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GeoPlatform.gov

Air emissions data Air quality data

Description

Aggregates emission and air quality data from agencies like the EPA, NOAA, and NASA.

Questions this resource can help answer

Where are the high-emission facilities located relative to vulnerable populations?
Which monitoring stations are currently showing 'Unhealthy' air quality due to a specific event?

How do I use this resource?

Search, map and export emissions and air quality data

Resource information

Resource owner

Format

Other

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Update Frequency

Daily

Geographic Coverage

United States

Technical specifications

Methodology

Crawls the internal geospatial catalogs of agencies (like the EPA GeoPlatform Online) and creates "Searchable Records."

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GeoPlatform.gov

Description

Questions this resource can help answer

How do I use this resource?

Resource information

Technical specifications

Related resources

NOAA Air Resources Laboratory

Colorado Air Pollution Control Division Map Portal

CoST

AQview: Community Air Quality Viewer

MOVES

SMOKE

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