Air Quality Health Index Observations

Air Quality Health Index Observations The Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is a scale designed to help quantify the quality of the air in a certain region on a scale from 1 to 10. When the amount of air pollution is very high, the number is reported as 10+. It also includes a category that describes the health risk associated with the index reading (e.g. Low, Moderate, High, or Very High Health Risk). The AQHI is calculated based on the relative risks of a combination of common air pollutants that are known to harm human health, including ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and nitrogen dioxide. The AQHI formulation captures only the short term or acute health risk (exposure of hour or days at a maximum). The formulation of the AQHI may change over time to reflect new understanding associated with air pollution health effects. The AQHI is calculated from data observed in real time, without being verified (quality control). 2024-05-17 Environment and Climate Change Canada ECWeather-Meteo@ec.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyAirAir qualityHealth hazardsAir pollutionProvide Weather Information Products and ServicesDeliver Weather Products and Services to ClientsMeteorological Service of CanadaWeather and Environmental OperationsUnclassifiedNational (CA) MSC DatamartCSV https://dd.weather.gc.ca/air_quality/aqhi MSC DatamartCSV https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/air_quality/aqhi MSC Datamart AMQPCSV amqps://dd.weather.gc.ca/air_quality.aqhi# MSC Datamart AMQPCSV amqps://dd.meteo.gc.ca/air_quality.aqhi# MSC GeoMet-OGC-APIJSON https://api.weather.gc.ca/collections/aqhi-observations-realtime MSC GeoMet-OGC-APIJSON https://api.meteo.gc.ca/collections/aqhi-observations-realtime MSC Open Data documentationHTML https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/msc-data/aqhi/readme_aqhi_en/ MSC Open Data documentationHTML https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/msc-data/aqhi/readme_aqhi_fr/

The Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is a scale designed to help quantify the quality of the air in a certain region on a scale from 1 to 10. When the amount of air pollution is very high, the number is reported as 10+. It also includes a category that describes the health risk associated with the index reading (e.g. Low, Moderate, High, or Very High Health Risk). The AQHI is calculated based on the relative risks of a combination of common air pollutants that are known to harm human health, including ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and nitrogen dioxide. The AQHI formulation captures only the short term or acute health risk (exposure of hour or days at a maximum). The formulation of the AQHI may change over time to reflect new understanding associated with air pollution health effects. The AQHI is calculated from data observed in real time, without being verified (quality control).

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