Community Air Monitoring Fundamentals

Community air quality monitoring consists of local efforts to measure and understand what is in the air a community breathes in. This type of monitoring is often conducted using air sensors or other instruments by community groups or members.

The Community Air Monitoring Fundamentals Webinar Series consists of five sessions that cover:

• Fundamental information on air quality concepts
• How air quality and air monitoring are regulated
• An overview of air quality measurement devices and important concepts for making measurements
• The steps to building an effective air quality monitoring project
• Developing air monitoring objectives
• Managing data
• Selecting equipment
• Creating a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
• Siting a monitoring device
• Installing and operating measurement devices
• Conducting data analysis
• Communicating air monitoring results