Site Information for Ballymena Ballykeel(UKA00503)

Ballymena Ballykeel Information

The monitoring station is within a self-contained, air-conditioned housing on Orkney Road at the rear of a housing development off of Old Crebilly Road. The surrounding area is urban residential. The monitoring station is approimately 50 metres West of the M2 motorway.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00503

EU Site ID: GB0934A

Altitude (metres): 59

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Location

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Address: Ballymena

Government Region: Northern Ireland

Easting/Northing: 127317, 560150

Latitude/Longitude: 54.861595, -6.250873


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Partners

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Operator Networks
Bureau Veritas Automatic Urban Monitoring Network
Ricardo Energy & Environment PAH Digitel (solid phase)
National Physical Laboratory UK Black Carbon 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
Nitric oxide 01/05/2016 - 2.0
Nitrogen dioxide 01/05/2016 - 2.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 01/05/2016 - 2.0
Sulphur dioxide 01/01/2010 - 2.0
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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PAH Digitel (solid phase)

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Benzo(a)pyrene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Benzo(a)anthracene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 01/01/2012 - 2.0
Benzo(j)fluoranthene 01/01/2012 - 2.0
Benzo(b+j)fluoranthene 11/01/2007 31/12/2011 Not available
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ac)anthracene 01/01/2012 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ah)anthracene 01/01/2012 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ah+ac)anthracene 11/01/2007 31/12/2011 Not available
5-Methyl Chrysene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Anthanthrene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Anthracene 01/01/2021 - 2.0
Benzo(b)naphtho(2,1-d)thiophene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Benzo(c)phenanthrene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Benzo(e)pyrene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Benzo(ghi)perylene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Cholanthrene 11/01/2007 01/05/2019 2.0
Chrysene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Coronene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Cyclopenta(c,d)pyrene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Dibenzo(al)pyrene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ae)pyrene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ai)pyrene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Dibenzo(ah)pyrene 11/01/2007 - 2.0
Fluoranthene 01/01/2021 - 2.0
Perylene 11/01/2007 - 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)
Infra Red Particulate matter (950nm) 14/11/2019 - 3.0
Red Particulate matter (660nm) 14/11/2019 - 3.0
Yellow Particulate matter (590nm) 14/11/2019 - 3.0
Green Particulate matter (520nm) 14/11/2019 - 3.0
Blue Particulate matter (470nm) 14/11/2019 - 3.0
UV Particulate Matter (370nm) 14/11/2019 - 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