North Maclean (South East Queensland) 2016...

Period of operation: 1 January to 31 December 2016
Site location: Latitude: -27.7708; Longitude: 153.0300
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 site classification: Background
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 compliance (pollutants): Complies fully
AS/NZS 3580.14 compliance (meteorology): Complies, except for:

• Wind, temperature, relative humidity, rainfall and barometric pressure sensors located 10 metres above ground level.
• Rainfall measured by acoustic sensor.

Wind: Ultrasonic sensor

• The wind direction sensor is aligned to magnetic north. The reported wind direction is referenced to true north by application of a magnetic declination correction of +11 degrees to the sensor output value.

Temperature: Capacitive ceramic sensor
Relative humidity: Capacitive thin film polymer sensor
Rainfall: Vaisala RAINCAP® precipitation sensor.
Barometric pressure: Capacitive silicon sensor.
Ozone: UV absorption analyser operated in accordance with AS/NZS 3580.6.1

• Instrument output offset and/or scaled based on calibration and daily zero/span response data.

Oxides of nitrogen: Chemiluminescence analyser operated in accordance with AS/NZS 3580.5.1

• Instrument output offset and/or scaled based on calibration and daily zero/span response data.