ʻO ka Air Quality Index (AQI) kahi hōʻike o nā pae hoʻohaumia o ka ea. Hāʻawi ia i nā helu ma kahi pālākiō ma waena o 0 a me 500 a hoʻohana ʻia e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka wā e manaʻo ʻia ai he maikaʻi ʻole ka maikaʻi o ka ea.
Ma muli o nā kūlana maikaʻi o ka ea federal, loaʻa i ka AQI nā ana no nā mea haumia ea nui ʻeono: ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, a me ʻelua nui o nā mea ʻala. Ma ka Bay Area, ʻo nā mea haumia e koi ai i kahi Spare the Air Alert, ʻo ia ka ozone, ma waena o ʻApelila a me ʻOkakopa, a me nā mea ʻala, ma waena o Nowemapa a me Pepeluali.
ʻO kēlā me kēia helu AQI e pili ana i nā helu kikoʻī o ka haumia i ka lewa. No ka hapa nui o nā mea haumia ʻeono i hōʻike ʻia e ka pakuhi AQI, pili ka maʻamau federal me kahi helu o 100. Inā piʻi ka neʻe ʻana o kahi mea haumia ma luna o 100, hiki ke maikaʻi ʻole ka maikaʻi o ka ea no ka lehulehu.
0-50
Maikaʻi (G)
51-100
Kaumaha (M)
101-150
ʻAʻole maikaʻi no nā hui koʻikoʻi (USG)
151-200
kino kino (U)
201-300
Ola maikaʻi ʻole (VH)
301-500
Pilikia (H)
ʻAʻole pili ka heluhelu ʻana ma lalo o 100 ma ka AQI i ke olakino o ka lehulehu, ʻoiai ʻo ka heluhelu ʻana ma ka pae haʻahaʻa o 50 a hiki i ka 100 hiki ke pili i ka poʻe maʻamau. ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa nā pae ma luna o 300 ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ke hoʻomākaukau ka Apana Ea i ka wanana AQI i kēlā me kēia lā, ana ʻo ia i ka manaʻo i manaʻo ʻia no kēlā me kēia o nā mea haumia nui ʻeono i komo i loko o ka papa kuhikuhi, hoʻololi i nā heluhelu i nā helu AQI, a hōʻike i ka helu AQI kiʻekiʻe loa no kēlā me kēia wahi hōʻike. Kāhea ʻia kahi Alert Spare the Air no ka Bay Area ke manaʻo ʻia he maikaʻi ʻole ka maikaʻi o ka ea ma kekahi o nā ʻāpana hōʻike ʻelima o ka ʻāina.
Hele mai https://www.sparetheair.org/understanding-air-quality/reading-the-air-quality-index
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-09-2022