Module 2 - Quality Assurance and Data Management
This module covered the data management process from data collection to data recording in U.S. EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) and beyond. The basics of quality assurance, quality assessment, and quality control were covered as they relate to the data management process. Attendees received instruction on the use of SOPs, calibration and routine checks, documentation, data validation, AQS, and concluded with the use of monitoring data to make decisions.
Module 2 took place in Southern California on January 14 - 15, 2015 at the Orange County Fire Authority and in Northern California on January 21 - 22, 2015 at California State University, Sacramento.
The topics are listed below with links to the presentations and videos.
Speaker Presentations
Day 1
- Keynote Address- Phillip Fine
- Where Did All This QC Stuff Come From Anyway
- Field QC and Log Books
- Building a Bigger Better Zero Air Generator Certification Process
- Field Calibrations
- The Need for SOPs
- Standards Laboratory
- Life and Times of a PM2.5 Filter
- Data Management
- All Data Considered Valid
- Data Validation Exercises
- Data matrix- one month, hourly PM2.5
- Validation level I
- Validation level 2
- Validation level 3
Day 2
- Quality Assessment and Corrective Action
- TSAs – The Mother of All Audits
- Behind the Clipboard - Performance Evaluation
- Using a Corrective Action Process
- Air Quality Data Action
- Introduction to Databases
- Breakout sessions
- CAMNAT - Scott Nester, Providence Engineering
- AirNow –Tech - Natalie LaGuardia, Sonoma Technology
- iADAM & AQMIS - Mike Redgrave, ARB
- AQS Summary
- Data Certification Presentation A
- Data Certification Presentation B
- Data Quality Report
- Data Analysis