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TSS Tools and Offsite Resources

Below is a collection of online tools that are being designed to support the various analysis needs of the TSS. These tools will be used in conjunction with various Methods to help produce the reports and analyses that will be available in the Results section. At present, the tools provide access only to monitoring data, but are being extended to provide access to both modeling and emissions data as well. When completed, users will be able to use these tools to analyze all three types of data in a similar and comparable fashion. Eventually, it should also be possible for TSS visitors to apply these individual tools to the exploration and analysis of their own local data sets, assuming these data sets can be uploaded or accessed in a standard format. Together, these tools will eventually constitute an integrated software system that is used to analyze and summarize the source data into finalized analysis results.

TSS Tools

Trends Tool

This is an analysis tool for visualizing trends in monitoring data. It uses the Regional Haze Rule metric of deciviews and light extinction on the Worst/Best 20% Observed Visibility Days to show trends to date.

Composition Tool

This is a charting and analysis tool for visualizing the aerosol composition of visibility-impairing chemical species for available monitoring data.

Data Query Wizard

This tool provides a comprehensive access wizard to investigate, analyze, and display key regional summary datasets from air quality monitoring networks in the WRAP region.

Analysis Browser

This tool provides an easy means of displaying the various TSS analysis results. It organizes analysis reports into categories and allows the user to quickly browse the available analysis results.

Data Browser

This tool provides a quick and easy means of charting any monitoring data currently available in the TSS database. The user can create and customize the charts using interactive selection options.

Metadata Browser

The tool allows you to view the geographical location of monitoring sites on a map and to display detailed metadata about selected sites. It will eventually allow the user to drill-down into the raw data for each site.

Offsite Resources

ARC/IMS GIS Tool

This valuable offsite resource provides online access to a powerful ARC Internet Mapping Server (IMS) that stores a wide variety of spatial emissions layers and relevant base layers.

Integrated Map Tool

The integrated map tool is a lightweight mapping component being developed for use in complex tools that require a map. It uses Web Mapping Service (WMS) technology for browsing remote spatial layers.