ʻO ka Air Quality Index (AQI) kahi hōʻike o nā pae hoʻohaumia 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 ke ʻano o ka ea.
Ma muli o nā kūlana maikaʻi o ka ea pekelala, hoʻokomo ka AQI i nā ana no ʻeono mau mea haumia nui o ka ea: ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, a me ʻelua mau nui o nā mea particulate. Ma ka ʻĀpana ʻo Bay, ʻo nā mea haumia e hoʻāla nui ai i kahi Spare the Air Alert ʻo ia ka ozone, ma waena o ʻApelila a me ʻOkakopa, a me nā mea particulate, ma waena o Nowemapa a me Pepeluali.
ʻO kēlā me kēia helu AQI e pili ana i nā nui kikoʻī o ka haumia i ka lewa. No ka hapa nui o nā mea haumia ʻeono i hōʻike ʻia e ka pakuhi AQI, kūlike ke kūlana pekelala me kahi helu o 100. Inā piʻi ka nui 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
Kaulike (M)
101-150
ʻAʻole olakino no nā hui koʻikoʻi (USG)
151-200
Ola kino ʻole (U)
201-300
Ola Kino Loa (VH)
301-500
Pōʻino (H)
ʻAʻole pono e hoʻopilikia nā heluhelu ma lalo o 100 ma ka AQI i ke olakino o ka lehulehu, ʻoiai ʻo nā heluhelu ma ka pae waena o 50 a 100 e hoʻopilikia paha i ka poʻe maʻi ʻē. ʻAʻole loaʻa pinepine nā pae ma luna o 300 ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ke hoʻomākaukau ka ʻĀpana Ea i ka wānana AQI i kēlā me kēia lā, ana ia i ka nui i manaʻo ʻia no kēlā me kēia o nā mea haumia nui ʻeono i hoʻokomo ʻia 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 Spare the Air Alert no ka ʻĀpana Bay ke manaʻo ʻia he maikaʻi ʻole ke ʻano o ka ea ma kekahi o nā wahi hōʻike ʻelima o ka ʻāina.
E hele mai mai https://www.sparetheair.org/understanding-air-quality/reading-the-air-quality-index
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-09-2022