Table 1: Summary of PM10 concentrations (µg/m3, gravimetric) for Automatic Urban and Rural Network sites, 1997 (obtained by applying a factor of 1.3 to the measured TEOM data). A data capture threshold of 75% has been applied.
Site Classification Site Annual mean No. Days
>50 µg/m3
Kerbside Camden Roadside 41.6 89
Roadside Bury Roadside 39.0 65
Roadside Haringey Roadside 33.8 51
Roadside Sutton Roadside 31.2 34
Urban Centre Belfast Centre 32.5 41
Urban Centre Birmingham Centre 27.3 22
Urban Centre Bristol Centre 29.9 32
Urban Centre Cardiff Centre 33.8 40
Urban Centre Edinburgh Centre 23.4 8
Urban Centre Glasgow Centre 27.3 18
Urban Centre Hull Centre 31.2 34
Urban Centre Leeds Centre 36.4 60
Urban Centre Leicester Centre 26.0 21
Urban Centre Liverpool Centre 32.5 36
Urban Centre London Bloomsbury 35.1 43
Urban Centre Manchester Piccadilly 31.2 32
Urban Centre Newcastle Centre 27.3 20
Urban Centre Nottingham Centre 29.9 31
Urban Centre Sheffield Centre 32.5 39
Urban Centre Southampton Centre 31.2 25
Urban Centre Swansea Centre 31.2 25
Urban Centre Wolverhampton Centre 28.6 30
Urban Background Birmingham East 26.0 21
Urban Background Bolton 26.0 17
Urban Background Leamington Spa 24.7 13
Urban Background London Brent 28.6 24
Urban Background London N Kensington 31.2 34
Urban Background Port Talbot 35.1 60
Urban Background Stockport 27.3 17
Urban Background Thurrock 28.6 28
Urban Industrial Middlesbrough 24.7 21
Suburban London Bexley 29.9 33
Suburban London Eltham 27.3 24
Suburban London Hillingdon 32.5 50
Rural Narberth 18.2 1
Rural Rochester 26.0 18
Remote Lough Navar 13.0 0
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