Lytton (South East Queensland) 2014 hourly air...

Industry-operated monitoring site: Data presented as received by Queensland Government
Period of operation: 1 March to 31 December 2014
Site location: Latitude: -27.4065; Longitude: 153.1527
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 site classification: Peak
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 compliance (pollutants): Complies fully
AS/NZS 3580.14 compliance (meteorology) : Complies, except for:

• Temperature and relative humidity sensors located 10 metres above ground level.
• Rainfall measured by acoustic sensor.

Wind sensor: Ultrasonic sensor

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Temperature: Capacitive ceramic sensor

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Relative humidity: Capacitive thin film polymer sensor

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Rainfall: Vaisala RAINCAP® precipitation sensor.

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Barometric pressure: Capacitive silicon sensor.

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Sulfur dioxide: Ultraviolet fluorescence analyser operated in accordance with AS 3580.4.1

PM10/PM2.5: Dichotomous Tapered Element Oscillating Balance (TEOM) Model 1405-DF fitted with Filter Dynamics Measurement System (FDMS) operated in accordance with AS/NZS 3580.9.13

• The FDMS system compensates for the loss of semi-volatile components from the collected particulate matter.
• Reported concentrations are uncorrected instrument output values.
• Negative hourly PM10/PM2.5 concentrations down to -5 µg/m^3 resulting from instrument noise at low particle concentrations are reported.