﻿<?xml version="1.0"?><metadata><idinfo><keywords><theme><themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt><themekey>environment</themekey><themekey>geoscientificInformation</themekey></theme><theme><themekt>EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus</themekt><themekey>Air</themekey><themekey>Disaster</themekey><themekey>Emergency</themekey><themekey>Environment</themekey><themekey>Hazards</themekey><themekey>Monitoring</themekey><themekey>Response</themekey><themekey>Toxics</themekey></theme><place><placekt>None</placekt><placekey>Alabama</placekey><placekey>Louisiana</placekey><placekey>Mississippi</placekey><placekey>United States</placekey></place><theme><themekt>User</themekt></theme></keywords><citation><citeinfo><origin>United States Environmental Protection Agency</origin><title>Hurricane Katrina Air Quality Sampling/Daily Monitoring (AQSDM)</title><pubinfo><publish>U.S. EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) - Office of Emergency Management (OEM)</publish><pubplace>Washington, DC</pubplace></pubinfo><pubdate>20130926</pubdate><onlink>https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/OLEM/OLEM-OEM/Katrina_Air_Quality_Sampling_Daily_Monitoring.zip</onlink></citeinfo></citation><timeperd><current>Ground condition</current><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>20050830</begdate><enddate>20060702</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo></timeperd><status><progress>Complete</progress><update>None Planned</update></status><spdom><bounding><westbc>-138.21454852</westbc><eastbc>-12.68151645</eastbc><northbc>61.7110157</northbc><southbc>6.65223303</southbc></bounding></spdom><accconst>None.</accconst><useconst>None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata.  Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.</useconst><descript><abstract>Hurricane Katrina made landfall in August 2005, causing widespread devastation along the Gulf Coast of the United States. EPA emergency response personnel worked with FEMA and state and local agencies to respond to the emergencies throughout the Gulf.</abstract><purpose>The purpose of this dataset is to display results of air sampling and monitoring conducted in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.</purpose></descript><secinfo><secsys>http://project-open-data.github.io/schema/#accessLevel</secsys><secclass>public</secclass><sechandl>Standard Technical Controls</sechandl></secinfo><ptcontac><cntinfo><cntorgp><cntorg>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management - Office of Emergency Management</cntorg><cntper>Josh Krochmal</cntper></cntorgp><cntpos>EDG Steward</cntpos><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.</address><city>Washington</city><state>DC</state><postal>20460</postal></cntaddr><cntvoice>202.564.8753</cntvoice><cntemail>krochmal.josh@epa.gov</cntemail><cntinst>https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/</cntinst></cntinfo></ptcontac></idinfo><dataqual><logic>Tests for integrity have not been performed.</logic><complete>Features represented have not been tested for completeness</complete><posacc><horizpa><horizpar>Data were collected using methods that have unknown accuracy (EPA National Geospatial Data Policy [NGDP] Accuracy Tier 10). For more information, please see EPA's NGDP at http://epa.gov/geospatial/policies.html)</horizpar></horizpa></posacc><lineage><procstep><procdate>20130901</procdate><procdesc>Export Oracle Schema to Excel</procdesc><proccont><cntinfo><cntorgp><cntorg>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management - Office of Emergency Management</cntorg><cntper>Josh Krochmal</cntper></cntorgp><cntpos>EDG Steward</cntpos><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.</address><city>Washington</city><state>DC</state><postal>20460</postal></cntaddr><cntvoice>202.564.8753</cntvoice><cntemail>krochmal.josh@epa.gov</cntemail><cntinst>https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/</cntinst></cntinfo></proccont></procstep></lineage></dataqual><spref><horizsys><geograph><latres>0.000001</latres><longres>0.000001</longres><geogunit>Decimal degrees</geogunit></geograph><geodetic><horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn><ellips>Geodetic Reference System 1980</ellips><semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis><denflat>298.257222</denflat></geodetic></horizsys></spref><distinfo><resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc><distliab>https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html</distliab><distrib><cntinfo><cntorgp><cntorg>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management - Office of Emergency Management</cntorg><cntper>Josh Krochmal</cntper></cntorgp><cntpos>EDG Steward</cntpos><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.</address><city>Washington</city><state>DC</state><postal>20460</postal></cntaddr><cntvoice>202.564.8753</cntvoice><cntemail>krochmal.josh@epa.gov</cntemail><cntinst>https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/</cntinst></cntinfo></distrib></distinfo><metainfo><metd>20160720</metd><metfrd>20200720</metfrd><metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn><metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv><metc><cntinfo><cntorgp><cntorg>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management - Office of Emergency Management</cntorg><cntper>Josh Krochmal</cntper></cntorgp><cntpos>EDG Steward</cntpos><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.</address><city>Washington</city><state>DC</state><postal>20460</postal></cntaddr><cntvoice>202.564.8753</cntvoice><cntemail>krochmal.josh@epa.gov</cntemail><cntinst>https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/</cntinst></cntinfo></metc></metainfo><eainfo><detailed><enttyp><enttypl>Katrina_AQSDM</enttypl><enttypd>Hurricane Katrina Air Quality Sampling/Daily Monitoring (AQSDM)</enttypd><enttypds>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</enttypds></enttyp><attr><attrlabl>ACTUAL_DATE</attrlabl><attrdef>The actual calendar date referred to by an entry in the Date Dimension. This is in the Oracle DateTime format, rather than simple numerical format, like some of the other fields in the Date Dimension.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>FULL_DATE_DESCRIPTION</attrlabl><attrdef>The date with the format: day of the week spelled out, the month spelled out, the date, and the year. E.g. Sunday, January 01, 2006.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>FULL_TIME_DESCRIPTION</attrlabl><attrdef>Time in the format HH:MM:SS AM/PM where HH is on a 24-hour clock.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>SYSTEMATIC_NAME</attrlabl><attrdef>The systematic or scientific name for a substance, formatted to determine line wrapping.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>MOLECULAR_FORMULA</attrlabl><attrdef>The code that represents the number of atoms of each element in a molecule of a chemical substance.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>EPA_NAME</attrlabl><attrdef>The EPA Registry name of a substance, formatted to determine line wrapping.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>CURRENT_CAS_NUMBER</attrlabl><attrdef>The registry number currently assigned by Chemical Abstracts Service to represent a chemical substance.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>DURATION_LENGTH</attrlabl><attrdef>A number representing the length of a sample duration. The units of this number are given in DURATION_UNIT.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>DURATION_UNIT</attrlabl><attrdef>A unit of measure of a sample duration. The magnitude is given in DURATION_LENGTH.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>SAMPLE_COLLECTION_DESC</attrlabl><attrdef>A description of the method used to collect the air or substance sample that was then analyzed to determine the raw data value reported.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>COLLECTION_FREQ_CODE</attrlabl><attrdef>Collection Frequency is how often the monitor collects a sample of air to be analyzed. It does not apply to continuous monitors and is only valid for non-continuous (or "manual") methods. If the Frequency is random, stratified random, or seasonal, then a Sample Schedule must also be provided to the EPA.  Another way to say it is that it's the amount of time that elapses between observations. Indicates how often 24-hour samples are taken, e.g., daily, every third day, stratified random, etc.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>DAILY_INTERVAL</attrlabl><attrdef>This is a field in the AQS Data Mart. Relates to protocol.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>UNIT_ABBR</attrlabl><attrdef>The abbreviation for the units of measure for a parameter.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>UNIT_DESC</attrlabl><attrdef>A text rendition of the units of measure for a sample or aggregate value.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>PROBE_LOCATION</attrlabl><attrdef>The location of the sampling probe.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>UNRESTR_AIR_FLOW_IND</attrlabl><attrdef>Indication of whether the flow of air to the monitor is restricted.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>MEASUREMENT_SCALE_DEFINITION</attrlabl><attrdef>A description of the rough geographic scale that the air quality measurements made by the monitor represent.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>AQS_LAND_USE_TYPE</attrlabl><attrdef>For a site, the prevalent land use within 1/4 mile of that site.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>AQS_STATE_ABBR</attrlabl><attrdef>The two letter postal abbreviation for the state in which a site resides.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>AQS_EPA_REGION_NAME</attrlabl><attrdef>The name of the source of the EPA Registry Name.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>AQS_COUNTY_NAME</attrlabl><attrdef>The name of the U.S. county or county equivalent in which the facility site is physically located.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>AQS_CITY_NAME</attrlabl><attrdef>The city within whose legal boundaries the monitoring site is located.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>AQS_AQCR_DESC</attrlabl><attrdef>Specifies in which of the 247 Air Quality Control Regions (AQCRs) the monitoring site is</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>DATA_ID</attrlabl><attrdef>This field is a unique identifying number for each raw data value. This value is assigned by AQS when the data is loaded. It is copied to the Data Mart to provide (1) a unique ID for each row in the raw data (FACT_MEASUREMENT) table and (2) to provide traceability back to AQS.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>ALTERNATE_MDL</attrlabl><attrdef>The method detectable limit (MDL) defined for the monitor by the QA agency, which</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>UNCERTAINTY_VALUE</attrlabl><attrdef>The measure of method uncertainty associated with the sample data point, which will include components of both the analytical and the volume uncertainty. No blank corrections are assumed (other than laboratory baseline corrections which are an integral part of each analysis).</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>TRANSFORMATION_FLAG</attrlabl><attrdef>This field indicates the source of the data and the types of transformations it underwent during loading into the Data Mart. "A" indicates the value was copied directly from AQS. "N" indicates it was copied directly from AirNow.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>STANDARD_SAMPLE_VALUE</attrlabl><attrdef>The volumetric or mass concentration over the averaging period for the sampling method of the substance in question in the units of measure that EPA has determined to be the standard for that substance.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>REPORTED_SIGNIFICANT_DIGITS</attrlabl><attrdef>Number of significant digits reported in the sample value.</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>REPORTED_sAMPLE_VALUE</attrlabl><attrdef>The value of a sample observation reported in units that may or may not be the standard units of measure for that parameter</attrdef><attrdefs>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Acceptable values vary</udom></attrdomv></attr></detailed></eainfo></metadata>