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OZONE MONITORING, MAPPING, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH: DELIVERING REAL-TIME OZONE INFORMATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY
Citation:
Eastern Research Group, Inc. OZONE MONITORING, MAPPING, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH: DELIVERING REAL-TIME OZONE INFORMATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY. EPA/625/R-99/007, 1999.
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Description:
The U.S. EPA had developed a handbook to help state and local government officials implement ozone monitoring, mapping, and outreach programs. The handbook, called Ozone Monitoring, Mapping, and Public Outreach: Delivering Real-Time Ozone Information to Your Community, provides step-by-step instructions on how to:
Design, site, operate, and maintain an ozone monitoring network.
Install, configure, and operate the Automatic Data Transfer System
Use MapGen software to create still-frame and animated ozone maps.
Develop and outreach plan to communicate information about real-time ozone levels and their health effects to the public.
This handbook was developed by EPA's EMPACT program. The program takes advantage of new technologies that make it possible to provide environmental information to the public in near real time. EMPACT is working with the 86 largest metropolitan areas of the country to help communities in these areas:
Collect, manage and distribute time-relevant environmental information.
Provide their residents with easy-to-understand information they can use in making informed, day-to-day decisions.