Townsville Coast Guard (Townsville) 2011...

Period of operation: 1 January to 31 December 2011

• Site offline from 1 February to 26 July due to cyclone damage to monitoring shelter

Site location: Latitude: -19.2542; Longitude: 146.8257
AS/NZS 3580.1.1:2007 site classification: Peak (Port operations)
AS/NZS 3580.1.1:2007 compliance (pollutants): Complies fully
AS/NZS 3580.14—2011 compliance (meteorology): Complies with the exception of the following:

• Monitoring shelter located on concreted surface

Temperature: Capacitive ceramic sensor
TSP: Tapered Element Oscillating Balance (TEOM) operated in accordance with AS 3580.9.8—2001

• Measurement values do not compensate for loss of semi-volatile components from the collected particulate matter
• Instrument output values are adjusted in accordance with US EPA equivalence designation method EQPM-1090-079 requirements for PM10 (scaled by 1.03, offset by +3.0)
• After adjustment, negative hourly TSP concentrations less than -0.5 µg/m3 are removed and concentrations between -0.5 µg/m3 and 0.0 µg/m3 are set to 0.0 µg/m3