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2002 Particulate Monitoring Network Description
The 2002 California PM2.5 Monitoring Network Description describes the particulate matter monitoring strategy for California through June 2004. Reviewers of a draft of the report included the air districts in California and the U.S. EPA Region IX. The ARB submitted the 2002 Network Description to U.S. EPA Region IX for approval.
The 2002 California PM2.5 Monitoring Network Description can be downloaded as a Microsoft Word file (Word 97 - 1774K) or as an Acrobat file (Acrobat - 922K).
Detailed listings of the PM2.5 monitoring sites, types of monitors deployed at each site, and a summary of PM2.5 mass data collected at each FRM site are available in the following three documents:
  • Appendix A, which provides a table of FRM sites in California along with the operating agency, type of monitor, date of first valid sample, sampling schedule, and supporting lab, can be downloaded as a 106K Microsoft Word file or as a 30K Acrobat file.
  • Appendix B, which includes a table of existing and planned PM2.5 monitoring sites in California along with types of PM2.5 mass and speciation samplers operating at each site, can be downloaded as a 120K Microsoft Word file or as a 36K Acrobat file.
  • Appendix C, which includes a summary of PM2.5 FRM mass data at each monitoring site, can be downloaded as a 290K Microsoft Word file or as a 88K Acrobat file.
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