Overview
Garinger High School is an NCORE air monitoring station in Charlotte, North Carolina, operated by Mecklenburg County Air Quality. It provides continuous ambient air quality data for regulatory compliance and public health assessment.
Garinger High School is an air monitoring station located in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the NCORE (National Core) network, a subset of the US EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) designed for long-term, multi-pollutant monitoring. The station is operated by Mecklenburg County Air Quality and reports data to the EPA. The station measures criteria pollutants and other atmospheric parameters as part of the NCORE program, which emphasizes speciation and meteorological data collection. Operating under the US Clean Air Act, the station supports compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Typical NCORE stations include monitors for PM2.5, ozone, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead, along with meteorological sensors. As an NCORE site, Garinger High School contributes to a national network that provides high-quality data for air quality trends analysis, health studies, and regulatory decision-making. Its location in Charlotte, a major urban center in the Southeast, helps characterize urban air pollution and its impacts on community health.
Environmental context
The station's location in Charlotte, North Carolina, places it in a region with a mix of urban and industrial emissions, including transportation, power generation, and manufacturing. The NCORE network focuses on long-term trends and atmospheric chemistry, providing data on criteria pollutants and speciation. This context supports understanding of regional air quality issues such as ozone formation and fine particulate matter, which are relevant to public health and regulatory compliance under the Clean Air Act.
Frequently asked questions
The station is located at 1130 Eastway Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, within Mecklenburg County.
As an NCORE station, it measures criteria pollutants such as ozone, PM2.5, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead, along with meteorological parameters and speciated data.
The station is operated by Mecklenburg County Air Quality, which reports data to the US Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality System.
NCORE (National Core) is a US EPA network of multi-pollutant monitoring stations designed to provide long-term data on criteria pollutants, speciation, and meteorology for regulatory compliance and research.
The station provides data used to assess compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) under the Clean Air Act, supporting air quality management and public health protection.
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