Manuals and Guides

For a quick description of some basic AQS Codes, see Selected AQS Code Descriptions at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/airs/airsaqs/manuals/codedescs.htm (Additional codes added June 2003)

Manuals for the new AQS application are living documents - expect changes.

Manual	File Name	File Type	File Size	Date
AQS Data Coding Manual	AQS Data Coding Manual, v2.3.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	1268KB	10/28/04
AQS Data Coding Manual	Clarification of numeric field lengths in data coding manual	Adobe Acrobat	52KB	4/24/02
AQS Data Dictionary	AQS Data Dictionary v2.3.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	3920KB	10/08/04
Appendices for Data Coding Manual and Data Dictionary	Data Coding and Data Dictionary Appendices.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	195KB	5/4/04
AQS Precision and Accuracy Summarization Formulas - DRAFT	Precision and Accuracy Summary Formulas.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	328KB	4/13/04
AQS Raw Data Summary Formulas - DRAFT	Raw Data Summary Formulas1.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	1091KB	4/13/04

Guide	File Name	File Type	File Size	Date
Input Transaction Formats (Same as AMP501)	AQS Input Transaction Formats.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	142KB	10/27/04
Quick Look Work File Formats (AMP450 & 450NC)	QuickLookWorkfileFmts.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	77KB	10/03/03
Raw Data Work File Format (AMP350WF)	AMP350WF-Raw Data Work File formats.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	42KB	10/17/03
AQS User Guide Covers Installation, Accounts, Data Input (Batch and Online), Maintenance, and Data Retrievals (Standard Reports).	AQSUserGuide_v1.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	4,739KB	4/19/02
	AQSUserGuide_v1.doc (Resolution is better in this MSWord version)	MSWord 2000	5,914KB	4/19/02
AQS Web User Guide	AQS Web User Guide	Adobe Acrobat	722KB	7/02/03
AQS Discoverer Web User Guide Covers basics of setup and using Oracle Discoverer with AQS	AQSDiscovererGuide.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	3189KB	10/28/04
Selected AQS Code Descriptions	Selected AQS Code Descriptions	HTML
Acronyms & Abbreviations	Acronyms & Abbreviations.pdf	Adobe Acrobat	115KB	5/29/03
Online Training Modules	online_training_modules_V2-2.EXE (for client/server version only) AQS Web Training Course V1	self-extracting download self-extracting download	20,917KB 36,077KB	6/26/02 6/27/03
PARSV2 User Guide	PARS User Guide with Appendix.exe Reloaded 9/5/02 to correct formatting, but no changes made to original document from prior version dated 3/21/02. 11/20/02 -Appendix begins on page 15 and is labeled as sec. 3	self-extracting to Adobe Acrobat (pdf)	1,456KB	11/20/02
AQS P&A User Guide AQS P&A Training Workbook	AQSPA User Guide v3.5.pdf P&A training workbook 2004.pdf	Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat	126KB 89KB	6/9/04 6/9/04

Materials used in Training Classes

Material	File Name	File Type	File Size	Date
AQS 101	AQS Basics.pdf (originally presented at 2002 AQS Conf. in Louisville KY by David Lutz)	Adobe Acrobat	137KB	10/23/03
Training Modules Test Data for class	AQS class.zip (used at 2004 AQS Conf) testdata.zip	zipped zipped	9,614KB 1,731KB	6/9/04 6/9/04
Quick Reference	AQS Quick reference Guide v2.pdf (9/5/03)	Adobe Acrobat	81KB	6/9/04
Discoverer Web	Discoverer Web training.pdf (Converted PowerPoint presentation from 2hr training session 10/28/04. Based on same information as the AQS Discoverer Web User Guide above.) Discoverer Web.pdf (session from 2004 AQS Conf. Also see AQS Discoverer Web User Guide under Guides above.)	Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat	2005KB 3205KB	11/2/04 6/9/04

Really Old AQS Manuals - These manuals are from the older system that was on the EPA mainframe. They unzip to multiple files that comprise the entire set of user manuals for the "Old" AQS.

Manuals	File Name	File Type	File Size	ApproxDate
Data Dictionary (AQ1)	aqdict.zip	zipped	181KB	1993
Data Coding (AQ2)	aqcode.zip	zipped	152KB	1993
Data Storage (AQ3)	aqstore.zip	zipped	160KB	1993
Data Retrieval (AQ4)	aqretv.zip	zipped	362KB	1993
Ad Hoc Retrieval (AQ5)	aqadhoc.zip	zipped	192KB	1993
GeoCommon (GC2)	gc2.zip	zipped	236KB	1993