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AQS Outputs – Getting and Understanding the Data

AQS Outputs – Getting and Understanding the Data. AQS Users Conference 2008 Nick Mangus US EPA / OAR / OAQPS. AQS Data Mart – what is it?. It’s a database with all the data (since 1980) from AQS in it Copied from AQS to keep AQS fast for loading

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AQS Outputs – Getting and Understanding the Data

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  1. AQS Outputs – Getting and Understanding the Data AQS Users Conference 2008 Nick Mangus US EPA / OAR / OAQPS

  2. AQS Data Mart – what is it? • It’s a database with all the data (since 1980) from AQS in it • Copied from AQS to keep AQS fast for loading • 1.72 Billion raw and NAAQS average values (as of 7/21/08) • Commensurate daily and annual summaries • Targeted for application builders and health researchers • It’s on the “public” side of the EPA firewall • To keep AQS safe • It allows for applications to be connected to it • Like Google Earth!

  3. Conceptual Diagram Interface 1 Interface 2 AQS Database Nightly The Data Mart Interface x

  4. Connected Applications • AQS Data Mart Direct Interface (750/mo) • AirCompare (8,000/mo) • KML Files (1,800 in first 3 weeks - of KML) • RSIG (can’t yet track) • EPHT (EPA  CDC project) (can’t yet track) • AirNow + VIEWS exchange (in progress)* • AirExplorer (planned) • Exchange Network (planned)

  5. *Air Quality Data Summit • Meeting held in RTP in February • Be smarter and more efficient with data systems • Representatives from various communities and data systems • Regulatory AQ, AQ forecasting, model evaluation, trends, health research, satellite based instruments, data collectors, data integrators, data users • Follow up projects focused on sharing, integrating, and explaining data • AQS (Data Mart) + AirNow + VIEWS pilot

  6. Tools to Help with Understanding Data • The “Field Guide” • Available at the Data Mart website • Documentation Section • http://www.epa.gov/ttn/airs/aqsdatamart/documentation • 2200+ entries • Pretty dry and some areas need improvement • ~ 25 downloads per month this year • A wiki may be in the works • Wiki = user edited content • Does this worry you?

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