Monitoring Program

The CRAZ air quality monitoring program focuses on acid-forming gases, air quality parameters that may affect vegetation and parameters that are of interest to health professionals.  Emphasis is placed on obtaining credible and scientifically defensible data.  The quality control and quality assurance program includes daily checks of calibration and instrument performance, together with regular multi-point calibrations and government audits.  Data is examined for long-term systematic errors and all raw and quality control data is archived.