The Gap (Mount Isa) 2021 hourly air quality...

Period of operation: 1 January to 31 December 2021
Site location: Latitude: -20.7264; Longitude: 139.4977
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:

• Buildings higher than wind sensor located within 20 metres north east and east of the monitoring site.
• Monitoring shelter located on concreted surface.

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 +6 degrees to the sensor output value.

Temperature: Capacitive ceramic sensor

• Height above ground level: 3 metres.

Barometric pressure (from 24 May): Capacitive silicon sensor

• Height above ground level: 3 metres.

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 (until 24 May): Tapered Element Oscillating Balance (TEOM) Model 1405 operated in accordance with AS/NZS 3580.9.16 (excluding FDMS requirements)

• Measurement values do not compensate for loss of semi-volatile components from the collected particulate matter.
• Reported concentrations are uncorrected instrument output values.
• Negative hourly PM10 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.

PM10/PM2.5 (from 24 May): Scattered light spectrometry (TAPI Model 640X) operated in accordance with USEPA equivalence method designation requirements

• Reported concentrations are uncorrected instrument output values