Site Information for London Cromwell Road 2(UKA00370)

London Cromwell Road 2 Information

The monitoring station is within a self-contained, air conditioned housing located in the southwest corner of the front gardens of the Natural History Museum at a traffic light controlled crossroads. The nearest road, the A4 Cromwell Road is approximately 4 metres from the monitoring station. The traffic flow on Cromwell Road is approximately 53,000 vehicles per day. The manifold inlet is approximately 2 metres above roadside due to the fact that the site has sunken gardens. The surrounding area is generally open. Trees occur within 2 metres distance of the monitoring station.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00370

EU Site ID: GB0695A

Altitude (metres): 20

Environment Type: Urban Traffic

Site Location

Environment Type: Urban Traffic

Site Address: London

Government Region: Greater London

Easting/Northing: 526529, 178966

Latitude/Longitude: 51.495483, -0.178709


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Partners

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Operator Networks
National Physical Laboratory Heavy Metals Network
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Acid Gas and Aerosol Network
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology National Ammonia Monitoring 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.

Acid Gas and Aerosol Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Particulate calcium 06/01/2006 01/02/2017 1.5
Particulate chloride 06/01/2006 01/02/2017 1.5
Particulate magnesium 06/01/2006 01/02/2017 1.5
Particulate sodium 06/01/2006 01/02/2017 1.5
Particulate nitrite 30/06/2009 01/02/2017 1.5
Particulate nitrate 06/01/2006 01/02/2017 1.5
Particulate sulphate 06/01/2006 01/02/2017 1.5
Gaseous hydrochloric acid 06/01/2006 05/01/2016 1.5
Gaseous nitric acid 06/01/2006 01/02/2017 1.5
Gaseous nitrous acid 30/06/2009 01/02/2017 1.5
Gaseous sulphur dioxide 06/01/2006 01/02/2017 1.5

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Automatic Urban Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Nitric oxide 20/05/1998 30/09/2012 Not available
Nitrogen dioxide 20/05/1998 30/09/2012 Not available
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 20/05/1998 30/09/2012 Not available
Sulphur dioxide 20/05/1998 30/09/2012 Not available
Carbon monoxide 20/05/1998 30/09/2012 Not available
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 30/09/2012 Not available
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 30/09/2012 Not available
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 30/09/2012 Not available

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Heavy Metals Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Arsenic 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
Cadmium 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
Chromium 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
Cobalt 01/04/2011 31/12/2013 2.0
Copper 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
Iron 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
Lead 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
Manganese 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
mercury in PM10 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
total gaseous mercury 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
Nickel 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
Platinum 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
Selenium 01/04/2011 31/12/2013 2.0
Vanadium 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0
Zinc 31/01/2004 31/12/2013 3.0

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National Ammonia Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
particulate ammonium 30/11/1999 31/01/2017 1.5
gaseous ammonia (active) 30/11/1999 06/01/2017 1.5
gaseous ammonia (passive) 01/02/2017 - 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
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Heavy Metals Heavy Metals About network Metals data download page
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UKEAP: Acid Gases & Aerosol Network UKEAP: Acid Gases & Aerosol Network About network CEH Website (External website)
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UKEAP: National Ammonia Monitoring Network UKEAP: National Ammonia Monitoring Network About network CEH Website (External website)
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