Helena Orsini
Air Quality Data Editor
EPA Air Quality System (AQS) monitor readings, AQI trends, and the Air Quality Grade
Helena Orsini leads how AirHistory reads and presents EPA Air Quality System (AQS) monitor data. The role decides which pollutants, vintages, and AQI day counts each city, county, and state page uses, documents how the Air Quality Grade is computed, and triages data corrections. Annual-average PM2.5, ozone, and AQI figures are drafted with AI assistance and editorially reviewed against the underlying EPA AQS releases, with the as-of date and monitor-coverage caveats shown on every page.
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Content is produced by an AI-augmented editorial team: research and drafting are AI-assisted and reviewed by the named desk editor against primary public-data sources before publication.
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