Ma'aunin Ingancin Iska (AQI) yana wakiltar matakan yawan gurɓatar iska. Yana rarraba lambobi akan sikelin tsakanin 0 da 500 kuma ana amfani da shi don taimakawa wajen tantance lokacin da ake tsammanin ingancin iska ba shi da lafiya.
Dangane da ƙa'idodin ingancin iska na tarayya, AQI ya haɗa da ma'auni don manyan gurɓatattun iska guda shida: ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, da girma biyu na barbashi. A yankin Bay, gurɓatattun da suka fi haifar da Spare the Air Alert sune ozone, tsakanin Afrilu da Oktoba, da barbashi, tsakanin Nuwamba da Fabrairu.
Kowace lambar AQI tana nufin takamaiman adadin gurɓataccen iska. Ga yawancin gurɓatattun abubuwa shida da jadawalin AQI ya wakilta, ma'aunin tarayya ya yi daidai da adadin 100. Idan yawan gurɓataccen abu ya tashi sama da 100, ingancin iska na iya zama mara kyau ga jama'a.
0-50
Mai kyau (G)
51-100
Matsakaici (M)
101-150
Rashin Lafiya ga Ƙungiyoyi Masu Hankali (USG)
151-200
Mara lafiya (U)
201-300
Ba shi da lafiya sosai (VH)
301-500
Mai haɗari (H)
Karatun da bai kai 100 ba a kan AQI bai kamata ya shafi lafiyar jama'a ba, kodayake karatu a matsakaicin matsakaicin tsakanin 50 zuwa 100 na iya shafar mutanen da ba su da saurin kamuwa da cutar. Matakan da suka wuce 300 ba kasafai ake samun su a Amurka ba.
Lokacin da Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ke shirya hasashen AQI na yau da kullun, tana auna yawan da ake tsammani na kowanne daga cikin manyan gurɓatattun abubuwa guda shida da aka haɗa a cikin ma'aunin, tana canza karatun zuwa lambobin AQI, kuma tana ba da rahoton mafi girman lambar AQI ga kowane yanki na bayar da rahoto. Ana kiran Ajiyar Gargaɗin Iska don Yankin Bay lokacin da ake tsammanin ingancin iska ba shi da kyau a cikin kowane yanki biyar na rahoton yankin.
An samo daga https://www.sparetheair.org/understanding-air-quality/reading-the-air-quality-index
Lokacin Saƙo: Satumba-09-2022

