Site Information for Lerwick(UKA00486)

Lerwick Information

Monitoring site in the instrument compound of the Met Office observatory near Lerwick.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00486

EU Site ID: GB0881A

Altitude (metres): 80

Environment Type: Rural Background

Site Location

Environment Type: Rural Background

Site Address: Met Office Observatory Lerwick

Government Region: Highland

Easting/Northing: 445351, 1139690

Latitude/Longitude: 60.139220, -1.185319


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Partners

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Operator Networks
HSA Ozone-UV
Bureau Veritas Automatic Rural Monitoring Network

Pollutants measured at this monitoring site

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Acid Gas and Aerosol Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Particulate calcium 01/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate chloride 01/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate magnesium 01/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate sodium 01/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate nitrite 01/07/2009 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate nitrate 01/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Particulate sulphate 01/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Gaseous hydrochloric acid 01/01/2006 01/01/2016 1.5
Gaseous nitric acid 01/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5
Gaseous nitrous acid 01/07/2009 31/10/2016 1.5
Gaseous sulphur dioxide 01/01/2006 31/10/2016 1.5

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Automatic Rural Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Ozone 25/05/2005 - 4.0
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 - Not available
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 - Not available
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 - Not available

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National Ammonia Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
particulate ammonium 01/04/1999 01/11/2016 1.5
gaseous ammonia (active) 24/03/1997 01/11/2016 1.5

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Ozone-UV

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Stratospheric Ozone 16/01/1990 - Not available
Total Ultraviolet radiation 01/01/1993 - Not available

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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
Current Levels
Pre-Formatted Data Files
Ozone / UV Not available About network Stratospheric Ozone Data
UV Radiation Data
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 CEH Website (External website)
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