Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Inventory of Data Sources

Air Data and Management System (ADaMS)
(British Columbia)

Contact
Ernie Tradewell
Application Manager
Water, Air Monitoring and Reporting Branch
BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
2975 Jutland Road, 3^rd Floor
Victoria, BC
V8T 5J9
Tel: (250) 387-9940
E-mail: envprotdiv@Victoria1.gov.bc.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Water, Air Monitoring and Reporting Branch
BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

Purpose of Database
To store data on hourly average concentrations of major air pollutants in British Columbia, as well as meteorological data.

Content
Data on outdoor air quality. Data types: contaminant levels in air; chemical; meteorological; geographic. Geolocators: postal codes, longitudinal / latitudinal coordinates.

Year Database Established
1984

Coverage Period
1971 to present

Data Updates
Monthly

Data Provider
Water, Air Monitoring and Reporting Branch
BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

Data Availability
BC Government employees are the main users of the information in the database; a username and password are required for access.

Reports
No