US Air Quality Index category
ID us_aqi_category
DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft
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Category of the Air Quality Index of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), reported by AirNow and state agencies for ozone, particle pollution and other pollutants. There are six categories by index value: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300) and Hazardous (301 and higher); each has a colour from green to maroon.
- Categories
- Environment (protected areas, biodiversity, water, weather, emissions, waste)
- Countries
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Quality
- 80/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^(?:Good|Moderate|Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups|Unhealthy|Very Unhealthy|Hazardous)$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Moderate | Index value 51 to 100; AirNow AQI basics |
| Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | Index value 101 to 150; AirNow AQI basics |
| Fair invalid | A band of the European Air Quality Index, not a US AQI category |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Категория индекса качества воздуха США (AQI) | Категория индекса качества воздуха Агентства по охране окружающей среды США — от Good (0–50) до Hazardous (301 и выше), всего шесть категорий. |
Sources
- doc: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_quality_index
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/us_aqi_category - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
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data/datatypes/US/environment/us_aqi_category.yamlon GitHub