Obtaining Texas Ambient Air Monitoring Maps and Data

1. Obtaining Texas Ambient Air Monitoring Maps and Data An Interactive Demonstration

2. An interactive presentation intended to be viewed alongside TCEQ’s online ambient air monitoring data tools • Multiple options to retrieve ambient air monitoring maps and data online • Available from the TCEQ home page https://www.tceq.texas.gov/ and the Air Topics page in the Monitoring, Modeling, and Analysis section https://www.tceq.texas.gov/agency/air_main.html/#monitor Maps and Data Online

3. Spatial searches for ambient air monitoring locations • Print, export, and download maps and data • View detailed ambient air monitoring site information • Use layers to view schools, counties, political districts, and more • http://tceq4apmgwebp1.tceq.texas.gov:8080/geotam/index.html • The Users Guide is available online: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/compliance/monops/air/geotam/geotam_help.pdf GeoTAM

4. Locate • Draw & Measure • Export Image • Print • Search • Identify • Buffer • Sampler Chart • Site Summary • Map Features GeoTAM - Tools

5. Find a specific point on the map • Search by Street Address and City • Search by Latitude and Longitude GeoTAM Tools - Locate

6. Draw lines, shapes, andeven add text • Measure the distance between two points or within an area • Single point • Straight Line • Curved Line • Polygon • Freeform GeoTAM Tools – Draw & Measure

7. Export the map image on your screen • JPG, PNG, and GIF format options GeoTAM Tools – Export Image

8. Obtain a PDF of the map you design via email • 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 17 sizes • Landscape and portrait orientation GeoTAM Tools - Print

9. Site AQS ID • CAMS number • Site Name • County • City • Zip Code • TCEQ Region • Highlights the area if larger than a point GeoTAM Tools - Search

10. Use identify to provide information about a single site point on the map • Basic site information and location • Length of time site has been active GeoTAM Tools - Identify

11. Returns a highlighted area in a diameter chosen by the user • See what’s within the specified distance from a point on the map GeoTAM Tools - Buffer

12. Select one or more sites by drawing a polygon around an area • Returns a pie chart indicating the monitoring composition within the selected area GeoTAM Tools – Sampler Chart

13. Select a single site • Site name and address • Site photo • Link to the individual site information page GeoTAM Tools – Site Summary

14. The available layers for the map • Default is the currently active ambient air monitoring sites • Pollutant/Sampler Type • General Layers: Schools, Oil and Gas Wells and Pipelines, Political Districts, andCounties • Networks: AutoGC, Semi_Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOC), Community Air Toxics, andNon-continuous Particulates • QAPP: National Air Toxics Trends (NATTS), Photochemical Assessment Monitoring (PAMS), State and Local Monitoring (SLAMS), andSpeciation/Trend (STN and CSN) GeoTAM Tools – Map Features

15. Available from the GeoTAM Help menu and also online: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/compliance/monops/air/geotam/geotam_help.pdf • A PDF all-purpose GeoTAM legend is also available online:http://tceq4apmgwebp1.tceq.texas.gov:8080/geotam/geotamLegend.pdf GeoTAM Tools – User Guide and Legend

16. Available from the Modeling, Monitoring, and Analysis section of the TCEQ Air Topics page: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/agency/air_main.html/#monitor • Each air monitoring site has its own site page • Site information is organized into four tabs: • Basic; • Monitoring; • Photos; and • Validated Data • Address, geospatial location, activation date, andowner • Site photos • Current and former monitoring activities • Valid and validated data Site Information

17. Default display is all currently active ambient air monitoring sites in the TCEQ network • Sortable table columns which include the site name, address, activation date, and owner • Options link allows for users to customize the list for their own purposes • Tab-delimited text file of current display for use in other programs Site Information - Table

18. Add or remove columns from the table • Filter by activation, TCEQ Region, andCounty or individual CAMS Site Information - Options

19. EPA Site Number • CAMS • Activation Date • Current Status • Address and Coordinates • Owner • Links to site-specific GeoTAM maps Site Information – Basic Information

20. Default is currently active monitoring activities • Option to view historical monitoring activities • Each type of monitoring is expandable to show what compounds are or have been monitored • Displays the entity that physically operates the monitoring equipment • Links to current day, current month, and validated data Site Information – Monitoring Information

21. Near real-time data • All continuous compounds currently being monitored at a site • Updated once an hour Site Information – Current Day

22. Near real-time and validated data • All continuous compounds monitored at a site • Options to select month and compounds Site Information – Current Month

23. Validated continuous and non-continuous data reports • Non-continuous data available as soon as it has finished the review and verification processes • Near real-time continuous data updated at least once an hour Site Information – Validated Data

24. Photos of the site and surrounding area • Most updated at minimum every two years Site Information - Photos

25. Near real-time continuous data reports • Updated at least once an hour (except the forecasts) Web Data Reports

26. The latest forecast for air quality conditions in Texas’ metropolitan areas. • Based on the EPA's Air Quality Index scale for ozone, PM2.5, and PM10. • 14 forecast regions across the state (Austin, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Brownsville-McAllen, Corpus Christi, Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, San Antonio, Tyler-Longview, Victoria, and Waco-Killeen). • Updated daily on normal TCEQ work days and may also be updated on weekends or holidays when air pollution levels are high. • http://www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/monops/forecast_today.html Web Data – Air Quality Forecast

27. Current highest ozone levels in each of the metropolitan areas across Texas where ozone is measured. • Displays the most current hourly averages available. • Interactive map allows users to drill down to more specific areas of the state. • http://www.tceq.texas.gov/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/select_curlev.pl Web Data – Current Ozone Levels

28. Daily Maximum Eight-Hour Ozone Averages http://www.tceq.texas.gov/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/8hr_monthly.pl • Eight-Hour Ozone High Value Days http://www.tceq.texas.gov/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/8hr_exceed.pl • High One-Hour Ozone Values http://www.tceq.texas.gov/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/ozone_exceedance.pl • High Ozone in Your Metro Area http://www.tceq.texas.gov/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/ozone_summary.pl • Peak Daily One-Hour Ozone Averages http://www.tceq.texas.gov/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/peak_monthly.pl?override Web Data – Other Ozone Data

29. Current highest continuous Particulate Matter of 2.5 microns or less (PM 2.5) levels in each of the metropolitan areas across Texas where continuous PM 2.5 is measured. • Displays the most current hourly averages available. • Interactive map allows users to drill down to more specific areas of the state. • http://www.tceq.texas.gov/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/texas_pm25.pl Web Data – Current PM 2.5 Levels

30. Ambient monitoring volatile organic compound (VOC) data collected and analyzed by a network of automated gas chromatographs across the state • Updated near-real time, within a couple of hours of collection • Hourly Averages by Compound and Site • Monthly Summaries • http://www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/monops/agc/autogc.html Web Data – Automated Gas Chromatograph Data

31. Newly overhauled web camera network • Images showing current visibility, air quality, and meteorological information • Big Bend, MacDonald Observatory, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and El Paso areas • http://www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/monops/webcams.html Web Data – West Texas Cameras

32. User customized • Delimited text file output • Create larger datasets for analysis/trend calculations TAMIS Data Reports

33. Valid, validated measurement data • AQS format is pipe-delimited text • JMP format wasoriginally designed for import into statistical analysis software and is more “readable” than the AQS format • Both formats can be used by software that recognizes delimited text files TAMIS Reports - Raw Data Reports AQS & JMP

34. Provides geospatial information and the types of monitoring at a site • Current monitoring or for a data range • Designed for import into GIS software • Can also be imported into software that recognizes delimited text files TAMIS Reports - GIS Report

35. Summary Statistics of measurement results • Comparisons to TCEQ Air Monitoring Comparison Values (AMCVs) • Can be imported into software that recognizes delimited text files TAMIS Reports - Statistical Summary Report

36. Heather Stewart Monitoring Network Data Manager, TCEQ Monitoring Division Just about anything to do with ambient air monitoring heather.stewart@tceq.texas.gov TCEQ Monitoring Division Ambient air monitoring questions, GeoTAM questions monops@tceq.texas.gov TAMIS Site and monitoring information, TAMIS reports questions tamis@tceq.texas.gov Contact Information