Online Sources of Air Quality Statistics

This site provides links to data sources used to produce statistical tables and graphics for the Environmental Statistics site. References have been extracted from the CEQ 1997 Annual Report and updated as of December 31, 2000.

 

Online Reports, Databases, and Websites

Agency Title Abstract
     
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 1999 Annual inventory of anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gases in the United States. HTML format.
  Database of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions A database application with a graphical user interface designed to facilitate independent analysis of the data in the current Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States report through user-defined queries. The application utilizes Microsoft Access.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards National Air Pollutant Emission Trends Report, 1970-1998 Estimates of national anthropogenic emissions of criteria air pollutants from many different source categories. PDF format.
  National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Report, 1999 Data and evaluation of status and trends in U.S. ambient air quality. PDF format.
  Acid Rain Program Emissions Scorecard 2000 Data from affected sources (electric utilities) which continuously monitor their emissions of SO2, NOx, and CO2, heat input and flow under the auspices of the Acid Rain Program. Data from earlier years are available at http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/emissions/index.html

Interagency Title Abstract
     
U.S. Department of Agriculture and collaborating agencies National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network (NADP/NTN) Retrieve data on the chemistry of precipitation from a nationwide network of precipitation monitoring sites. Several query options available. HTML format.

 

Last Updated on Monday, July 30, 2001