Visibility & Particulate Matter

General Description

Air Quality Inventory and related assessment are being overseen by the NPS, Air Resources Division. The NPS air quality monitoring program has three primary components: visibility, atmospheric deposition, and gaseous pollutant monitoring. In addition, meteorological monitoring is conducted at many locations to aid in the interpretation of measured air pollution levels.

The NPS Air Resources Division does its air quality monitoring in cooperation with other agencies. Whenever possible data is submitted to national archives, such as the EPA AIRS database. Summaries and interpretation of the NPS air quality are best obtained from published reports or data summary reports. In many cases the coordinating organization is the best source for packaged data files, summary maps, and tables

The Southwest Alaska Network is close to the Tuxedni Wilderness Area, where US Fish and Wildlife are monitoring the Air Quality.