Site Information for Sheffield Centre(UKA00250)

Please Note: This monitoring site is closed.

Site Observations

Data from Sheffield Centre may be affected by nearby construction work, from early May 2013 onwards.

Sheffield Centre Information

The monitoring station is within a self-contained, air-conditioned housing within the urban centre of Sheffield and is approximately 20 metres from a busy urban centre road, Charter Row. The surrounding area comprises predominantly of multi-level commercial buildings.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00250

EU Site ID: GB0615A

Altitude (metres): 35

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Location

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Address: Sheffield

Government Region: Yorkshire & Humberside

Easting/Northing: 435136, 386892

Latitude/Longitude: 53.377720, -1.473306


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Partners

The Partners who operate networks at this monitoring sites are shown in the table below. Clicking on the Partner name will open their website in a new window.

Operator Networks
National Physical Laboratory Heavy Metals 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
Ozone 22/12/1995 30/08/2013 4.0
Nitric oxide 22/12/1995 30/08/2013 4.0
Nitrogen dioxide 22/12/1995 30/08/2013 4.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 22/12/1995 30/08/2013 4.0
Sulphur dioxide 22/12/1995 10/07/2012 4.0
Carbon monoxide 22/12/1995 10/07/2012 4.0
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 22/12/1995 30/08/2013 4.0 FDMS
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 19/06/2007 30/08/2013 Not available FDMS
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 19/06/2007 30/08/2013 Not available FDMS
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 10/12/2008 30/08/2013 4.0 FDMS
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 10/12/2008 30/08/2013 Not available FDMS
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 10/12/2008 30/08/2013 Not available FDMS
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 30/08/2013 10.0
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 30/08/2013 10.0
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 30/08/2013 2.0

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Heavy Metals Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Arsenic 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
Cadmium 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
Chromium 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
Cobalt 01/04/2011 20/08/2013 5.0
Copper 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
Iron 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
Lead 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
Manganese 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
mercury in PM10 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
total gaseous mercury 01/06/2009 20/08/2013 4.0
Nickel 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
Platinum 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
Selenium 01/04/2011 20/08/2013 5.0
Vanadium 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0
Zinc 01/01/2007 20/08/2013 4.0

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 10/04/2002 29/08/2013 4.0

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Networks measured at this monitoring site

The listing below shows the networks that this monitoring site belongs to. You can search for sites within these networks by clicking on their name, or use the network information links to find out more about them.

Network Search Further Details Get Data
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
Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Network Information page