Site Information for Glasgow Townhead(UKA00576)

Glasgow Townhead Information

The monitoring station is within an existing brick building located inside a residential area, which lies in the perimeter established by St Mungo's Avenue and Kennedy Street, in Glasgow's city centre. The surrounding area comprises residential houses, gardens and some businesses, in an urban environment. The M8 motorway is situated approximately 360 m to the North.

UK-AIR ID: UKA00576

EU Site ID: GB1028A

Altitude (metres): 40

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Location

Environment Type: Urban Background

Site Address: Not available

Government Region: Central Scotland

Easting/Northing: 259693, 665899

Latitude/Longitude: 55.865782, -4.243631


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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
Ozone 07/10/2013 - 4.0
Nitric oxide 07/10/2013 - 4.0
Nitrogen dioxide 07/10/2013 - 4.0
Nitrogen oxides as nitrogen dioxide 07/10/2013 - 4.0
PM10 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 07/10/2013 - 4.0 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 07/10/2013 02/10/2018 0.0
Volatile PM10 (Hourly measured) 07/10/2013 02/10/2018 0.0
PM2.5 particulate matter (Hourly measured) 07/10/2013 - 4.0 FIDAS200
Non-volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 07/10/2013 02/10/2018 0.0
Volatile PM2.5 (Hourly measured) 07/10/2013 02/10/2018 0.0
Modelled Wind Direction 07/10/2013 - Not available
Modelled Wind Speed 07/10/2013 - Not available
Modelled Temperature 07/10/2013 - Not available
PM10 Ambient Temperature 07/10/2013 02/10/2018 Not available
PM10 Ambient pressure measured 07/10/2013 02/10/2018 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Temperature 07/10/2013 02/10/2018 Not available
PM2.5 Ambient Preasure 07/10/2013 02/10/2018 Not available

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PAH Digitel (solid phase)

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Benzo(a)pyrene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Benzo(a)anthracene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Benzo(j)fluoranthene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Dibenzo(ac)anthracene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Dibenzo(ah)anthracene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
5-Methyl Chrysene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Anthanthrene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Anthracene 01/01/2021 - 4.0
Benzo(b)naphtho(2,1-d)thiophene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Benzo(c)phenanthrene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Benzo(e)pyrene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Benzo(ghi)perylene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Cholanthrene 01/07/2016 01/05/2019 4.0
Chrysene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Coronene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Cyclopenta(c,d)pyrene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Dibenzo(al)pyrene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Dibenzo(ae)pyrene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Dibenzo(ai)pyrene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Dibenzo(ah)pyrene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Fluoranthene 01/01/2021 - 4.0
Perylene 16/10/2013 - 4.0
Phenanthrene 01/01/2021 - 4.0
Pyrene 01/01/2021 - 4.0
Retene 01/01/2021 - 4.0

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UK Black Carbon Network

Pollutant Start Date End Date Inlet Height (m)
Infra Red Particulate matter (950nm) 05/11/2019 - 3.0
Red Particulate matter (660nm) 05/11/2019 - 3.0
Yellow Particulate matter (590nm) 05/11/2019 - 3.0
Green Particulate matter (520nm) 05/11/2019 - 3.0
Blue Particulate matter (470nm) 05/11/2019 - 3.0
UV Particulate Matter (370nm) 05/11/2019 - 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
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Black Carbon Black Carbon About network Data Selector
PAH Digitel (solid phase) PAH Digitel (solid phase) About network PAH data download page