AIR POLLUTANT INDEX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (APIMS)

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

MONITORING PROGRAMME (EQMP)

USER MANUAL

AIR POLLUTANT INDEX

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (APIMS)

THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMME

DOCUMENT VERSION.:

PSTW/EDC/EQMP/UMAPIMS/2019v01

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TABLE OF CONTENT

ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMME (EQMP) ........................................... 3

Default Display............................................................................................................................................................. 3

a) Announcement Tab ......................................................................................................................................... 4

b) API Table [Hourly] Tab ..................................................................................................................................... 6

c) Menu Button ......................................................................................................................................................... 8

d) Regional Haze Situation Button ................................................................................................................... 9

e) API Reading on Map View .......................................................................................................................... 10

f) Basemap Button ............................................................................................................................................... 11

g) Dashboard .......................................................................................................................................................... 12

h) Zoom Button ....................................................................................................................................................... 13

i) Home Button ...................................................................................................................................................... 13

j) Information Button ........................................................................................................................................... 14

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ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMME (EQMP)

The Department of Environment monitors country's environment quality through a network

of environment monitoring stations to detect any significant changes in the environment

quality which may be harmful to human health and the environment.

Default Display

Figure 1 Default Dislpay

i. Default display APIMS will shows the announcement of haze event and also the

information document for public usage.

ii. Close the announcement window to view the API reading on map.

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a) Announcement Tab

i. Announcement tab shows the announcement window same as default

display.

ii. There are information regarding the APIMS and also air pollution awareness.

iii. THREE (3) documents attached for public usage:

Advice during haze event

Figure 3 Advice During Haze

Figure 2 Map View

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Introduction of PM2.5

Figure 4 Introduction of PM2.5

Information of PM2.5

Figure 5 Information of PM2.5

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b) API Table [Hourly] Tab

Figure 6 API Table [Hourly]

i. API Table [Hourly] Tab shows the color-coded and symbol API reading to

indicate the API Category and pollutant contributor:

API Category

A specific color shape is assigned to each Air Pollutant Index (API)

category to make it easier for the people with color vision deficiency to

understand the status of air quality. The shapes are shown as below:

Figure 7 API Category

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Pollutant Contributor

Table 1 Pollutant Contributor

Symbol Pollutant Contributor

** Particulate matter with diameter of less than 2.5

micron (PM2.5) / μg/m3

* Particulate matter with diameter of less than 10

micron (PM10) / μg/

a Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) / ppm

b Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) / ppm

c Ozone (O3) / ppm

d Carbon Monoxide (CO) / ppm

& More than one pollutant

ii. Click <Choose Different Date and Time> to query the desired date and time

Figure 8 Choose Different Date and Time

*This query available for ONE (1) week backward only and ONE (1) date per

selection.

iii. Click <APIMS> on the top of page to back on Map View

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c) Menu Button

Figure 9 Menu Button

i. Click on the Menu button to view the menu selection

Latest API Reading

Geolocation Map – Function as home button back to Map View

API Table [Hourly] – refer (b)

Announcement – refer (a)

Advice During Haze – Some advice for public during haze

About API – All information about API including API Calculation and etc

General Information

The selection list below will link to their Main Website.

Remote Sensing Agency

Hotspot : (NOAA20)

Fire Danger Rating System

Meteorological Department

Ministry of Health

Extreme Weather

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Download MyIPU

MyIPU is an application that have same objectives with APIMS.

User is able to download MyIPU in App Store or Google Store by click the button in

the Menu window.

d) Regional Haze Situation Button

Figure 10 Regional Haze Situation

i. Click button to direct access to Regional Haze Situation in ASMC and default

region is set to Malaysia.

ii. Select the desired data that show on the map.

Figure 11 ASMC Regional Haze Situation

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e) API Reading on Map View

Figure 12 API Reading on Map

i. API Reading shown on map as color shape with contributor symbol and

located same location on the ground.

ii. There is the different of the API Reading icon:

White Border icon – For Mobile Continuous Air Quality Monitoring

(MCAQM) station

Black Border icon – For Continuous Air Quality Monitoring (CAQM)

Station

iii. Click on the API Reading icon to view the selected station and reading

details.

Figure 13 Station details

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iv. Click to zoom in the selected station.

Figure 14 Zoomed in Selected Station

f) Basemap Button

i. Click on the basemap button to change the basemap. Default basemap is

Topographic

Figure 15 Default Basemap - Topographic

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Figure 16 Imagery with Labels Basemap

g) Dashboard

i. Dashboard shows the counts of API Reading according their category.

ii. Otherwise, it contains of region, current datetime and current total stations.

iii. Click dropdown icon to hide the dashboard.

Figure 17 Dashboard

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h) Zoom Button

i. Click the icon (+) symbol to zoom in and (-) symbol to zoom out the map

Figure 18 Zoom button

i) Home Button

i. Click the Home button to view the default map view

Figure 19 Home Button

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j) Information Button

i. Click the Information button to view the map legend and information

regarding the API Reading.

ii. Information including TWO (2) sub-tabs which are; States and Notes.

States – Selection of desired State (one state per selection) and map

will zoom in the selected state.

Figure 20 States Sub-tab

Figure 21 Selected States

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Notes – Contains the contributor symbol information, API Category

legend and etc.

Figure 22 Information Button