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Good Practice Guide for Air Quality Monitoring and Data Management

December 2000, Ref. ME369

This guide contains information on ambient air quality monitoring and how to look after and present monitoring data once it is collected. It recommends a process for developing a regional air quality monitoring programme, discusses and recommends monitoring methods, describes basic quality assurance procedures and recommends ways to present data clearly and effectively.

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Why Monitor? - Programme Objectives
  3. What to Monitor? - Choosing Contaminants
  4. How to Monitor? - Methods
  5. Where to Monitor? - Site Selection
  6. Equipment Maintenance and Inspection
  7. Recording Site and Auxiliary Information
  8. Data Management Protocols
  9. Displaying Results
  10. Storing and Archiving Data
  11. Calculating and Displaying Summary Statistics
  12. References

 

 

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