Townsville Coast Guard (Townsville) 2017 hourly air quality and meteorological data

Joint Queensland Government / industry-operated monitoring site: Data validation conducted by the Queensland Government.
Period of operation: 1 January to 31 December 2017
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 industry/joint monitoring station (no obstructions in direction of port operations).
• Monitoring stations located on asphalt surface.
• Temperature (from 7 November) and relative humidity sensors located 10 metres above ground level.
• Rainfall measured by acoustic sensor.

Wind sensor: Ultrasonic sensor

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Temperature (to 6 November): Capacitive ceramic sensor
Temperature (from 7 November): Negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Relative humidity (from 7 November): Capacitive thin film polymer sensor

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Rainfall (from 7 November): Doppler radar

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Barometric pressure (from 7 November): MEMS capacitive pressure sensor

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

Solar radiation (from 7 November): Thermopile

• Height above ground level: 10 metres.

PM10 (to 24 March): Tapered Element Oscillating Balance (TEOM) Model 1400AB operated in accordance with AS 3580.9.8

• 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 (scaled by 1.03, offset by +3.0).
• After adjustment, 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 (from 7 November): Scattered light spectrometry (TAPI Model 640X) operated in accordance with USEPA equivalence method designation requirements

• Reported concentrations are uncorrected instrument output values.

TSP: Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance (TEOM) Model 1405 fitted with TSP inlet and 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 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.