Site Information for Chatham Roadside(UKA00553)

Chatham Roadside Information

The monitoring station is within a self-contained, air-conditioned housing located inside school grounds on Rainham Road (A2). The surrounding area is urban residential. The monitoring station is located approximately 4 metres from the kerb.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00553

EU Site ID: GB1007A

Altitude (metres): 80

Environment Type: Urban Traffic

PM2.5 Targets This site is used in the assessment of the Annual Mean Concentration Target (AMCT) under the Environmental Target (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2023, subject to meeting the inclusion criteria on an annual basis. It is not used in the assessment of the Population Exposure Reduction Target (PERT). To find out more about how measurements are used to calculate progress towards the targets and which sites have met the inclusion criteria in different years, please see the PM2.5 target calculation page.

Site Location

Environment Type: Urban Traffic

Site Address: Chatham

Government Region: South East

Easting/Northing: 577437, 166993

Latitude/Longitude: 51.374264, 0.547970


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Partners

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Operator Networks
Bureau Veritas Automatic Urban Monitoring Network
Ricardo Energy & Environment Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutants measured at this monitoring site

The pollutants measured at this monitoring site, grouped by network, are shown below. Use the links below to quickly jump to a specific network.

Automatic Urban Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Nitric oxide 01/07/2010 - 2.5
Nitrogen dioxide 01/07/2010 - 2.5
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 01/07/2010 - 2.5
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 01/07/2010 - 2.5 BAM1020heated
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 01/07/2010 10/11/2016 0.0
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 01/07/2010 10/11/2016 0.0
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 01/07/2010 - 2.5 BAM1020heated
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 01/07/2010 10/11/2016 0.0
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 01/07/2010 10/11/2016 0.0
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 - 3.0
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 - Not available
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 - 3.0
PM10 Ambient Temperature 01/07/2010 10/11/2016 Not available
PM10 Ambient pressure measured 01/07/2010 10/11/2016 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Temperature 01/07/2010 10/11/2016 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Preasure 01/07/2010 10/11/2016 Not available

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 25/03/2010 - 4.0

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UK Urban NO2 Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Nitrogen dioxide (corrected) 19/12/2019 - 2.5

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Networks measured at this monitoring site

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Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN) Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN) About network Latest pollution summary
Current Levels
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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Network Information page
UK Urban NO2 Network UK Urban NO2 Network About network Data Selector
Network Information page