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- Initiated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments(IMPROVE) ambient monitoring network was formed to monitor Federal Class I Areas visibility at 20 locations. Now, the network has expanded to almost 110 sites. IMPROVE's goals are as follow: - Establish current visibility and aerosol conditions in FCIA - Identify chemical species and emission sources responsible for existing man-made visibility impairment in FCIA - Document long-term trends for assessing progress towards the national visibility goal for FCIA (& as required by the Regional Haze Rule) Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: IMPROVE Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: In Situ Land-based Platforms Short_Name: IMPROVE Long_Name: IMPROVE ambient monitoring network End_Group Creation_Date: 2012-07-18 Online_Resource: http://www.epa.gov/ttnamti1/visdata.html End_Group
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