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        GUIDELINE  SERIES
                 OAQPS NO. 1.2-040
             AEROS SUMMARY & RETRIEVAL MANUAL
          US. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
            Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards





              Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

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                     AEROS SUMMARY & RETRIEVAL MANUAL
                     VOLUME III - OAQPS No. 1.2-040

     The Aerometric and Emissions Reporting System (AEROS) is intended
to serve as a management information system for EPA's air pollution
research and control programs.
     The major components of AEROS are ambient air quality data and
air pollution source and emissions data.   The ambient air quality data
consists of air quality monitoring site descriptions and the air quality
data reported by measuring instruments at these sites, together with
the appropriate pollutant and method codes required to identify the
pollutants or meteorological parameters which are reported.   The source
and emissions data included in AEROS consist of descriptive  information
about air pollutant emission sources and estimated annual emissions
along with the data required to calculate the emissions for  each source.
When available, results of source emissions tests are also stored in
AEROS.
     In addition to Volume I (AEROS Overview), there are four additional
volumes which describe AEROS operations in more detail.  Volume II  is
the AEROS User's Manual, which gives instructions for users  to input
data t£ AEROS, along with detailed systems descriptions.  Volume III,
the AEROS Summary and Retrieval Manual, is intended for those who
want to obtain data from AEROS.  Volume III describes AEROS  reports,
how they may be used, and gives instructions on how to obtain them.
Volume IV is the NADB Internal Operations Manual, which documents,  in
detail, all NADB procedures related to AEROS.  Certain portions of
Volume IV may be of interest to persons interested in all details of
AEROS operations, but is intended mainly as a guide for NADB personnel.
Volume V is the AEROS Coding Manual.
     AEPOS reports are published periodically and are available from
the Environmental Research Center Library at Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina, or the National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
in Springfield, Virginia.

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