Queensland 2020 hourly total suspended particles data

Period of reporting: 1 January to 31 December 2020

Monitoring sites: Cannon Hill (South East Queensland); Hopeland, Miles Airport, Tara Region (South West Queensland); Townsville Coast Guard, Townsville Lennon Drive (Townsville)

Measurement units: micrograms per cubic metre (ug/m^3)

Measurement technique (Cannon Hill, Townsville Coast Guard): Tapered Element Oscillating Balance (TEOM) Model 1405 fitted with TSP inlet and operated in accordance with AS/NZS 3580.9.13 (excluding FDMS requirements)

• Measurement values do not compensate for loss of semi-volatile components from the collected particulate matter.
• Reported concentrations are uncorrected instrument output values.
• Negative hourly TSP concentrations less than -0.5 µg/m^3 are removed and concentrations between -0.5 µg/m^3 and 0.0 µg/m^3 are set to 0.0 µg/m^3.

Measurement technique (Hopeland, Miles Airport, Tara Region): Optical light scattering method using Palas Fidas 200 instrument