Air Quality Estimates for the Inventory and Monitoring Program
Overview
The materials on this page have been developed specifically for the NPS Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) program using the GIS resource materials of Air Atlas. All the maps and estimates for individual parks are also available from the Air Atlas maps in the Highlights box at the top of the main Air Atlas page.
The PowerPoint, Excel, and PDF files below require the free PowerPoint, Excel, and PDF viewers.
Tables of Air Atlas air quality estimates for 2003–2007
- Recommendations for Basic Air Quality Condition Estimates (pdf, 27kb)
- Air Quality Estimates 2003 – 2007 (pdf, 83kb)
- Assessing Air Quality Conditions (pdf, 41kb) — This document describes an approach for using air quality estimates to assess air quality condition(s)
Tables of Air Atlas air quality estimates for 1999 - 2003
- Dry Deposition network (pdf 39 kb)
- Ozone monitoring networks (pdf 46 kb)
- Visibility monitoring network (pdf 39 kb)
- Wet deposition network (pdf 52 kb)
Maps of air quality estimates from Air Atlas in PowerPoint 1995 - 1999
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- Ozone monitoring networks - 407 kb
- Wet deposition network - 359 kb
- Dry deposition network - 117 kb
- Visibility monitoring network - 130 kb
- Particulate matter monitoring (PM2.5) - 85 kb
Air quality estimates for each of the I & M parks 1995 - 1999
- Excel table of pollutant estimates - lower 48 states only
- definitions of air quality statistical parameters (PDF, 28kb)
Monitoring near parks
- Maps showing network monitors and parks (ppt)
- ozone (gif)
- visibility (gif)
- wet deposition (gif)
- mercury (gif)
The maps below are examples of some of the maps developed for the I & M program. Click on an image to view a larger picture.
Location of parks in ozone nonattainment areas. Several parks issue ozone warnings during the summer.
Location of Deposition Monitoring Stations
Location of Ozone Monitoring Stations
Location of Visibility Monitoring Stations