Initiatives

AQI Hub
OpenAQ’s AQI Hub is a comprehensive and user-friendly resource for understanding Air Quality Indexes (AQIs). An AQI translates complex pollutant concentration data into a simple, understandable format so that people can assess their exposure to air pollution and take action to safeguard their...
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Community Ambassador Program
Visit OpenAQ Clean Air Community Ambassador Program to learn all about our leadership training program for emerging air quality leaders in low- and middle-income countries. The program enables an annual cohort of advocates to fight air pollution by utilizing air quality monitoring data in support of...
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Community Engagement
Because data has value only if it is used, OpenAQ introduces potential new users to our data platform and equips users of all abilities with tools to access, understand and use the data. We train groups on how to use the platform, with a focus on reaching potential users who are less data...
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OpenAQ Data Platform: Providing Air Quality Data
OpenAQ’s core function is to make air quality data universally accessible and easy to use. To that end, we work to ingest, aggregate, harmonize and share data on our data platform while ensuring its trustworthiness, reliability and resiliency. Our data platform provides interoperable, temporally...
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Partnership Projects
CLEAN AIR COMPASS OpenAQ is co-leading a collaborative, community-informed initiative to develop a customizable open-source data management system (DMS) for air quality measurement data. This easy-to-use DMS will be available as open-source code for any entity to tailor to their needs, helping to...
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Publications
Air Quality "Data-to-Action" Resource Directory This dynamic directory includes: Web-based resources related to installing and managing air quality monitoring networks and turning data into action A roster of organizations that provide technical support along the “data-to-action” spectrum A...
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