Data Validation Training Helps Air Quality Agencies Breathe Easier

Air quality agencies must keep pace with ever-changing pollutant monitoring requirements. Increasingly, many agencies also face the challenge of replacing knowledge that is lost as senior staff retire. Proper training ensures that agency staff have a current and cohesive knowledge base that can be applied consistently across an organization.
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Using real-world scenarios and local examples, Sonoma Technology delivered a workshop to train agency staff on data review, quality control, and quality assurance. Participants examined screening criteria and explored useful data displays for criteria pollutants, speciated PM_2.5, hydrocarbons, air toxics, surface meteorology, and black carbon.