Site Information for Southampton Centre(UKA00235)

Southampton Centre Information

The monitoring station is within a self-contained air-conditioned housing located at a junction of a residential road (Brinton Road) and a six-lane dual carriageway (Northern Road) with periodic congestion during peak traffic flow periods. The manifold inlet is approximately 10 metres from the residential road kerbside, 20 metres from Northern Road. The surrounding area is mainly urban residential.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00235

EU Site ID: GB0598A

Altitude (metres): 7

Environment Type: Urban Background

PM2.5 Targets This site is used in the assessment of both the Annual Mean Concentration Target (AMCT) and Population Exposure Reduction Target (PERT) under the Environmental Target (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2023, subject to meeting the inclusion criteria on an annual basis. To find out more about how measurements are used to calculate progress towards the targets and which sites have met the inclusion criteria in different years, please see the PM2.5 target calculation page.

Site Location

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Address: Southampton

Government Region: South East

Easting/Northing: 442581, 112252

Latitude/Longitude: 50.908173, -1.395757


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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
Bureau Veritas Automatic Urban Monitoring 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 Hydrocarbon Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
ethane 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
ethene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
ethyne 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
propane 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
propene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
iso-butane 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
n-butane 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
1-butene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
trans-2-butene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
cis-2-butene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
iso-pentane 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
n-pentane 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
1,3-butadiene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
trans-2-pentene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
cis-2-pentene (VOC-AIR only) 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
2+3-methylpentane (VOC-AIR only) 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
isoprene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
n-hexane 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
n-heptane 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
benzene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
toluene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
ethylbenzene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
m+p-xylene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available
o-xylene 13/09/1995 31/12/2000 Not available

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Automatic Urban Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Ozone 04/01/1994 - 3.0
Nitric oxide 04/01/1994 - 3.0
Nitrogen dioxide 04/01/1994 - 3.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 04/01/1994 - 3.0
Sulphur dioxide 04/01/1994 - 3.0
Carbon monoxide 04/01/1994 28/08/2012 4.0
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 04/01/1994 - 3.0 FIDAS
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 02/04/2007 07/11/2019 Not available FDMS
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 02/04/2007 07/11/2019 Not available FDMS
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 05/11/2008 - 3.0 FIDAS
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 05/11/2008 07/11/2019 Not available FDMS
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 05/11/2008 07/11/2019 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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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
benzene 18/12/2001 - 4.0

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PAH Digitel (solid phase)

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Benzo(a)pyrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Benzo(a)anthracene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Benzo(j)fluoranthene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ac)anthracene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ah)anthracene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
5-Methyl Chrysene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Anthanthrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Anthracene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Benzo(b)naphtho(2,1-d)thiophene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Benzo(c)phenanthrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Benzo(e)pyrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Benzo(ghi)perylene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Chrysene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Coronene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Cyclopenta(c,d)pyrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Dibenzo(al)pyrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ae)pyrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ai)pyrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ah)pyrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Fluoranthene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Perylene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Phenanthrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Pyrene 16/06/2021 - 2.0
Retene 16/06/2021 - 2.0

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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 Hydrocarbon Network Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Data Selector
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
Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Network Information page
PAH Digitel (solid phase) PAH Digitel (solid phase) About network PAH data download page