epa-aqs

is a Data Source.

It is part of the BER collection.

The Air Quality System (AQS) is the US Environmental Protection Agency's repository of ambient air-quality monitoring data, assembled to support air quality assessments, area designations, modeling for permit review, and reports to Congress mandated by the Clean Air Act. It holds pollutant measurements from thousands of monitoring stations operated by EPA, state, local, and tribal agencies, along with meteorological data, station location information, and quality-assurance records. AQS data are exposed programmatically through a public REST API that returns JSON. AQS is an upstream data source for the KnowWhereGraph.

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Products

From this Resource
ID Name URL Category Format Description
epa-aqs.landing EPA Air Quality System (AQS) landing page aqs GraphicalInterface http The AQS landing page describing the A...
epa-aqs.api AQS Data API data_api.html ProgrammingInterface http The AQS Data API, a public REST web s...
From other Resources
ID Name URL Category Format Relation Description
knowwheregraph.graph KnowWhereGraph RDF Knowledge Graph knowwheregraph.org GraphProduct rdfxml had primary source KnowWhereGraph knowledge graph with 2...

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Description

The EPA Air Quality System (AQS) is the US Environmental Protection Agency’s repository of ambient air-quality monitoring data. It assists in air quality assessments, area designations, modeling for permit review, and the preparation of reports to Congress as mandated by the Clean Air Act.

AQS contains pollutant measurements collected from thousands of monitoring stations operated by EPA, state, local, and tribal air-pollution control agencies, together with meteorological data, station location information, and quality-assurance records. The data are an upstream source for the KnowWhereGraph.

Products

  • EPA Air Quality System (AQS) landing page — the AQS homepage providing access to data, tools, and documentation.
  • AQS Data API — a public REST web service returning JSON for programmatic access to ambient air-quality sample data and related metadata.

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Created: June 18, 2026 | Last modified: June 18, 2026