Data Set Title / Coverage Name: SAA Particulate Matter (PM) Monitoring Sites - Annual PM10 Values SAA Version 3.0 Version Date: 3/21/96 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Identification Information Data Layer Name: annpm10 Description: Particulate Matter (PM) Monitoring Sites in the vicinity of the the Southern Appalachian Asssessment Study Area Annual PM10 values Keywords: particulate matter, pollution, air quality Citation: Native Data Set Environment: UNIX; ARC/INFO 7.0.3 pathname: Scale: n/a File Format: ARC/INFO 7.0.3 Point coverage Use Restrictions: Access Restrictions: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Spatial Reference Information Datum: North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) Precision: single Projection: Albers Equal Area Units: meters Spheroid: WGS-84 1st Std Parallel: 34 00 00 2nd Std Parallel: 38 00 00 Central Meridian: -82 00 00 Origin: 33 00 00 False Northing: 0.0 False Easting: 0.0 Extent: West Bounding Coord.: -840086.022 East Bounding Coord.: 516710.299 North Bounding Coord.: 692762.946 South Bounding Coord.: -827873.155 Distance Resolution: Vertical Resolution: n/a ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Data Quality Information Thematic Accuracy: unknown Confidence: unknown Accuracy Method: unknown Horizontal Accuracy: unknown Confidence: unknown Accuracy Method: unknown Vertical Accuracy: n/a Logical Consistency: Completeness: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information Source Material: Data were obtained from the EPA AIRS database in February 1995 for the following states: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Organization: Date: Distance Resolution: unknown Contribution: Source Material: Organization: Date: Distance Resolution: unknown Contribution: Source Material: Organization: Date: Distance Resolution: unknown Contribution: --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Processing History Information Process Description: Date were retrieved from the EPA's main computer in Research Triangle Park, NC by Richard Guillot of EPA Region IV staff. The ASCII formatted data was downloaded to diskette and given to Bill Jackson (USDA Forest Service, Asheville, NC) who merged the files which were used to build the ArcInfo coverages. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Entity/Attribute Information Entity: ANNPM10.PAT Definition: particluate matter monitoring points Attributes: SITE ID: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Aereometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) number composed of the State FIPS code, County FIPS code, and site ID. LATITUDE: Latitude in decimal degrees LONGITUDE: Longitude in decimal degrees ELEVATION: the elevation of the monitoring site in feet LOC_SET: the location setting of the monitor where 1 = center city, 2 = suburban, and 3 = rural LAND_USE: the land use in the area of the monitoring site where 1 = residential, 2 = commercial, 3 = industrial, 4 = agricultural, 5 = forest, 6 = desert, 7 = mobile, and 8 = blighted area URBAN_AREA: an EPA AIRS code use to designate the monitor is associated with a major city within a state. MONIT_OBJ: the monitoring objective for the site where 1 = maximum concentration, and 2 = population exposure MEAS_SCALE: the measurement scale is micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3) OBS_CNT: the number of valid observations counted for the Time period YR: the year the monitoring data was collected TIME: the time period is for an annual basis FIRST_MAX: the amount of particulate matter 10 microns or smaller (PM10) recorded at the site during the year F_MONTH: the month of the maximum PM10 F_DAY: the day of the maximum PM10 SECOND_MAX: the second highest PM10 recorded at the site during the year S_MONTH: the month of the second highest PM10 S_DAY: the day of the second highest PM10 THIRD_MAX: the third highest PM10 recorded at the site during the year FORTH_MAX: the fourth highest PM10 recorded at the site during the year MINIMUM: the minimum PM10 recorded at the site during the year EPA_FAG: the validity flag code assigned according to AIRS guidance (V = validated value) Entity: Definition: Attributes: Entity: Definition: Attributes: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status Information Data Set Status: Available Release Date: 3/21/96 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Metadata Reference Information Date: 3/20/96 Review Date: Contact: Bill Jackson US Forest Service 160 Zillicoa St Asheville, NC 28804 (704)-257-4815 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Distribution Information Distribution Contact: Karl A. Hermann National Biological Service Cooperative University of Tennessee 17 Ridgeway Road Norris, TN 37828 samab@utk.edu (423)-632-1452 Distribution Liability: File Compression Technique: UNIX compress, Arc/Info export format Transfer Size: --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information Contact Person: Karl A. Hermann Contact Mail Address: National Biological Service Cooperative University of Tennessee 17 Ridgeway Road Norris, TN 37828 Contact Phone: (423)-632-1452 Contact Fax: (423)-632-1612 Contact email: samab@www.lib.utk Home Page for Updates: http://www.lib.utk.edu/samab ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------