Ko te Taupū Kounga Ātea (AQI) he tohu mō ngā taumata kukū o te parahanga hau. Ka tohaina ngā tau i runga i te tauine i waenga i te 0 me te 500, ā, ka whakamahia hei āwhina i te whakatau i te wā e whakaarohia ana he kino te kounga o te hau.
I runga i ngā paerewa kounga hau ā-motu, kei roto i te AQI ngā ine mō ngā poke hau e ono: te ozone, te waro hauota, te hauota hauhā, te whanariki hauhā, me ngā rahi e rua o ngā matūriki. I te rohe o te kokoru, ko ngā poke e tino pāngia ai te whakatūpato "Spare the Air Alert" ko te ozone, i waenganui i a Āperira me Oketopa, me ngā matūriki, i waenganui i a Noema me Pēpuere.
Ko ia tau AQI e pā ana ki ngā rahinga motuhake o te parahanga i te rangi. Mō te nuinga o ngā parahanga e ono e tohuhia ana e te tūtohi AQI, ko te paerewa ā-motu e rite ana ki te tau 100. Mena ka piki te kukū o te parahanga ki runga ake i te 100, ka kino pea te kounga o te rangi mō te marea.
0-50
Pai (G)
51-100
Waenga (M)
101-150
Kāore i te Hauora mō ngā Rōpū Tairongo (USG)
151-200
Hauora kore (U)
201-300
Tino Kino (VH)
301-500
Morearea (H)
Kaua ngā taumata i raro iho i te 100 i runga i te AQI e pā ki te hauora o te marea whānui, ahakoa ko ngā taumata i roto i te awhe taurite o te 50 ki te 100 ka pā pea ki te hunga tairongo rawa. Kāore i te tino kitea ngā taumata i runga ake i te 300 i te United States.
Ina whakarite te Rohe Hau i te matapae AQI o ia rā, ka inehia e ia te kukū e matapaetia ana mō ia o ngā poke nui e ono kei roto i te taupū, ka hurihia ngā pānui ki ngā tau AQI, ā, ka ripoatahia te tau AQI teitei rawa atu mō ia rohe pūrongo. Ka karangatia he Whakatūpato Ārai i te Hau mō te Rohe o te Moana-a-Kiwa ina matapaetia he kino te kounga o te hau i roto i tētahi o ngā rohe pūrongo e rima o te rohe.
Haere mai i https://www.sparetheair.org/understanding-air-quality/reading-the-air-quality-index
Wā tuku: Hepetema-09-2022

