1. Québec Integrated Air Quality network Midterm review Oct. 25-26-27 2004

2. Objectives Air Quality Index reporting Trends PM and ozone mapping Air quality forecasting (Info-Smog) Canada wide Standards for O 3 and PM 2.5 Others (pop. exposure, intercomparison, environmental assessment, transboundary influence, etc.)

3. 2004 Air Quality network

4. St-Anicet Site location: Agricultural area. Upwind of Montreal. CORE site. Continuous measurements: O 3, PM 2.5, NO, NO y, CO, met. Air quality samplers: PM 2.5 speciation, VOC, aldehydes Other CORE measurements: CO 2 and Hg flux, Hg and toxics (air and precip) Objectives: Research, CWS, AQFcst, AQI, transboundary influence, trends

5. L’Assomption Site location: Suburban with agricultural activities. Downwind of Montreal. Continuous measurements: O 3, PM 2.5, CO, met. Air quality samplers: VOC, aldehydes Objectives: CWS, AQFcst, AQI, Impact of Montreal

6. Rivière-des-Prairies Site location: Residential area. Downwind of Montreal. Highly influenced by woodsmoke. Partner: Ville de Montréal Continuous measurements: O 3, PM 2.5 (BAM-SH, TEOM-SES, TEOM-FDMS), PAH analyzer, CO, met. Air quality samplers: VOC, aldehydes, PAH, Dichot partisol Objectives: CWS, AQFcst, AQI, Impact of Montreal, population exposure, woodsmoke study, PM intercomparison site

7. L’Acadie Site location: Agricultural area. Crosswind of Montreal. Richelieu valley (North end of the Lake Champlain watershed). Partner: MENV, Vermont state Continuous measurements: O 3, PM 2.5 (BAM-SH, TEOM-SES), NO x, met. Air quality samplers: FRM (analysis done by Vermont lab) Objectives: CWS, AQFcst, AQI, transboundary influence, PM intercomparison site

8. St-Faustin Site location: Forested area. Crosswind of Montreal. Elevated site (Laurentians, 411 m ASL). Partner: MENV Continuous measurements: O 3, PM 2.5, met. Air quality samplers: None Objectives: CWS, AQFcst, AQI, background site

9. Lemieux Site location: Agricultural area (cranberry fields). Mid way between Montreal and Quebec City Continuous measurements: O 3, PM 2.5, met. Air quality samplers: VOC Objectives: CWS, AQFcst, AQI, trends

10. Real time data Hourly download and transfer to AIRNOW (ozone and PM mapping, SQCN bulletins) MENV Air Quality Index web site (updated hourly) Hourly comparison against Air Quality forecast (Automatic system watch) Air quality forecast – data assimilation Available for QC Region emergency response team Displayed in regional EP office (updated hourly)

11. QA/QC Hourly comparison against Air quality forecast (Automatic system watch) Daily zero/span except for PM CO: hourly zero (base line drift compensation) Daily download for QA/QC (complete raw data) Audited twice a year Validated twice a year

12. Other AQ sites operated by EC-QR CAPMoN Mingan Mingan Frelighsburg Frelighsburg Chapais Chapais Lac Édouard Lac Édouard La Grande IV La Grande IVResearch Kuujjuarapik Kuujjuarapik Baie St-François Baie St-François Yamaska YamaskaVarennes