Deception Bay (South East Queensland) 2021...

Period of operation: 1 January to 31 December 2021
Site location: Latitude: -27.1935; Longitude: 153.0347
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 site classification: Neighbourhood
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 compliance (pollutants): Complies fully
AS/NZS 3580.14 compliance (meteorology): Complies, except for:

• Trees within 20m to the south-west of the monitoring station

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 +11 degrees to the sensor output value.

Temperature: Capacitive ceramic sensor.

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Relative humidity: Capacitive thin film polymer sensor.

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Rainfall: Vaisala RAINCAP® precipitation sensor.

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Barometric pressure: Capacitive silicon sensor.

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

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.

PM10/PM2.5 (from 12 February): Scattered light spectrometry (TAPI Model 640X) operated in accordance with USEPA equivalence method designation requirements

• Reported concentrations are uncorrected instrument output values.