This webinar will provide information to tribal professionals on U.S. EPA’s Air Quality System (AQS) database and demonstrate basics of AQS. This database is a computer-based information management system for handling the storage and retrieval of information pertaining to ambient air pollutants and related meteorological data. This introduction will provide information on how to access the database, retrieve data and provide a basic overview of AQS codes and functions need to parameterize air monitoring sites and monitor information for data uploading.
Webinar # 1 Topics:
Introduction to the AQS database
How to gain access credentials and login instructions
Overview of basic AQS codes
Data retrieval from AQS database
Webinar # 2 Topics:
Establishing a site and monitor in AQS
How to format and load data to AQS
Correcting data in AQS
How to load QA data to AQS
Presenters:
Michael King, Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center
Chris Chapman, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Michael Brooks, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Stuart Gray, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
If you have questions contact: Christal.Black@nau.edu
