Townsville Coast Guard (Townsville) 2009 hourly air quality and meteorological data

Period of operation: 1 January to 31 December 2009
Region: Townsville
Site location: Latitude: -19.2542; Longitude: 146.8257
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 site classification: Peak (port operations)
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 compliance (pollutants): Complies fully
AS/NZS 3580.14 compliance (meteorology): Complies, except for:

• Trees within 5 metres to the west of the monitoring station (no obstructions in direction of port operations).
• Monitoring station located on asphalt surface.

Temperature: Capacitive ceramic sensor
TSP: Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance (TEOM) Model 1400AB operated in accordance with AS 3580.9.8 and fitted with a TSP inlet

• 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.