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The data acquisition computer at each site includes an electronic logbook using basic text-editing software such as notepad (or alternative cloud services such as Google Docs), and this log is crucial to operation, data validation, and accountability. The log records all site activities and instrument parameters affecting data including: Method changes, changes in calibration standards, instrument failures and corrective actions, physical site audits, remote access activities, computer configuration changes, disk and file maintenance, and all repair activities.

The analysis of volatile organic compounds in ambient air is now a requirement at many sites in the EPA NCore Network and the hourly measurement of as many as 58 target compounds poses a significant data management challenge to state agencies. MAX is a cloud-based data management tool designed specifically to meet the needs of agencies using automated chromatographic systems (AutoGCs) to measure VOCs in ambient air.