Links: Further Study
REAL TIME AIR POLLUTION SITES THROUGHOUT THE US
Web Cam sites
THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE
Grand Canyon National Park. Real time pictures of the park and ozone air pollution information and data.
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/air//webcams/parks/grcacam/grcacam.htm
THE US FORESTRY SERVICE
air quality images in real time. They're responsible for managing the National Forest and protecting them from the adverse affects of air pollution. Air pollution can harm sensitive vegetation, acidify lakes and streams, and impairs the scenic vistas of America's wildlands.
http://www.fsvisimages.com
NORTHEAST
CAMNET brings you live pictures and corresponding air quality condition of urban and rural vistas in the Northeast. A project of NESCAUM.
http://www.hazecam.net
WYOMING
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality- Air Quality Division (AQD) brings you live air quality data and images from our Visibility Monitoring Network.
http://www.wyvisnet.com
NORTH CAROLINA
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/air/webcams/parks/grcacam/grcacam.htm
MIDWEST
http://www.mwhazecam.net
PHEONIX - THE ARIZONA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
http://www.phoenixvis.net
WINSTON-SALEM NORTH CAROLINA - THE FORSYTH COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DEPT.
http://www.sehazecam.net
Other Non Web Cam Sites
GLOBE SCHOOLS & TEACHERS
GLOBE SCHOOLS
Zikua® and our Eco Badge Test Cards are the official choice for the over 15,000 schools worldwide that study surface ozone air pollution.
http://www.globe.gov
In their teacher's guide go to: Atmosphere Chapter and then click on Atmosphere Investigation at a Glance, and then under protocols go to Surface Ozone Protocol.
http://archive.globe.gov/tctg/tgchapter.jsp?sectionId=1
Exposing the Ozone Test Strip - Field Guide
http://archive.globe.gov/tctg/atmo_fg_exposeozone.pdf?sectionId=335
Reading the Ozone Test Strip - Field Guide
http://archive.globe.gov/tctg/atmo_fg_readingozone.pdf?sectionId=336
Ozone Data Sheet
http://archive.globe.gov/tctg/atmo_ds_ozone.pdf?sectionId=296
-- Surface ozone protocol PDF
http://archive.globe.gov/sda/tg/ozone.pdf
NATIONAL
State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators of the Association of Air Pollution Control Officials
http://www.cleanairworld.org
Szigg.net - Web Directory
The Environmental Council of the States
http://www.ecos.org/section/_aboutecos
Clear The Air is a national public education campaign to improve air quality by reducing emissions from coal-burning power plants.
http://www.cleartheair.org
North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone. NARSTO is a public/private partnership, whose membership spans government, the utilities, industry, and academe throughout Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
http://www.narsto.com
EASTERN UNITED STATES
Univ. of Rochester Medical Center/Dept of Environmental Medicine
http://www2.envmed.rochester.edu/envmed
EPA New England Ozone Map
http://www.epa.gov/ne/aqi/index.html
The Ozone Forecasting Program
http://www.mde.state.md.us/arma/Programs/Aqplan/Ozone/forcast.html
Air Now (real time) for Maryland
http://www.air-watch.net
WESTERN UNITED STATES
South Coast AQMD Real Time Ozone Data
http://www.aqmd.gov/telemweb/areamap.aspx
Current air quality data
http://www.aqmd.gov/telemweb/Reading.html
California Air Resources Board
http://www.arb.ca.gov/homepage.htm
OZONE LAYER SITES
Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone
The Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment (ASHOE) is designed to examine the causes of ozone loss in the Southern Hemisphere lower stratosphere and to investigate how the loss is related to polar, mid-latitude, and tropical processes.
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/ozone/ozone.html
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/ozone/totalozone.gif
ENVIRONMENTAL SITES
Environmental Defense
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm
Global Warming
http://www.undoit.org/home.cfm
Eco Badge® and Zikua® programs at Environmental Defense
http://www.cleartheair.org
CleanAirNow.org is a project of the state Public Interest Research Groups, an alliance of state-based, citizen-funded public interest advocacy organizations.
http://www.google.com/u/envdef?serch=Zikua+outreach+program&linkID=1&q=Zikua+outreach+program&x=37&y=12
CNIE ...Committee for the National Institute for the Environment
http://www.cnie.org
Indoor Air Pollution
Aerias is, in my opinion, the premier source for indoor air quality information. This link is for office air quality issues.
Ozone air pollution explained
http://www.aerias.org/DesktopModules/ArticleDetail.aspx?articleId=100
Ozone in the office
http://www.aerias.org/kview.asp?DocId=100&spaceid=2&subid=16
International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy
ASTHMA/ALLERGY GROUPS
Allergy Nursing
http://www.allergynursing.com
Medlineplus This site is a data base for all health issues and is quite good on environmental issues; asthma and allergies.
http://medlineplus.gov
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
http://www.aaaai.org
IMPORTANT RESEARCH STUDIES AND PUBLICATIONS
Children's Health Study
Conducted from 1992 thru January 2002. The researchers studied the affect of ozone air pollution on 5500 students in twelve communities (2/3's of which were 4th graders).
http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/chs/chs.htm
Earth Policy Institute
http://www.earth-policy.org
The British Medical Journal
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com
EXCELLENT PERIODICALS:
Pollution on Line - info@pollutiononline.com an excellent e-line publication.
http://www.pollutiononline.com/content/homepage/default.asp?VNETCOOKIE=NOl
I subscribe to this and you should too. It's free.
Air Daily--a subscription magazine and the best source for daily information on: air quality regulations; legal issues; and political squabbling.
http://www.argusonline.com/wwwroot/pa-html/products/ArgusHome/adaily.html
