# Presentation: 527265

## Using AIRNow-Tech for Outreach Information

**John E. White**
**EPA AIRNow**
**2005 National Air Quality Conference**
**white.johne@epa.gov**

## Using AIRNow-Tech for Outreach Information

**About AIRNow-Tech**
**Overview of Current AIRNow-Tech Features**
- Data queries/summaries
- AQI History
**Future Enhancements (geared for Outreach)**
- Email data summaries

## About AIRNow-Tech

- 115 State and Local Air Agencies

**  ****Observations**

**Forecasts **

**Data **
**Management **
**Center **

- Internet

- Media

**Decision**
**Makers **
**and **
**Public**

**Data**

**Maps and Forecasts **

**Oracle 9i**
**Database**

**AIRNow-Tech**
**www.airnowtech.org**

## About AIRNow-Tech

**AIRNow-Tech is an Internet-based system that allows air quality agencies to access data in the AIRNow database.  **
**It’s a one-stop portal to AIRNow data, information, and events.**

- NOTE: 3 yrs old... designed for technical access and analysis

## Overview of Current Features

**Password protection** (agency-only privileges)
**Program status**
- News and events
- Real-time data delivery status
- Agency information/setup
- Data Queries
- Resource page
- AIRNow-Notifier (email system)
- Contacts
**Site management**
- Polling summaries
- Monitor information

## Overview of Current Features

**Forecasting system**
- Link for Forecast Submittal System
- Forecast queries
**Data access/queries**
**Graphs and GIS displays**
**Real-time data**
- Ozone, PM2.5, PM10, CO, SO2, NO2
- Current year
**Historical data (AQI History)**
- Ozone only at this time
- 1993-current
- Looking at including PM2.5 FRM data....but “comparisons” will be difficult due to continuous data

## AIRNow-Tech – Data Queries (1 of 7)

- Regional real-time data
- Time series plots
- Short-term historical information

## How do I get data?  

Step 1: Select sites

- Step 1: Select sites

**AIRNow-Tech – Data Queries ****(2 of 7)**

## How do I get data?  

Step 2: Select
pollutants and dates

- Step 2: Select
- pollutants and dates

**AIRNow-Tech – Data Queries ****(3 of 7)**

## Result:  Tabulated regional real-time data

**AIRNow-Tech – Data Queries ****(4 of 7)**

## Three options
CSV file
Graph
Map

- CSV file
- Graph
- Map

**AIRNow-Tech – Data Queries ****(5 of 7)**

## Graph
Site comparison
Short-term trends
Patterns

- Site comparison
- Short-term trends
- Patterns

**AIRNow-Tech – Data Queries ****(6 of 7)**

## Map – Data Mapper plots site locations and data simultaneously. 

- Map – Data Mapper plots site locations and data simultaneously.

**AIRNow-Tech – Data Queries ****(7 of 7)**

## Short-term historical information

**AIRNow-Tech – Data Summaries ****(1 of 3)**

## Example 1: Which month has the most number of site days with PM2.5 AQI >100 in NYC (2004)?

January
June
July
November

- January
- June
- July
- November

**AIRNow-Tech – Data Summaries ****(2 of 3)**

## Example 2: What is the highest ozone AQI for New England in 2004?
125
155
 166	
201

- 125
- 155
-  166
- 201

**AIRNow-Tech – Data Summaries ****(3 of 3)**

## AIRNow-Tech – AQI History (1 of 3)

- AQI History
- 10+ years of data
- Currently ozone (PM coming soon)
- Official and preliminary data
- Continually updated
- Graphing feature
- Pivot tables

## Example 1: What are the number of federal exceedance counts (>100 AQI) for LA/Long Beach area over the past 10 years?

**AIRNow-Tech – AQI History ****(2 of 3)**

## Example 2: What are the total number of federal exceedance counts for Atlanta, Boston, and LA during the 2004 ozone season?

**AIRNow-Tech – AQI History ****(3 of 3)**

## New Features on the Table...

**Individual logins – don’t limit to agency**
- build off AIRNow Notifier system
**AIRNow-Tech built 3 years ago...**
**Make more user friendly**
**Gear more towards communicators versus analysts?**
**Leverage new technology/expertise**
**Save selections/settings – make customizable**
**Email Summary Notification**

## Email Summary Notification

**Daily, weekly, monthly emails**
**Email configuration page**
**Get the maximum (AQI or concentration) **
- By monitors/sites
- By MSA
- By forecast cities
**Exceedance counts, AQI levels hit, max on this date in history, comparisons between seasons etc.**
**Text email (and/or csv file for spreadsheets?)**
**Ozone only for historical comparison/trends – PM****2.5**** included in “real-time” data**

## Next Steps...

**If resources available – plan to move forward with these enhancements...**
**Sign-up for Notifier if you have not done so... **
**Probably use Notifier (username/password already assigned) to make this service happen**
**Link to recover password if forgotten**
- Change subscription
**Will use Notifier to inform you of changes and enhancements**

**http://www.airnowdata.org/notifier**