Site Information for Eskdalemuir(UKA00130)

Eskdalemuir Information

The monitoring station is located in a self-contained, air-conditioned housing located in a rural setting. The nearest road, the B709, is 300 metres to the east of the monitoring station with very low traffic flow. Trees provide the nearest obstruction approximately 150 metres away to the south. The surrounding area is open and rural.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00130

EU Site ID: GB0002R

Altitude (metres): 255

Environment Type: Rural Background

Site Location

Environment Type: Rural Background

Site Address: Eskdalemuir

Government Region: Scottish Borders

Easting/Northing: 323551, 603022

Latitude/Longitude: 55.315310, -3.206111


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Partners

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Operator Networks
Bureau Veritas Automatic Rural Monitoring Network

Pollutants measured at this monitoring site

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Acid Gas and Aerosol Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Gaseous hydrochloric acid 01/09/1999 01/01/2016 1.5

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Automatic Rural Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Ozone 23/04/1986 - 2.9
Nitric oxide 09/12/2004 - 2.9
Nitrogen dioxide 09/12/2004 - 2.9
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 09/12/2004 - 2.9
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 - Not available
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 - Not available
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 - Not available

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Daily Rainfall Bulk

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Calcium in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Chloride in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Potassium in precipitation 01/01/1985 26/05/2009 Not available
Magnesium in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Sodium in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Phosphate as P in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Nitrate as N in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Ammonium as N in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Sulphate as S in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Non-marine sulphate as S in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Acidity in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Conductivity 01/01/1985 26/05/2009 Not available
pH in precipitation 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Rainfall 01/01/1973 26/05/2009 Not available
Strong acid in precipitation 01/01/1973 31/12/1984 Not available

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Daily rainfall WOC

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Calcium in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Chloride in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Potassium in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Magnesium in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Sodium in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Phosphate as P in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Nitrate as N in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Ammonium as N in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Sulphate as S in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Non-marine sulphate as S in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Acidity in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Conductivity 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
pH in precipitation 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available
Rainfall 01/01/1986 31/10/2001 Not available

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Heavy Metals Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Arsenic 17/05/1983 - 2.0
Bromine 01/11/1983 28/05/1996 Not available
Cadmium 17/05/1983 - 2.0
Chromium 01/01/2004 - 2.0
Cobalt 01/04/2011 - 2.0
Copper 17/05/1983 - 2.0
Iron 17/05/1983 - 2.0
Lead 17/05/1983 - 2.0
Manganese 17/05/1983 - 2.0
mercury in PM10 17/05/1983 31/12/2013 2.0
total gaseous mercury 01/01/2004 31/12/2013 2.0
Nickel 17/05/1983 - 2.0
Platinum 17/05/1983 31/12/2013 2.0
Selenium 01/04/2011 - 2.0
Vanadium 17/05/1983 - 2.0
Zinc 17/05/1983 - 2.0

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Other AP system network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Sulphur dioxide as S 01/01/1973 27/01/2004 Not available
Nitrogen dioxide as N 01/04/1986 28/03/1993 Not available
Sum of ammonia and ammonium 01/01/1989 31/12/1997 Not available
Sum of nitric acid and nitrate 01/01/1989 31/12/1997 Not available
Chloride aerosol (coarse) 01/01/1980 31/12/1986 Not available
Chloride aerosol (fine) 01/01/1980 31/12/1986 Not available
Ammonium as N aerosol (coarse) 01/01/1980 31/12/1986 Not available
Ammonium as N aerosol (fine) 01/01/1980 31/12/1986 Not available
Sulphate as S aerosol 01/01/1973 29/04/2009 Not available
Sulphate as S aerosol (coarse) 01/01/1980 31/12/1986 Not available
Sulphate as S aerosol (fine) 01/01/1980 31/12/1986 Not available
Nitrate as N aerosol (coarse) 01/01/1980 31/12/1986 Not available
Nitrate as N aerosol (fine) 01/01/1980 31/12/1986 Not available
Sodium aerosol (coarse) 01/01/1980 31/12/1986 Not available
Sodium aerosol (fine) 01/01/1980 31/12/1986 Not available

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UKEAP - Rural NO2 (NO2-Net)

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Nitrogen dioxide 05/01/1993 - 1.2
Nitrogen dioxide (corrected) 08/01/2020 - 1.2

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UKEAP - Rural NO2 (NO2-Net) - parallel sampling

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Nitrogen dioxide 01/01/2022 31/12/2023 Not available
Nitrogen dioxide (corrected) 01/01/2022 31/12/2023 Not available

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Weekly rainfall (LOW)

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Calcium in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Calcium in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Chloride in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Chloride in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Potassium in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Potassium in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Magnesium in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Magnesium in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Sodium in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Sodium in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Phosphate as P in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Phosphate as P in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Nitrate as N in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Nitrate as N in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Ammonium as N in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Ammonium as N in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Sulphate as S in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Sulphate as S in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Non-marine sulphate as S in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Non-marine sulphate as S in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Acidity in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Acidity in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Conductivity 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Conductivity 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
pH in precipitation 14/01/1986 - 1.5
pH in precipitation 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Rainfall 16/01/2002 27/12/2005 Not available
Rainfall 14/01/1986 - 1.5
Fluoride 15/02/2012 04/10/2017 1.5

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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
Pre-Formatted Data Files
Heavy Metals Heavy Metals About network Metals data download page
Data Selector
UKEAP: Acid Gases & Aerosol Network UKEAP: Acid Gases & Aerosol Network About network CEH Website (External website)
Data Selector
UKEAP: Historic Aerosol measurements Not available About network Data Selector
UKEAP: National Ammonia Monitoring Network UKEAP: National Ammonia Monitoring Network About network CEH Website (External website)
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UKEAP: Precip-Net UKEAP: Precip-Net About network CEH Website (External website)
UKEAP: Precip-Net UKEAP: Precip-Net About network CEH Website (External website)
UKEAP: Precip-Net UKEAP: Precip-Net About network CEH Website (External website)
UKEAP: Rural NO2 UKEAP: Rural NO2 About network CEH Website (External website)