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Air Quality Health Index Observations The Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is a scale designed to help quantify the quality of the air in a certain region on a scale from 1 to 10. When the amount of air pollution is very high, the number is reported as 10+. It also includes a category that describes the health risk associated with the index reading (e.g. Low, Moderate, High, or Very High Health Risk). The AQHI is calculated based on the relative risks of a combination of common air pollutants that are known to harm human health, including ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and nitrogen dioxide. The AQHI formulation captures only the short term or acute health risk (exposure of hour or days at a maximum). The formulation of the AQHI may change over time to reflect new understanding associated with air pollution health effects. The AQHI is calculated from data observed in real time, without being verified (quality control). Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Meteorological Service of Canada ECWeather-Meteo@ec.gc.ca undefined/Present dataset; jeuDonnées Air Air quality Health hazards Air pollution Provide Weather Information Products and Services Deliver Weather Products and Services to Clients Meteorological Service of Canada Weather and Environmental Operations National (CA) en,fr MSC Datamart Datamart du SMC https://dd.weather.gc.ca/today/air_quality/aqhien,fr MSC Datamart Datamart du SMC https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/today/air_quality/aqhien,fr MSC Datamart AMQP Datamart du SMC AMQP amqps://dd.weather.gc.ca/*.WXO-DD.air_quality.aqhi.*.observation.#en,fr MSC Datamart AMQP Datamart du SMC AMQP amqps://dd.meteo.gc.ca/*.WXO-DD.air_quality.aqhi.*.observation.#en,fr MSC GeoMet-OGC-API GeoMet-OGC-API du SMC https://api.weather.gc.ca/collections/aqhi-observations-realtimeen,fr MSC GeoMet-OGC-API GeoMet-OGC-API du SMC https://api.meteo.gc.ca/collections/aqhi-observations-realtimeen,fr MSC Open Data documentation Documentation des Données ouvertes du SMC https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/msc-data/aqhi/readme_aqhi_en/en,fr MSC Open Data documentation Documentation des Données ouvertes du SMC https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/msc-data/aqhi/readme_aqhi_fr/

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Air Quality Health Index Observations

The Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is a scale designed to help quantify the quality of the air in a certain region on a scale from 1 to 10. When the amount of air pollution is very high, the number is reported as 10+. It also includes a category that describes the health risk associated with the index reading (e.g. Low, Moderate, High, or Very High Health Risk). The AQHI is calculated based on the relative risks of a combination of common air pollutants that are known to harm human health, including ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and nitrogen dioxide. The AQHI formulation captures only the short term or acute health risk (exposure of hour or days at a maximum). The formulation of the AQHI may change over time to reflect new understanding associated with air pollution health effects. The AQHI is calculated from data observed in real time, without being verified (quality control).