Site Information for Edinburgh St Leonards(UKA00454)

Edinburgh St Leonards Information

The monitoring station is located within a self contained air conditioned housing located within a small park area. The park is adjacent to a medical centre car park which is located in the south side of Edinburgh. The nearest main road, Pleasance is approximately 35 metres away. It is a busy main road running into the city centre and out to the A7 South of Edinburgh.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00454

EU Site ID: GB0839A

Altitude (metres): 81

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Location

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Address: Edingurgh

Government Region: Central Scotland

Easting/Northing: 326264, 673136

Latitude/Longitude: 55.945589, -3.182186


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Partners

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Operator Networks
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Acid Gas and Aerosol Network
Bureau Veritas Automatic Urban Monitoring Network
Ricardo Energy & Environment Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology National Ammonia Monitoring Network
Ricardo Energy & Environment PAH Digitel (solid phase)

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 18/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate chloride 18/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate magnesium 18/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate sodium 18/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate nitrite 01/07/2009 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate nitrate 18/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate sulphate 18/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Gaseous hydrochloric acid 18/01/2006 05/01/2016 1.5
Gaseous nitric acid 18/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Gaseous nitrous acid 01/07/2009 31/10/2016 1.5
Gaseous sulphur dioxide 18/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5

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Automatic Urban Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Ozone 24/11/2003 - 3.0
Nitric oxide 24/11/2003 - 3.0
Nitrogen dioxide 24/11/2003 - 3.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 24/11/2003 - 3.0
Sulphur dioxide 24/11/2003 - 3.0
Carbon monoxide 24/11/2003 - 3.0
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 01/12/2003 - 3.0 FIDAS
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 10/07/2007 24/07/2019 Not available FDMS
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 10/07/2007 24/07/2019 Not available FDMS
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 01/10/2008 - 3.0 FIDAS
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 01/10/2008 24/07/2019 Not available FDMS
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 01/10/2008 24/07/2019 Not available FDMS
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 - 10.0
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 - 10.0
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 - 2.0

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National Ammonia Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
particulate ammonium 18/01/2006 01/11/2016 1.5
gaseous ammonia (active) 18/01/2006 01/11/2016 1.5

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 25/10/2005 20/09/2007 Not available

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PAH Andersen

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Benzo(a)pyrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Benzo(a)anthracene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Benzo(b+j)fluoranthene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Dibenzo(ah+ac)anthracene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
1-Methyl anthracene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
1-Methyl Naphthalene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
1-Methyl phenanthrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
2-Methyl anthracene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
2-Methyl Naphthalene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
2-Methyl phenanthrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
4.5-Methylene phenanthrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
5-Methyl Chrysene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
9-Methyl anthracene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Acenaphthene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Acenaphthylene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Anthanthrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Anthracene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Benzo(b)naphtho(2,1-d)thiophene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Benzo(c)phenanthrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Benzo(e)pyrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Benzo(ghi)perylene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Biphenyl 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Cholanthrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Chrysene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Coronene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Cyclopenta(c,d)pyrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Dibenzo(al)pyrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Dibenzo(ae)pyrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Dibenzo(ai)pyrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Dibenzo(ah)pyrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Fluoranthene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Fluorene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Perylene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Phenanthrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Pyrene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available
Retene 01/01/2003 31/12/2006 Not available

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PAH Digitel (solid phase)

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Benzo(a)pyrene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Benzo(a)anthracene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 01/01/2012 - 2.0
Benzo(j)fluoranthene 01/01/2012 - 2.0
Benzo(b+j)fluoranthene 29/03/2007 31/12/2011 Not available
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ac)anthracene 01/01/2012 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ah)anthracene 01/01/2012 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ah+ac)anthracene 29/03/2007 31/12/2011 Not available
5-Methyl Chrysene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Anthanthrene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Anthracene 01/01/2021 - 2.0
Benzo(b)naphtho(2,1-d)thiophene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Benzo(c)phenanthrene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Benzo(e)pyrene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Benzo(ghi)perylene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Cholanthrene 29/03/2007 01/05/2019 2.0
Chrysene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Coronene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Cyclopenta(c,d)pyrene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Dibenzo(al)pyrene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ae)pyrene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ai)pyrene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ah)pyrene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Fluoranthene 01/01/2021 - 2.0
Perylene 29/03/2007 - 2.0
Phenanthrene 01/01/2021 - 2.0
Pyrene 01/01/2021 - 2.0
Retene 01/01/2021 - 2.0

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UK Black Carbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Black smoke 17/10/2006 31/12/2009 Not available
Black Carbon (880nm) 29/10/2008 22/03/2012 3.0
UV Particulate Matter (UV-BC) 29/10/2008 22/03/2012 3.0

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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.

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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
Black Carbon Black Carbon About network Data Selector
Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Network Information page
PAH Andersen PAH Andersen About network PAH data download page
PAH Digitel (solid phase) PAH Digitel (solid phase) About network PAH data download page
UKEAP: Acid Gases & Aerosol Network UKEAP: Acid Gases & Aerosol Network About network CEH Website (External website)
Data Selector
UKEAP: National Ammonia Monitoring Network UKEAP: National Ammonia Monitoring Network About network Data Selector