Boat Creek (Gladstone Region) 2020 hourly air...

Period of operation: 1 January to 31 December 2020
Site location: Latitude: -23.8200; Longitude: 151.1539
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 site classification: Neighbourhood
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 compliance (pollutants): Complies fully
AS/NZS 3580.14 compliance (meteorology): Complies fully

Wind: Ultrasonic sensor

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.
• 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 +10 degrees to the sensor output value.

Temperature: Capacitive ceramic sensor

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.

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

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

PM10/PM2.5: Scattered light spectrometry (TAPI Model 640X) operated in accordance with USEPA equivalence method designation requirements

• Reported concentrations are uncorrected instrument output values.

Visibility-reducing particles: Nephelometer operated in accordance with AS/NZS 3580.12.1

• Detector spectral response centred at 530 nm.
• Instrument output offset and/or scaled based on calibration and daily zero/span response data.