Air Quality System Database Basics Webinar 2

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