PM 2.5 WORK FILE FORMAT

 

 

 

Start Position

Field Length

Field Name

Notes

 

1

2

State Code

 

3

3

County Code

 

6

4

Site Id

 

10

5

Parameter Code

‘81102’

15

2

POC

 

17

1

Exceptional Event Type

0 – No exceptional events

1 – Exceptional events excluded

2 – Exceptional events included

18

1

Duration Code

X – 24-Hour averaged sample

7 – 24-hour samples

19

4

Year

 

23

3

Unit Code

 

26

2

EPA Region Code

 

28

3

Air Quality Control Region code

 

31

4

Metropolitan Statistical Area code

 

35

4

Urban Area code

 

39

5

FIPS City Code

 

44

40

Address

 

84

10

Latitude

Degrees of latitude expressed in +/- DD.DDDDDD

94

11

Longitude

Degrees of longitude expressed in +/- DDD.DDDDDD

105

4

Number of observations obtained during the year

 

109

7

Highest 24-hour reading within the year

 

116

7

2nd Highest 24-hour reading within the year

 

123

7

3rd Highest 24-hour reading within the year

 

130

7

4th Highest 24-hour reading within the year

 

137

4

98th Percentile Value

 

141

7

Arithmetic Mean

 

148

1

Annual summary criteria indicator

‘*’ Indicates that summary criteria was not met.

149

2

Number of methods used by the monitor

 

151

1

Certification Indicator

 

152

3

Method Code used

‘000’ indicates that more than 1 method was used for the year

155

4

Reporting Organization Code

The agency that was defined as the "Reporting Organization" at the beginning of the year for the monitor.

159

4

Actual number of observations

If the duration is X, it obtains the corresponding 1-hour observation count from the ANNUAL_SUMMARIES table.

 

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