Monitoring Division

Agricultural Burning

Air Quality (AQ)

Air Quality Monitoring

Monitoring Stations

Air Quality Forecast and Agricultural Burn Status

Ozone Mapping

 Particles (PM2.5) Mapping
Public Records Request form
Air Monitoring network Plan
Exceptional Events Data Flagging
New National Ambient Air Quality Standard For Ground-level Ozone

 

Keith Duval, Manager (805) 645-1410

AQ Instrumentation

Jim McElroy, Supervisor (805) 662-6958

Ron Lawson, Instrument Tech (805) 662-6959

Andrew Brown, AQ Specialist (805) 645-1439

Meteorology

Kent Field, Supervisor (805) 662-6960

Mallory Ham, Meteorologist (805) 662-6960

Air Quality Data & PM2.5 Lab

Herm Ragsdale, Supervisor (805) 662-6954

Phil Moyal, AQ Specialist (805) 662-6953

Atmospheric Chemistry

Jim Balders, Supervisor (805) 662-6952

Brian Serros, AQ Chemist (805) 662-6956 

 

How do you measure the air? You can't hold it in your hand that's for sure. You measure it by getting the right equipment and staff, setting up monitoring stations throughout the County, and gathering results to protect the health of all Ventura County residents.

 

The District's Monitoring Division staff continuously monitor the air at stations in Ventura, Piru, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, El Rio, and Ojai to determine the type and level of pollutants in the ambient air.

 

To view the air quality forecast and daily agricultural burn decision, click here. You can hear the daily agricultural burn decision on the District's public-access recording, (805) 654-2807. Call us at (805) 662-6954 for additional information about monitoring the air or to arrange a tour of the District's lab or forecasting center for your school group or organization.