LEADS/EMS DATA REPORTS

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4 - 3 IPS MeteoStarFebruary 22, 2007

GENERAL REPORTS

• AQI (Air Quality Index) Map

• AQI (Air Quality Index) Ratings

• Current Hourly Averages By Parameter

• Plot Hourly Averages

• Daily Summary By Site

• Daily Summary By Site (map select)


GENERAL REPORTS (CONT.)

• Monthly Summary Report

• Monthly Summary Report (map select)

• Pollution Data By Parameter

• CAMS Data Printout

• Five-Minute Quick Look


AIR QUALITY INDEX

• The AQI Report Normalizes Measured Concentrations To The EPA Standards

• Ozone AQI Is Based On Either The Eight-Hour OR The One Hour Average

• Carbon Monoxide AQI Is Based On A Running 8-Hour Average

• Sulfur Dioxide AQI Is Based On A Running 24-Hour Average From Midnight To Midnight

• PM-2.5 And PM-10 AQIs Are Based On A Running 24-Hour Average From Midnight To Midnight

• Each Hour, LEADS Calculates The Maximum AQI Values For These Parameters - This Report Changes Accordingly

• This Report Only Includes Data Processed By The LEADS System


MORE AQI

• There Are Two Paths To The Air Quality Index – Via A Map Showing The Current AQI Values, Or Direct To The Main AQI Report

• The AQI Report Will Summarize For Each Defined Metropolitan Area (Airshed)

• You Can Also View Detailed Reports For Each Metropolitan Area


AQI CALCULATION STANDARDS

• The EPA Defines How The AQI Is Computed For Each Pollutant

• The Following Table Summarizes The Calculation Standards


AQI MAP

• A Map Showing The Latest Air Quality Index Is Created Once An Hour

• There Are Multiple Metropolitan Areas That Will Appear On The AQI Map

• As More Sites Come On Line, More Areas Will Fill In

• The Box Over Each Area Is A Summary Of The Driving Parameter And Its Resulting AQI Value

• Clicking On Any Box Will Take You To A Detailed Report Of That Metropolitan Area


AIR QUALITY INDEX MAP

Each Box Shows The Driving Parameter For The AQI, The AQI Rating (As A Color), And The Parameters Measured In That Particular Area (Airshed)


AIR QUALITY INDEX REPORT

The Internal Version Of The Report Includes Missing Data – This Can Be Used As A Quick Check For Missing Data – Too Bad It Only Covers Things That Go Into The AQI And Not All Parameters


AIR QUALITY INDEX DETAIL

A Detailed View Of An Airshed Showing Results From Each Site Individually


CURRENT HOURLY AVERAGES

• Based On Hourly Averages Computed By LEADS That Are Automatically Created As Data Is Ingested

• The Data This Page Is Based On Is Updated At 15 Minutes Past The Hour - If You Look At The Report Before 10:15 For Example, The 10:00 Hour Will Show As LST (Lost) Or NA; If You Look At The Same Page At 10:20, There Will Be Values For The 10:00 Hour

• This Report Is Always Reported In LOCAL STANDARD TIME – During The Summer, It May Look Like The Report Is 2 Hours Behind, But It Really Isn’t

• That’s LOCAL STANDARD TIME For The Monitoring Site – Not Where You Are

• There Are Lots Of Highlighting Options Available – Make Use Of These To Help You Review Data


MORE ON CURRENT AVERAGES

• You Select A Day And A Parameter – You Can Look At Any Parameter Measured

• You Will Get A Summary Of Your Selected Parameter At All CAMS That Measure It

• This Allows You To Have A Quick Summary Of How A Monitor In One CAMS Compares Against Other Monitors In The Area


HOURLY AVERAGES FILTER

Select A Date Here

Select Which Parameter You Want A Report On

You Can View The Data In Either AM/PM Time Format, Or 24 Hour Time Format


HOURLY AVERAGES FILTER (Cont.)

Select Highlighting Options

Turn On/Off Highlighting Of Validated Data

Filter Data That Goes Into The Final Report

Modify The Report Output


CURRENT HOURLY AVERAGES

The Maximum Value For Each CAMS Is Highlighted In A Bold Red Font

Cells Are Highlighted With Their Corresponding AQI Level (If Selected)

A Minimum Value Is Calculated And Highlighted In A Bold Blue Font For Non-Pollutants (Met Data)

If The Internal Temp Is Too Low, The Cells Will Be Highlighted Blue

These Data Flags Are Automatically Set By The LEADS Software

Click An Underlined Value To Get A More Detailed Description

Move The Mouse Pointer Over An Underlined Value - The Status Window Of Your Browser Will Give You A Brief Description Of What That Item Is


YESTERDAY’S NEWS


Click On An Underlined Value To Get A More Detailed Description

A Summary Of The Previous Day’s Values Are Computed And Displayed At The Bottom Of The Current Hourly Average Web Page

Cells Will Be Highlighted With AQI Levels (If Selected)


PLOT HOURLY VALUES

• Graphically Plot Any Parameter From Any Site

• If There Is More Than One Instance Of A Parameter At A Site, All Instances Will Be Plotted On The Same Graph

• You Can Plot Years Of Data

• The Only Limitations Are Your Computer And Your Patience

• All The Data Points Are Downloaded To Your Browser And The Plot Is Generated Locally By A Java Applet

• It Can Take A While To Download Years Of Data

• You Can Zoom In Either Axis Of The Resulting Graph


PLOT HOURLY VALUES SETUP

Start By Selecting A Site – The System Will Scan To Figure Out What Is Measured At The Selected Site And Then Offer You A Parameter List To Choose From


PLOT SETUP (Cont.)

Select Your Parameter Of Interest And Date Range – Then Click On Generate Graph

You Can Have The Plot Display In UTC Or Local Standard Time (That’s Local Standard Time At The Monitoring Site)


PLOT HOURLY VALUES

The Vertical Zoom Control Is This Tiny Widget – Your Cursor Should Change Shape When You Hover Over It

The Horizontal Zoom Control Is This Tiny Widget – Your Cursor Should Change Shape When You Hover Over It


DAILY SUMMARY BY SITE







MORE DAILY SUMMARY

• There Are Two Paths Into This Report – Via A Map, Or From A List Selection – Either Way You Wind Up At The Same Place

• You Select A Day And A CAMS - You Can Look At Any CAMS In The Network

• You Will Get A Summary Of All Parameters Measured At The CAMS You Chose - This Allows You To Get A Quick Summary Of How All The Instruments In A CAMS Are Operating


DAILY SUMMARY MAP SELECT

Sites With Red Text Are Active – Grayed Out Sites Are Not Collecting Data


DAILY SUMMARY FILTER

You Can View The Data In Either AM/PM Time Format, Or 24 Hour Time Format

Select A Date Here

Select Which CAMS You Want A Report On


DAILY SUMMARY FILTER (Cont.)


Turn On/Off Highlighting Of Validated Data

Filter Data That Goes Into The Final Report

Modify The Report Output


DAILY SUMMARY BY SITE



The Maximum Value For Each Parameter Is Highlighted In A Bold Underlined Font

Cells Are Highlighted With AQI Levels (If Selected)

A Minimum Value Is Calculated And Highlighted In A Bold Italic Font

If The Internal Temp Is Too Low, The Cells Will Be Highlighted Blue


YESTERDAY’S SUMMARY


Click On An Underlined Value To Get A More Detailed Description

A Summary Of The Previous Day’s Values Are Computed And Displayed At The Bottom Of The Current Hourly Average Web Page


MONTHLY SUMMARY REPORT







MORE MONTHLY SUMMARY

• There Are Two Paths To This Report – Via A Map Select Or From A Table Select – Both Take You To The Same Place

• You Select A Month, A Site, Parameter(s), And The Reporting Options You Want

• A Monthly Summary Report Is Generated Based On Your Selections

• Several Statistical Parameters Are Computed:– Maximum Hourly Average For The Day

– Second Highest Hourly Average For The Day

– Minimum Hourly Average For The Day

– Arithmetic Mean Of The Hourly Averages For The Day

– Standard Deviation (1/N Method) From The Mean

– Data Capture Rate For The Day

• The Same Statistics Are Calculated For The Entire Month

• There Are Lots Of Options Available – Use Them


MONTHLY SUMMARY MAP SELECT

Sites With Red Text Are Active – Grayed Out Sites Are Not Collecting Data


MONTHLY SUMMARY FILTER


MONTHLY SUMMARY FILTER (Cont.)












MONTHLY SUMMARY REPORT



The Maximum Value For Each CAMS Is Highlighted In A Bold Red Font

Exceedances Are Highlighted By A Red Cell

A Minimum Value Is Calculated And Highlighted In A Bold Blue Font


MONTHLY SUMMARY (Cont.)

A Summary Of The Statistical Values For The Entire Month Are Computed And Displayed At The Bottom Of The Table

Successive Tables Are Generated For Each Parameter Selected – Use The Printer Friendly Format Option To Print


POLLUTION DATA BY PARAMETER

• If You Need Direct Access To The 5-Minute Data Or To Hourly Averages, This Is The Web Page For You

• You Select A Site, A Pollutant, A Starting Date, And How Many Days You Want The Data To Cover

• You Can Look At Tabular (Webified) Or Comma-Delimited Outputs

• The Comma-Delimited Outputs Can Be Saved And Imported Directly Into Another Program, Such As A Spreadsheet

• This Is Useful When Looking For Data Dropouts, Or Other Problems Where You Need To View The 5-Minute Averages


DATA BY PARAMETER FILTER

Select A CAMS Here

Select How Many Days To Report Over

Select The Start Date For The Report

Select A Parameter Select Whether You Want 5-Minute Or One-Hour Data

These Allow You To Turn Output Columns Off - Clear The Checkmark To Turn Off A Column

Select The Time Zone You Want – That’s Local Standard Time For The Monitoring Site

Select Whether You Want A Table Or Comma-Delimited


POLLUTION DATA BY PARAMETER

Webified Comma-Delimited


CAMS DATA PRINTOUT

• This Web Page Also Provides Access To The Five-Minute Data (As Well As Hourly Averages)

• This Web Page Will Produce A Report Of All Parameters Measured At A Site

• You Select A Site, A Starting Date, And How Many Days You Want The Data To Cover

• You Can Also To Choose Exactly Which Parameters Will Appear In The Report

• You Can Look At Tabular (Webified) Or Comma-Delimited Outputs

• The Comma-Delimited Outputs Can Be Saved And Imported Directly Into Another Program, Such As A Spreadsheet


CAMS DATA PRINTOUT FILTER

Select A CAMS Here

Select How Many Days To Report Over

Select The Start Date For The Report

Select Whether You Want 5-Minute Or One-Hour Data

Select The Time Zone You Want – That’s Local Standard Time For The Monitoring Site



CAMS DATA PRINTOUT FILTER (Cont.)

These Checkboxes Allow You To Control Exactly Which Parameters Appear On The Report


CAMS DATA PRINTOUT


FIVE-MINUTE QUICK-LOOK

• This Report Provides Access To Five-Minute Data Records

• You Can View Any Parameter Measured

• You Can View Between Two To Six Hours Of Data

• The Report Will Pull Up All Sites Measuring The Parameter You Select


FIVE-MINUTE QUICK-LOOK

The Report Defaults To The Last 2 Hours Of Ozone Data

Select A Parameter Here

Select How Many Hours Of Data To Display

The Local PC Time Is What Is Reported By Your Computer – It May Or May Not Be Correct, Depending Upon Whether Or Not You Sync Your Clock Regularly


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OZONE-SPECIFIC REPORTS

• Map Of Current Ozone Levels

• Ozone Warning Status

• Ozone Summary

• Ozone Exceedance

• Peak One-Hour Ozone

• Ozone 8-Hour Attainment

• Ozone 8-Hour 4 Highest

• Ozone 8-Hour Monthly Summary

• Ozone 8-Hour High Value Days


CURRENT OZONE LEVELS

• A Map Showing The Latest Hourly Ozone Levels

• This Map Is Automatically Generated Once An Hour

• The Colors For Values Below 125 ppb Are Mapped To The “Old Pre 8-Hour Standard” One-Hour Standards – The Color Breakpoints Can Be Defined With A Modicum Of Effort (Requires Modifying A Perl Script)

• There Is An Overall Map Showing The Highest Ozone Level Measured In Each Area (Corresponds To Airsheds)

• From The Overall Map, Clicking On A Box Will Bring Up A Detailed Area Map Showing Levels At All Sites Measuring Ozone In The Area


CURRENT OVERALL OZONE LEVELS


CURRENT AREA OZONE LEVELS


OZONE WARNING STATUS

• As The Current Ozone Maps Are Created, The Data Is Scanned For Any Values Exceeding Predefined Set Points

• These Set Points Can Be Defined For Each Airshed And Are Set In A Perl Script

• The Actual Output Is A Small Text File

• This Web Page Reads And Formats This Small File And Provides An Interface Into The Current Warning Level For Each Airshed

• The Page Provides Links Back To The Area Current Ozone Level Maps

• Warnings May Be Disseminated To The Public


OZONE WARNING STATUS


OZONE SUMMARY

• This Report Summarizes The One-Hour And Eight-Hour Ozone Measurements For Each Airshed Over An Entire Year (Or Year To Date For The Current Year)

• Any One-Hour Averages Above 125 ppb And Any Eight-Hour Averages Above 85 ppb Will Be Included In This Report

• The Table Shows The Highest One-Hour Average And The Date It Occurred

• The Table Shows The Highest Eight-Hour Average And The Date It Occurred

• A Summary Of How Many Days Had High One-Hour Or Eight-Hour Averages Is Also Included


OZONE SUMMARY


OZONE EXCEEDANCE

• A Detailed Report Of All One Hour Ozone Exceedances For A Specified Year

• You Select A Year, The Current Year Is Reported As Year To Date

• You May Sort The Report By Various Columns

• Maximum Values For Each Day Of Exceedance And The Number Of Hours Of Exceedance Are Tabulated

• The Time Reported Is Always The LOCAL STANDARD TIME Of The Monitoring Site


OZONE EXCEEDANCE

Use The Sort By Selection List To Sort The Table By Different Parameters

The Report Defaults To The Current Year Sorted By Maximum Value

Select A Different Year Here

You Can Create A Tabular (Webified) Or A Comma-Delimited Report



PEAK ONE-HOUR OZONE

• A Detailed Report Of The Daily Peak One-Hour Ozone Values

• The Report Spans One Month

• You Select A Year And Month

• You Can Select To Include The Time The High Value Occurred

• There Are Options To Highlight Values Using The AQI Colors


PEAK ONE-HOUR OZONE

Select A Different Month And Year


You Can Select To Have The Report Include The Time Of The Peak 1-Hour Average – This Time Will Be The Local Standard Time At The Monitoring Site


OZONE 8-HOUR STANDARD

• The EPA Standards For Ozone Exceedance Are Based On An 8-Hour Running Average

• The Fourth Highest 8-Hour Averages For The Last Three Years Are Averaged Together

• If This Averaged Value Is Greater Than .08 Parts Per Million At Any Reporting Station In A Metropolitan Area, That Area Is Considered To Be In Non-Attainment

• There Are A Family Of Web Pages Designed To Allow You To Examine 8-Hour Ozone Averages


OZONE EIGHT-HOUR ATTAINMENT

• This Web Page Provides A Summary Of The Four Highest 8-Hour Running Averages For All Ozone Monitors In The LEADS Network For The Year To Date

• The Data Is Automatically Generated Once An Hour And Covers From January 1, 1997 To The Present

• The Report Shows The Four Highest 8-Hour Running Averages Calculated At Each Site And The Date And Time They Occurred

• You Can Select Which Year You Want And The Report Output Format - Tabular (Web-Based) Or Comma-Delimited


OZONE EIGHT-HOUR ATTAINMENT


OZONE EIGHT-HOUR 4 HIGHEST

• This Web Page Provides A Summary Of The Four Highest 8-Hour Running Averages For All Ozone Monitors In The LEADS Network For The Year To Date

• The Data Is Automatically Generated Once An Hour

• The Report Shows The Four Highest 8-Hour Running Averages Calculated At Each Site And The Date And Time They Occurred

• You Can Select Which Year You Want And The Report Output Format - Tabular (Web-Based) Or Comma-Delimited

• The Time Reported Is Always The LOCAL STANDARD Time Of The Monitoring Site


OZONE EIGHT-HOUR 4 HIGHEST

Values Are Highlighted With AQI Colors (If Selected)

Any Red Highlights In The Fourth Highest Column Indicate A Potential Exceedance

Select The Year You Are Interested In

You Have A Choice Of Report Formats

This Report Defaults To The Current Year And A Tabular Format


EIGHT-HOUR MONTHLY SUMMARY

• This Web Page Provides A Summary Of The Daily Peak 8-Hour Running Averages For All Ozone Monitors In The LEADS Network

• You Can Select Any Month (Since Sites Were Brought On Line)

• You Select The Month And Year You Want, The Report Format, And Whether Or Not You Want To Include The Time The Peak 8-Hour Average Occurred


EIGHT-HOUR MONTHLY SUMMARY

Averages Are Highlighted With AQI Colors (If Selected)

NV Indicates Less Than 18 Valid 8-Hour Averages Could Be Calculated

Select The Month And Year You Want

You Can Select To Have The Report Include The Time Of The Peak 8-Hour Average – This Time Will Always Be The Local Standard Time For The Monitoring Site


This Report Defaults To The Current Month And Year, Tabular Format, Do Not Include Time

NA Indicates No Data Collected


OZONE EIGHT-HOUR HIGH VALUES

• This Web Page Summarizes All Ozone Eight-Hour Running Averages That Meet Or Exceed 85 ppb And The Time The Peak Occurred

• It Is Almost Identical To The One-Hour Ozone Exceedance Web Page

• You Select A Year, A Sort Order, And A Report Format

• The Time Reported Is Always The LOCAL STANDARD TIME For The Monitoring Site


EIGHT-HOUR HIGH VALUES

Select The Year You Want

Select The Report Format You Want

Select The Sort Order You Want

This Report Defaults To The Current Year Sorted By Maximum Value



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TARGETED REPORTS

• High Values

• Average Sum Pollutant Summary

• EPA Quick Look

• Daily Mean Values


HIGH VALUES

• A Summary Of High Values For All Pollutants At A Particular CAMS

• There Is A Preprogrammed Threshold For Each Pollutant

• The Overall Summary Only Alerts You To A High Value - You Don’t Know Which Pollutant Or How High It Was

• The Individual Summary Only Shows You The Highest Value Recorded For A Particular Pollutant - You Don’t Know How Many Other High Values There Were

• This Web Page Produces A Summary Of All Pollutant Concentrations That Exceed The Appropriate Threshold And The Date/Time They Occurred

• This Is The Same Report That Is Available Under The CAMS Status Reports Family Of Reports


HIGH VALUES

• The High Value Limits Are Arbitrary And Are Applied To An Hourly Average For Each Parameter. Most Of The High Value Limits Do Not Have Corresponding NAAQS.

• Current High Value Limits:

• CO > 8 ppm• O3 > 95 ppb• SO2 > 140 ppb• H2S > 5 ppb• NO > 500 ppb• NO2 > 50 ppb• NOx > 500 ppb• NOy > 500 ppb• NOz > 500 ppb

• The Time Reported Is Always The Local Standard Time For The Monitoring Site


AVERAGE SUM POLLUTANT

• A Highly Detailed Report Containing Many Statistics

• Covers A Single Pollutant For The Time Period You Selected

• You Can Select To Look At All Sites, Sites In A Particular Region, Sites In A Particular County, Or Just One Site

• The Report Is Ordered By CAMS Number

• You Have Complete Control Over The Calculated Parameters That Are Output

• Some Parameters Are Only Calculated For Specific Parameters – The Filter Page Notes These

• All Times Reported Are In LOCAL STANDARD TIME For The Monitoring Site


AVERAGE SUM POLLUTANT FILTER

Select The Time Span You Want The Report To Cover Here - You Must Select A Time Span

Select The Pollutant You Want The Report To Cover Here

You Can Change Exceedance Values Here (Or Accept The EPA Standards As The Default)



Select A Report Format

Click Here To Generate The Report OR You Can Set Additional Options

Select The Sites You Want The Report To Cover Here - If You Don’t Change Anything Here, You Get All Sites



You Can Customize Your Average Sum Pollutant Report To Include Only The Statistics You Desire

By Default The Report Contains All Possible Statistics For The Parameter You Select



You Can Customize Your Average Sum Pollutant Report To Include Only The Statistics You Desire

By Default The Report Contains All Possible Statistics For The Parameter You Select



The Top Of The Page Summarizes The Selections You Made On The Filter Page




EPA QUICK LOOK

• This Report Emulates The EPA Quick Look Report That Can Be Generated From The AQS Database

• This Allows You To Compare Your Local Database With What Has Been Uploaded To The AQS Database

• You Don’t Have To Wait For Data Uploads To AQS In Order To Produce This Report

• This Report Defaults To Report ONLY Validated Data

• This Report Will Allow You To Include Non-Validated Data – You May Need To Set This Option To See Anything In Your Report

• The Various Reports For The Different Parameters Are Slightly Different – Depending Upon What The Actual EPA Quick Look Report For That Parameter Includes


EPA QUICK LOOK


DAILY MEAN VALUES

• As Part Of Its Automatic Background Processing, The LEADS System Computes Daily Averages For A Group Of Parameters

• Parameters Currently Include

• PM-2.5 Concentration

• PM-10 Concentration

• Sulfur Dioxide

• Ozone

• The List Of Parameters That Have Daily Averages Computed Can Be Increased To Include Any Parameters Of Interest


DAILY MEAN VALUES FILTER

When You Select A Site Here, The System Will Scan To See Which Parameters Are Available For This Site – There Will Be A Window Pop Up While This Is Happening; Please Allow The Window To Close Itself


DAILY MEAN VALUES


DAILY MEAN VALUES (Cont.)

Overall Yearly Summaries For The Current And Previous Years Are Shown Here


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