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openaq / openaq-fetch

A tool to collect data for OpenAQ platform.
MIT License
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New data source: Cancer Alley, Louisiana #789

Open TELCoutreach opened 3 years ago

TELCoutreach commented 3 years ago

Hi all, we recently began operating a BAM 1022 monitor for PM2.5 in St. James Parish, Louisiana, in the heart of the industrial corridor (aka Cancer Alley). I'm hoping to get some info about how we might make our data publicly available on OpenAQ. We're operating it as a U.S. EPA Federal Equivalent Method monitor, and the data are generated as a .csv file in a standard format.

four43 commented 3 years ago

Check out publishing to https://www.airnow.gov/ for US stations.

Looks like specifically: https://www.epa.gov/air-sensor-toolbox

TELCoutreach commented 3 years ago

Airnow.gov only reports data from government monitors, but I will reach out to them to confirm. The second link provides information about low cost air sensors; it is not a data reporting site. Because we are a non-government organization operating a professional-grade (i.e. FEM) monitor, neither of these sites provide an option for reporting our data. We cannot report the data through our local or state government, which is why OpenAQ seemed like our best option. Is there someone I can speak to about possibly sending our data directly to OpenAQ?

russbiggs commented 2 years ago

@TELCoutreach email me a russ@openaq.org and we can connect about your FEM monitor