Auckland Point (Gladstone) 2009 hourly air quality and meteorological data

Period of operation: 28 May (site established) to 31 December 2009 (long path instrument operational from 22 June)
Region: Gladstone
Site location: Latitude: -23.8351; Longitude: 151.2539
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 site classification: Neighbourhood
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 compliance (pollutants): Complies, except for:

• DOAS light path between 4 metres and 25 metres above ground level

AS/NZS 3580.14 compliance (meteorology): Complies, except for:

• Located on southern side of slope below a ridge
• Trees within 20 metres of the monitoring site

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 +10 degrees to the sensor output value.

Ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, benzene, toluene, xylenes (total), formaldehyde: Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) analyser operated in accordance with AS/NZS 3580.15

• Value is average concentration over 680 metre light path running north-south from ‑23.8351, 151.2539 to -23.8409,151.2550
• Instrument output offset and/or scaled based on instrument calibration data