Visualization and Analysis of Air Pollution in US East Coast Cities
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Authors
Peng, Diya
Xu, Zhaopeng
Pallis, Jani M.
Xiong, Xingguo
Issue Date
2018-03-23
Type
Other
Language
en_US
Keywords
Air pollution , City , Environmental Protection Agency , United States of America
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Abstract
Air pollution has negative impact on human health and leads to many chronic diseases. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been closely monitoring the air pollution using its ground stations in various locations around the nation. The collected data has been included in its air pollution database and made publically available in its website. The detailed daily air pollutant concentrations (e.g. PM2.5, PM10, SO2, CO, Pb, NO2, Ozone) can be downloaded in Excel format. In this poster, we visualize and analyze the air pollution in the US East Coast in the past years using Tableau software. Such visualization allows us to observe the trend of air pollution and its transmission pattern in major cities of the east coast. The correlations between air pollution and various conditions (e.g. traffic, season, location) are discussed. The influence of various terrain conditions to the PM2.5 pollutant diffusion is explored. The visualization and analysis of air pollution data helps better understand its mechanism and distribution pattern.