Stuart (Townsville) 2015 hourly air quality...

Industry-operated monitoring site: Raw data received from industry validated by Queensland Government
Period of operation: 1 January to 31 December 2015 (site offline from 18 May to 3 August due to site infrastructure upgrade)
Site location: Latitude: -19.3212; Longitude: 146.8422
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 except for:

• Temperature and relative humidity sensors located 10 metres above ground level (4 August to 31 December).
• Rainfall measured by acoustic sensor (4 August to 31 December).

Wind sensor: Ultrasonic sensor

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Temperature: Capacitive ceramic sensor

• Height above ground level: 3 metres (1 January to 17 May)
• Height above ground level: 10 metres (4 August to 31 December).

Relative humidity:Capacitive thin film polymer sensor

• Height above ground level: 3 metres (1 January to 17 May)
• Height above ground level: 10 metres (4 August to 31 December).

Rainfall: Tipping bucket rain gauge (1 January to 17 May); Vaisala RAINCAP® precipitation sensor (4 August to 31 December)

• Height above ground level: 3 metres (1 January to 17 May)
• Height above ground level: 10 metres (4 August to 31 December).

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.