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Air Quality Tool Catalog

The AIR4US tool

Explore air quality data in one interactive map

The AIR4US visualization tool brings authoritative air quality layers like smoke, surface monitors, and satellite observations together, so you can explore conditions across the country in a single app.

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Fire Smoke North-America

Near real-time PM2.5 smoke forecasts from wildfires across North America.

Open Visualization Tool

Partner agency tools

Tools from our partner agencies

Browse tools available from our partner agencies to access, visualize, and analyze air quality data.

7 tools
AerosolWatchAgency

AerosolWatch

Satellite Aerosol & Air Quality Imagery

Overlay and animate satellite observations of global aerosol and air quality events, including wildfires, dust storms and haze.

Air Quality System (AQS) Map ViewerAgency

Air Quality System (AQS) Map Viewer

Monitor Locations & Data Access

View AQS monitor locations and download corresponding air quality data.

GiovanniAgency

Giovanni

Interactive Data Visualization

Browser-based platform for analyzing and visualizing gridded satellite data. Covers NO₂, CO, PM2.5 proxies, and aerosol optical depth across 2,000+ variables. No download required.

MELODIES-MONETAgency

MELODIES-MONET

Model Evaluation Framework

Evaluates atmospheric chemistry and air quality models against observational datasets — surface monitors, aircraft, and satellite retrievals. Configure via YAML to generate diagnostic plots, spatial maps, and bias statistics.

NOAA Air Quality Forecast GuidanceAgency

NOAA Air Quality Forecast Guidance

National Air Quality Forecast Capability

Visualize any layer from NOAA's National Air Quality Forecast Capability (NAQFC) Regional Model Guidance generated within the past 7 days.

RSIGAgency

RSIG

Remote Sensing Information Gateway

On-the-fly access to multi-terabyte air quality datasets. Reprojects and regrids satellite, model, and in-situ data onto CMAQ-compatible grids with full 3D visualization.

SMOKEAgency

SMOKE

Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions

Standard EPA system for preparing model-ready gridded, speciated, hourly emissions for CMAQ, WRF-Chem, and CAMx from the National Emissions Inventory.