Queensland 2012 hourly total suspended particles data

Air Quality Monitoring - 2012 (grouped by pollutant)

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

Period of reporting: 1 January to 31 December 2012
Monitoring sites: Townsville Coast Guard (Townsville)
Measurement units: micrograms per cubic metre (ug/m^3)
Measurement technique: Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance (TEOM) Model 1400AB operated in accordance with AS 3580.9.8

  • 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/m^3 are removed and concentrations between -0.5 µg/m^3 and 0.0 µg/m^3 are set to 0.0 µg/m^3.

Source

This data file or API can be downloaded from:

https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/d334edf3-9f26-4c82-b4f3-44bb08931325/resource/89f604b5-b3db-4951-8ee9-7805b5c8c753/download/tsp-qld-2012.csv