West Mackay (Mackay) 2020 hourly air quality...

Air Quality Monitoring - 2020

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

Period of operation: 1 January to 31 December 2020
Site location: Latitude: -21.1596; Longitude: 149.1550
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: 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 +9 degrees to the sensor output value.

Temperature: Capacitive ceramic sensor

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.

Source

This data file or API can be downloaded from:

https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/e732d13e-6be1-4f69-9266-db25998e9f2c/resource/7b5020c5-1b25-4d52-931e-05cb56167062/download/westmackay-aq-2020.csv