Consolidation and Evaluation of Existing Geographic Data for the Georgia Basin Puget Sound International Airshed
Researchers: Peter Keller, Eleanor Setton, Perry Hystad, Christy Lightowlers and Karla Poplawski from the University of Victoria

Objective
To provide evaluations of existing spatial data and specialized spatial data products to project teams.

Project Summary
This project has evaluated and consolidated existing data that supports other projects in the study, with a special focus on identifying and developing high resolution spatial data for use in neighbourhood level exposure assessment. A comprehensive data inventory for the Georgia Basin Puget Sound airshed has been developed and used to identify data gaps, issues, and possible solutions.

For more information please see the links below or view this study featured in the University of Victoria Geography Website HERE.

Publications
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Eleanor Setton, Perry Hystad, Peter Keller. Opportunities for using spatial property assessment data in air pollution exposure assessments. International Journal of Health Geographics 4:26 (2005). (link)

Eleanor Setton, Perry Hystad, Peter Keller. Feasibility of Using Satellite-Derived Measures of Aerosol Optical Thickness to Indicate Ambient PM2.5 Exposure. Journal of Environmental Invormatics. (Accepted for publication 2008)

Karla Poplawski, Tim Gould, Eleanor Setton, Ryan Allen, Jason Su, Timothy Larson, Sarah Henderson, Micheal Brauer, Perry Hystad, and more. Transferability of land use regression models in the Pacific Northwest. The Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. (Accepted for publication 2008).

Links

James Bay Air Quality Study – Project Overview and Sampling Plan

Comparison Report of Municipalities with Different Burning Bylaws (Burn Days Report)

Data Inventory Project: Volume 1, Volume 2

MODIS

Property Assessment Data Use

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