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Marielle Quinton
@mariellequinton@ottawa.place

So, Purple Air and IQAir are both giving US PM 2.5 numbers in the fifties, which is yellow/moderate. Normally this would mean Environment Canada would show a ~2 on the AQHI because the index thinks ozone is more dangerous than small particulates, which is just wrong when it comes to forest fire smoke. But it's currently showing 4 (yellow/moderate) which is similar to the PM 2.5 and probably fairly correct. I wonder why and if something changed (did they finally update the index)? Or is there something else terrible going on?


TomWilsonYEG
@CTHW@mstdn.ca

@mariellequinton@ottawa.place

To arrive at the Canadian AQI divide pm 2.5 by 10 and round up …
So a pm 2.5 in the 50's would equate to an AQI of 6
So far it's worked well for my detector & Purple Air.
Purple air has a woodsmoke conversion as well but I'm not sure what it does.

Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:
@EdwinG@mstdn.moimeme.ca

@mariellequinton@ottawa.place I remember reading that they are rolling out an updated calculation across Canada on their website. I can’t find tbe page anymore 😞😞

It does have an alternative for situations where PM2.5 is the main pollutant.

@Cassandra@ottawa.place