95.976389 Tulsa, OK SASS 15.13684211 0.042404386 0.09885614 0.091216667 0.007015877 0.164822807 1.057780702 1.129334783 4.650669565 1.359582609 0.506330435     3.236217391 0.899189082
4105100806 45.496667 -122.602222 Salem, OR SASS 10.90508475 0.018400847 0.028065763 0.053044915 0.005358644 0.07015678 0.423262712 0.379265657 4.742016807 1.089828283 0.697260504     1.269383838 0.399683903
4501900495 32.790833 -79.958611 Charleston, SC SASS 13.94642857 0.039226964 0.061149107 0.070100893 0.006835089 0.137404196 1.175946429 0.986903571 4.102321429 0.692339286 0.422517857     3.699892857 0.711013049
4811300695 32.82 -96.86 Dallas, TX MASS 13.13142857 0.042519357 0.078792143 0.088232857 0.006362 0.148938571 1.105778571 1.343692857 3.311048951 1.094827338 0.572020979 0.575432624 0.546773571 3.4695 0.818696616
4814100445 31.765556 -106.455 El Paso, TX MASS 9.012781955 0.10252406 0.209415789 0.108850376 0.008003459 0.31742782 0.430631579 0.476834586 2.817797101 0.489721805 0.672550725 0.244984962 0.243033835 1.379112782 1.636240559
4820110397 29.669444 -95.128056 Houston, TX MASS 9.784266667 0.056740667 0.048276 0.061109333 0.005699867 0.162713333 0.9376044 1.03438 2.442883117 0.66036 0.333688312 0.361658667 0.297241333 2.98144 0.767617875
4903530065 40.736389 -111.872222 SLC/Ogden, UT SASS 14.52 0.05554313 0.112149565 0.123553913 0.010214348 0.190542609 0.458467826 1.410913274 5.152758621 3.871955752 0.843086207     1.447256637 1.098266078
5000700125 44.480278 -73.214444 Burlington, VT SASS 10.41690141 0.013743378 0.037496978 0.043943333 0.004077822 0.0703192 0.803442756 1.018069163 3.608061674 1.470517181 0.374726872     2.554933921 0.380704155
5176000205 37.510556 -77.498333 Richmond, VA SASS 16.73913043 0.019534565 0.032139457 0.064636957 0.006104891 0.106467391 1.499815217 1.473483696 5.799565217 1.095347826 0.531565217     4.649326087 0.528732086
5303300806 47.569722 -122.3125 Seattle, WA MASS 7.655454545 0.009903545 0.025589545 0.052154545 0.002908636 0.046668818 0.399936364 0.431669091 2.753391304 0.639418182 0.585886957 0.23146 0.40642 1.207681818 0.311560871
5507900265 43.061111 -87.9125 Milwaukee, WI SASS 13.94830508 0.016307288 0.052263814 0.087832203 0.004833983 0.085610169 0.883788136 1.529872034 4.002957627 3.074974576 0.586127119     2.718050847 0.556167231

Variable Definitions PM2.5 Urban Speciation Monitors

Variable Definition Extracted (E) or Calculated (C)?
= = =
AIRS_SITE_CODE AQS Site Code E
POC Pollution Occurance Code E
trend Trends Monitor (T) or not? E
city Urban Area E
state State E
site_type Urban? Rural?--Per AQS Definition E
sampler_type Speciation Sampler Type (MASS, RASS, SASS, or R&P Speciation) E
lab Usually RTI E
sample_date Date Sample Collected E
min_t Minimum Temperature E
max_t Maximum Temperature E
avg_t Average Temperature E
min_p Minimum Barometric Pressure E
max_p Maximum Barometric Pressure E
avg_p Average Barometric Pressure E
el_S Elemental Sulfur E
m_SO4 Measured Sulfate E
m_NO3 Measured Nitrate E
m_NH4 Measured Ammonium E
Al Aluminum E
Si Silicon E
Ca Calcium E
Fe Iron E
Ti Titanium E
K Potassium by IC E
Na Sodium by IC E
CO3 Carbonate Carbon E
antimony As identified at left E
arsenic As identified at left E
barium As identified at left E
bromine As identified at left E
cadmium As identified at left E
chromium As identified at left E
cobalt As identified at left E
copper As identified at left E
chlorine As identified at left E
cerium As identified at left E
cesium As identified at left E
europium As identified at left E
gallium As identified at left E
hafnium As identified at left E
lead As identified at left E
indium As identified at left E
manganese As identified at left E
iridium As identified at left E
molybdenum As identified at left E
nickel As identified at left E
magnesium As identified at left E
mercury As identified at left E
gold As identified at left E
lanthanum As identified at left E
niobium As identified at left E
phosphorus As identified at left E
selenium As identified at left E
tin As identified at left E
samarium As identified at left E
scandium As identified at left E
vanadium As identified at left E
silver As identified at left E
zinc As identified at left E
strontium As identified at left E
tantalum As identified at left E
terbium As identified at left E
rubidium As identified at left E
potassium by x-ray flouresence E
yttrium As identified at left E
sodium by x-ray flouresence E
zirconium As identified at left E
wolfram As identified at left (also known as Tungsten) E
vol_nitrate Volatile Nitrate E
nvol_nitrate Non-Volatile Nitrate E
ec_niosh Elemental Carbon E
oc_niosh Organic Carbon E
ocx2 Adjustment Factor (for making carbon measurements more TOR-like) E
PM2_5 Gravimetric Mass E
frm_2pt5 Collocated FRM Mass E
pm10_stp Collocated coarse PM @ stp (when data available) E
pm10_ltp Collocated coarse PM @ local conditions (when data available) E
latitude in decimal degrees E
longitude in decimal degrees E
Crustal Also 'Fine Soil' ~ 2,2*Al+2.49*Si+1.63*Ca+2.42*Fe+1.94*Ti C

Land Use Variables

Variable Definition
= =
SITE AQS SITE ID
POC Pollution Occurence Code
PARM Pollutant in Question
METHOD Method Number
PARM_NAME Name of pollutant
STATE_NAME State
COUNTY_NAME County
CITY City ID
CITY_NAME Name of City
ADDRESS Address where Monitor is located
AQCR Air Quality Control Region (see AQS documents for more details)
AQCR_NAME Name of AQCR
UAR Urban Airshed Region Code (see AQS documents for more details)
UAR_NAME Name of UAR
LAND_USE Commercial? Residential? etc.
LOCATION Urban? Center of Town? Rural? ec.
LATITUDE in decimal degrees
LONGITUDE in decimal degrees
UTM_ZONE Universal Transveral Mercatur ?? (please consult AQS documents for details)
UTM_NORTHING From central point
UTM_EASTING From central point
UNITS ID for units
UNIT_DESC Descripiton of Units
TYPE Type of monitor (SLAMS, speciation, etc.)
REGION EPA Region
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Authority
MSA_NAME Name of MSA (city & state)

 

Research Opportunities | Guidance & FAQs | Grants | Fellowships | Small Business | Research Centers | Other Programs
Research Results | Science Topics
About NCER | Publications | Events | Search | Personalize

 
Begin Site Footer

EPA Home | Privacy and Security Notice | Contact Us

Last updated on Monday, February 24th, 2003
URL: http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/searchControlled.main