AQI Averages 2015

	A	B	C
1	Variable	Description
2	Site	City of U.S. Embassy
3	Parameter	Type of pollution being measured
4	Date	Date and time of air quality reading
5	Year	Year of air quality reading
6	Month	Month of air quality reading
7	Value	Amount of air pollution present at a given time (AQI)
8	Unit	Unit of measure for air quality report
9	Source
10	1	United States of America Department of State
11		https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqibasics.aqi
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15	Data Notes
16		PM2.5 stands for particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less suspended in the Earth's atmosphere.
17		A value of -999 means that data is missing for that particular hour
18		µg/mg³ means micrograms per cubic meter, and is a standard measure for measuring concentration of airborne pollutants
19		For air quality index (AQI) explanation, see https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t1/memoranda/rg701.pdf
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21	AQI Range	EPA Color Scale	EPA Descriptor
22	0 to 50		Good
23	51 to 100		Moderate
24	101 to 150		Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
25	151 to 200		Unhealthy
26	201 to 300		Very Unhealthy
27	Over 300		Hazardous
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29	For more information, see http://www.air.dnr.state.ga.us/information/aqi.html
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31	Note. Colors on infographic correspond with colors used on DoS website
32		http://www.stateair.net/web/post/1/1.html
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