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<eml:eml xmlns:eml="eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" system="vmc" xsi:schemaLocation="eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.1 eml.xsd" packageId="vmc.100.2285.1"><eml:dataset><eml:publisher><eml:metadataProvider><eml:organizationName>Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative</eml:organizationName><eml:phone>(802) 656-0683</eml:phone><eml:electronicMailAddress>femc@uvm.edu</eml:electronicMailAddress><eml:onlineUrl>www.uvm.edu/femc</eml:onlineUrl><eml:address><eml:deliveryPoint>705 Spear Street</eml:deliveryPoint><eml:city>South Burlington</eml:city><eml:administrativeArea>Vermont</eml:administrativeArea><eml:postalCode>05403</eml:postalCode><eml:country>United States of America</eml:country></eml:address></eml:metadataProvider></eml:publisher><eml:project><eml:title>Fine Particle Monitoring: Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE)</eml:title><eml:abstract><eml:para>Furtherance of a national goal that calls for &#x201C;the prevention of any future, and the remedying of any existing, impairment of visibility in mandatory Class I federal areas which impairment results from manmade air pollution.&#x201D; The Regional Haze Rule (RHR) expanded this mandate by requiring monitoring in locations representative of the 156 visibility-protected federal Class I areas.  IMPROVE was designated as the visibility monitoring network to be used to carry out this responsibility.</eml:para></eml:abstract><eml:shortName>Fine Particle Monitoring: Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE)</eml:shortName><eml:personnel><eml:principalInvestigator><eml:surName>Whitney</eml:surName><eml:givenName>Benjamin</eml:givenName></eml:principalInvestigator><eml:contentProvider><eml:surName>Poirot</eml:surName><eml:givenName>Richard</eml:givenName></eml:contentProvider><eml:principalInvestigator><eml:surName>Perron</eml:surName><eml:givenName>Ralph</eml:givenName></eml:principalInvestigator><eml:contentProvider><eml:surName>Leon</eml:surName><eml:givenName>Bennet</eml:givenName></eml:contentProvider><eml:principalInvestigator><eml:surName>Lacaillade </eml:surName><eml:givenName>Robert</eml:givenName></eml:principalInvestigator><eml:contentProvider><eml:surName>Berschling</eml:surName><eml:givenName>Jenny</eml:givenName></eml:contentProvider></eml:personnel><eml:keywordSet><eml:keyword>air quality</eml:keyword><eml:keyword>light</eml:keyword><eml:keyword>long term monitoring</eml:keyword><eml:keyword>air pollution</eml:keyword><eml:keyword>particulates</eml:keyword></eml:keywordSet></eml:project><eml:dataTable><eml:title>IMPROVE Data Status Codes</eml:title><eml:coverage scope="document"><eml:temporalCoverage scope="document"><eml:rangeOfDates><eml:beginDate><eml:calendarDate>1988-03-02</eml:calendarDate></eml:beginDate><eml:endDate><eml:calendarDate>2017-03-30</eml:calendarDate></eml:endDate></eml:rangeOfDates></eml:temporalCoverage></eml:coverage><eml:description>Explanations of the status codes used in the IMPROVE aerosol monitoring data</eml:description><eml:purpose>Explain missing or erroneous data</eml:purpose><eml:shortName>Z0100_BKOR2M</eml:shortName><eml:physical><eml:objectName>VMC.100.2285</eml:objectName><eml:dataFormat><eml:formatName>mySQL</eml:formatName></eml:dataFormat><eml:citation>IMPROVE (2017) IMPROVE Data Status Codes. FEMC. https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/fine-aerosol-monitoring-interagency-monitoring-protected/dataset/improve-data-status-codes</eml:citation><eml:distibution><eml:online><eml:url>https://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/data/archive/project/fine-aerosol-monitoring-interagency-monitoring-protected/dataset/improve-data-status-codes</eml:url></eml:online></eml:distibution></eml:physical><eml:attributeList><eml:attribute><eml:attributeName>Description</eml:attributeName><eml:attributeLabel>Status Flag Meaning</eml:attributeLabel><eml:attributeDefinition>The meaning of the codes that explain missing or invalid data</eml:attributeDefinition><eml:storageType>text</eml:storageType><eml:measurementType><eml:nominal/></eml:measurementType></eml:attribute><eml:attribute><eml:attributeName>Status_Flag</eml:attributeName><eml:attributeLabel>Status Flag</eml:attributeLabel><eml:storageType>text</eml:storageType></eml:attribute></eml:attributeList></eml:dataTable></eml:dataset></eml:eml>
