Visibility Data Resources (VIEWS)

The VIEWS website provides access to a wide variety of data resources, including metadata from several networks of monitoring sites, an integrated aerosol database, graphical summaries of data analyses, extensive catalogs of air quality information, and many others.

		All Available Data This page consolidates links to all the resources available on the VIEW website, making it a great place to start in order to begin exploring our data.
		Database Query Wizard The Query Wizard allows you to query the VIEWS integrated database and retrieve data in a variety of output formats. You can select particular Sites, Parameters, and Date Ranges, as well as various attributes for each data point returned. You can also make a variety of choices regarding the appearance of your data reports. Through this tool, you have complete access to the entire integrated database.
		Metadata Browser This tool provides details about the networks of monitoring sites that are a part of the VIEWS integrated database, including location information, types of measurements taken, and site sponsors. Historical details are also available for IMPROVE network monitoring sites. The tool allows you to select monitoring sites from either a map or from a textual list, and to view all the sites for an entire network at once.
		ASCII Data Files This page provides links to a variety of ASCII files containing raw IMPROVE aerosol data and associated metadata. This data is provided in simple text format to allow you to more easily cut and paste relevant information into your own documents and to more easily import the data into your own software programs. Not all of our data is available yet in ASCII format, but we hope to continue adding to the collection for your convenience.
		Data Repository This page provides descriptions and links to datasets located on the VIEWS ftp site. These datasets have been submitted by a variety of organizations and have not been examined by the VIEWS team. All questions concerning a dataset should be set to the organization that submitted these data. Questions concerning the access or submission of datasets to the repository should be set to the the VIEWS team via the contact page.