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Welcome to the Detroit Air Quality Center
This site is a centralized collection of air quality monitoring efforts and information from the City of Detroit. On this page, you can interact with our dashboard for real-time air quality monitoring data across the city, stay up-to-date on current and past air quality, explore additional resources, and read and learn more about air quality monitoring, regulations, and human health.
City of Detroit Air Quality 1st Quarter Training Presentation
Air Quality Index (AQI)
AQI is EPA’s tool for categorizing and communicating air quality into levels of health concern, with specific information for which groups of people may be affected and preventative measures to reduce exposure.(4) The AQI includes six color-coded categories providing a different level of health concern, each corresponding to a range of index values. Each category provides additional information regarding protection of public health, including direction for specific subsets of the population.
U.S. EPA, available at: https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/
Additional Air Quality Resources:
State of Michigan Air Quality Division MiAir: Michigan-wide Dashboard, including monitors within Detroit
JustAir: Dashboard providing air quality information from Wayne County monitors, Green Door Initiative monitors, and Wayne County Port Authority.
Meet the Monitors
Teledyne T640x
This is a real-time, continuous particulate matter (PM) mass monitor that measures PM 2.5, 10, and coarse PM (the difference between PM10 and PM2.5) in the ambient air. This is a certified federal equivalent method (FEM) monitor. FEM monitors measure to the equivalent level to federal reference monitors, highly accurate monitors approved by the EPA to measure compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The data obtained from FEM's are held to rigorous quality assurance standards.
TSP Sampler
A total suspended particulate (TSP) sampler is used for the collection of particulate matter in ambient air with no preference to size selection. Air is passed through a filter which is then analyzed for specific materials such as metals.
Clarity Monitor Solar-Powered, Real Time Portable Monitor
These low-cost, solar-powered monitors measure PM2.5 and PM10, and are placed in areas where the city needs more information on the air quality. These monitors can be used to measure pollutant levels within communities or monitor hot spots.