Site Information for Glasgow Centre(UKA00264)

Please Note: This monitoring site is closed.

Glasgow Centre Information

The monitoring station is within a self-contained, air conditioned housing located in a pedestrianised area in the city centre. The nearest road is situated 10 metres from the site with a busy commercial thoroughfare approximately 20 metres distance from the monitoring station. The manifold inlet is approximately 3 metres high. The surrounding area is open with city centre business and retail premises surrounding the site on three sides.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00264

EU Site ID: GB0641A

Altitude (metres): 5

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Location

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Address: Glasgow

Government Region: Central Scotland

Easting/Northing: 258942, 665027

Latitude/Longitude: 55.857730, -4.255161


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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
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.

Automatic Urban Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Ozone 26/07/1996 16/08/2012 4.0
Nitric oxide 26/07/1996 16/08/2012 4.0
Nitrogen dioxide 26/07/1996 16/08/2012 4.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 26/07/1996 16/08/2012 4.0
Sulphur dioxide 26/07/1996 16/08/2012 4.0
Carbon monoxide 26/07/1996 16/08/2012 4.0
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 26/07/1996 16/08/2012 4.0 TEOM1400FDMS-8500B-CB
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 02/12/2008 16/08/2012 Not available
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 02/12/2008 16/08/2012 Not available
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 02/12/2008 16/08/2012 4.0 TEOM1400FDMS-8500B-CB
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 02/12/2008 16/08/2012 Not available
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 02/12/2008 16/08/2012 Not available
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 16/08/2012 Not available
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 16/08/2012 Not available
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 16/08/2012 Not available
PM10 Ambient Temperature 02/12/2008 16/08/2012 Not available
PM10 Ambient pressure measured 02/12/2008 16/08/2012 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Temperature 02/12/2008 16/08/2012 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Preasure 02/12/2008 16/08/2012 Not available

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PAH Digitel (solid phase)

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Benzo(a)pyrene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Benzo(a)anthracene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 01/01/2012 14/08/2012 4.0
Benzo(j)fluoranthene 01/01/2012 14/08/2012 4.0
Benzo(b+j)fluoranthene 09/12/2007 31/12/2011 Not available
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Dibenzo(ac)anthracene 01/01/2012 14/08/2012 4.0
Dibenzo(ah)anthracene 01/01/2012 14/08/2012 4.0
Dibenzo(ah+ac)anthracene 09/12/2007 31/12/2011 Not available
5-Methyl Chrysene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Anthanthrene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Benzo(b)naphtho(2,1-d)thiophene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Benzo(c)phenanthrene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Benzo(e)pyrene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Benzo(ghi)perylene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Cholanthrene 09/12/2007 31/12/2011 4.0
Chrysene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Coronene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Cyclopenta(c,d)pyrene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Dibenzo(al)pyrene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Dibenzo(ae)pyrene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Dibenzo(ai)pyrene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Dibenzo(ah)pyrene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0
Perylene 09/12/2007 14/08/2012 4.0

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Partisol Research

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
PM10 particulate matter (Daily measured) 11/10/2000 11/05/2004 Not available
PM2.5 particulate matter (Daily measured) 18/10/2000 09/10/2007 Not available
Daily measured PM10 (uncorrected) 11/10/2000 11/05/2004 Not available
Daily measured PM2.5 (uncorrected) 18/10/2000 09/10/2007 Not available

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UK Black Carbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Black smoke 05/10/2006 30/11/2008 Not available
Black Carbon (880nm) 10/11/2008 15/08/2012 3.0
UV Particulate Matter (UV-BC) 10/11/2008 15/08/2012 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
PAH Digitel (solid phase) PAH Digitel (solid phase) About network PAH data download page
Partisol Research Partisol Research About network Data Selector