Site Information for Leeds Centre(UKA00222)

Leeds Centre Information

The monitoring station is located within a self-contained, air-conditioned housing located approximately 30 metres from a busy 4-lane inner-city road, the A660 which is subject to periodic congestion during peak periods. The location is approximately 150 metres from an urban motorway, the A58(M). The surrounding area is generally open and comprises a busy urban setting road network.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00222

EU Site ID: GB0584A

Altitude (metres): 78

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: Leeds

Government Region: Yorkshire & Humberside

Easting/Northing: 429967, 434260

Latitude/Longitude: 53.803780, -1.546472


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Partners

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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 Urban Monitoring Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m) Hourly PM Measurement method
Ozone 04/01/1993 - 3.2
Nitric oxide 04/01/1993 - 3.2
Nitrogen dioxide 04/01/1993 - 3.2
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 04/01/1993 - 3.2
Sulphur dioxide 04/01/1993 - 3.2
Carbon monoxide 04/01/1993 - 3.2
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 04/01/1993 - 3.2 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 02/12/2008 02/03/2020 0.0
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 02/12/2008 02/03/2020 0.0
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 02/12/2008 - 3.2 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 02/12/2008 02/03/2020 0.0
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 02/12/2008 02/03/2020 0.0
Modelled Wind Direction 01/08/2010 - Not available
Modelled Wind Speed 01/08/2010 - Not available
Modelled Temperature 01/08/2010 - Not available
PM10 Ambient Temperature 02/12/2008 02/03/2020 Not available
PM10 Ambient pressure measured 02/12/2008 02/03/2020 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Temperature 02/12/2008 02/03/2020 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Preasure 02/12/2008 02/03/2020 Not available

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Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
1,3-butadiene 11/06/2003 14/09/2007 Not available
benzene 26/02/2002 - 4.0

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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
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Pre-Formatted Data Files
Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network About network Network Information page