Air Quality Index
Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000897
1. An index for reporting daily air quality that characterizes air pollution levels and associated health effects that might be of concern. EPA calculates the AQI for five criteria pollutants. AQI values range from 0 to 500; the higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. AQI values below 100 are generally thought of as satisfactory. When AQI values are above 100, air quality is considered to be unhealthy-at first for certain sensitive groups of people, then for everyone as AQI values get higher. Refer to EPA's AIRNOW website (https://www.airnow.gov/) for more information on the AQI and how it is calculated. The ROE indicator based on the AQI was retired in December 2014.
2. Index for reporting daily air quality that characterizes air pollution levels and associated health effects that might be of concern. EPA calculates the AQI for five criteria pollutants. AQI values range from 0 to 500; the higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. AQI values below 100 are generally thought of as satisfactory. When AQI values are above 100, air quality is considered to be unhealthy-at first for certain sensitive groups of people, then for everyone as AQI values get higher. Refer to EPA's AIRNOW website (https://www.airnow.gov/) for more information on the AQI and how it is calculated. The ROE indicator based on the AQI was retired in December 2014.
3. A nationally uniform index for reporting and forecasting daily air quality. It is used to report on the four most common ambient air pollutants that are regulated under the Clean Air Act: ground-level ozone, particle pollution (PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅), carbon monoxide (CO), and sulfur dioxide (SO₂). The AQI focuses on health effects that may be experienced within a few hours or days after breathing polluted air.
| Identifier | MLC-T-ENV-000897 |
|---|---|
| Field | Environment |
| Subject | Air |
| Abbreviation | AQI |
| References | Report on the Environment (ROE) Glossary; Glossary for Air Pollution Terms in Particle Pollution and Your Patients' Health |
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