Mount Cooth-tha (South East Queensland) 2020 hourly air quality and meteorological data

Period of operation: 18 February (site established) to 10 December 2020 (site decommissioned)
Site location: Latitude: -27.4756; Longitude: 152.9755
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 site classification: Neighbourhood
AS/NZS 3580.1.1 compliance (pollutants): Complies except for:

• Particle instrument located on uncovered balcony on second floor of building

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

• Temperature and relative humidity sensors located 20 metres above ground level.
• Rainfall measured by acoustic sensor.

Wind: Ultrasonic sensor

• Height above ground level: 20 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: 20 metres.

Relative humidity: Capacitive thin film polymer sensor

• Height above ground level: 20 metres.

Rainfall: Vaisala RAINCAP® precipitation sensor

• Height above ground level: 20 metres.

Barometric pressure: Capacitive silicon sensor

• Height above ground level: 20 metres.

PM10/PM2.5: Scattered light spectrometry (TAPI Model 640X) operated in accordance with USEPA equivalence method designation requirements
- Reported concentrations are uncorrected instrument output values.