The Air Quality Scotland Website. & Air Quality Trends for Scotland. Paul Willis March 11 th 2008
The Air Quality Scotland Website.
Web Site Launched April 2 nd 2007
Latest Data Summary for Automatic Sites Shows the number of sites in each band, not just the worst case.
Individual Site Information
Database Updates & Site Information New sites are added to the database once agreement is reached with the local authorities. Site photos are added as soon as AEA visit, or they are provided by the local authority. Updates to the AURN sites are made as required (e.g. new PM instruments and/or site/instrument changes.) Ratified data (or any improved provisional data) load automatically to the web site from AEA’s data management software. Statistics are automatically recalculated every night: –Daily, Monthly & Annual Means etc. –All exceedence statistics
TEOM FDMS Data Now available from the website data downloads and bulletin graphs.
Non-automatic Monitoring Data Still awaiting site co-ordinates from some local authorities. Example of display of diffusion tube site locations and graphing currently under development
Air Quality Bulletins by A new feature added by popular request! Users can register on the web site at You can choose to receive a bulletin by at any time of the day –Latest hour. –24-hour summary. –Including forecast. –All Scotland or just your local area. Choose to receive all the time, or just if the measurements or forecast are moderate/high. Simple graphs are linked to the site/pollutant lists in the bulletin.
Menus for Customisable Bulletins
Bulletin Format
Local Air Quality Management Updated monthly but please tell us if you spot any mistakes.
Future Developments? Data on Google Earth (AURN data are already available)
Use Google Maps Interface on the Website?
Air Quality Trends for Scotland.
NO x Trends Only Glasgow Kerbside till 2001
NO 2 Trends Only Glasgow Kerbside till 2001
Ozone Trends
PM 10 Trends
Glasgow University Indicators Paper Prepared by Anna Lisa Bondi, Duncan Lee and Marian Scott of the Department of Statistics. A review of the Scottish Trends analysis methodology and results. A draft paper based on hourly PM 10 downloaded from the website has been provided and concludes the following: Results are very similar to those produced by AEA (within 1 g/m 3 ) Small differences are probably due to rounding method and treatment of negative TEOM data. The indicator is robust (4 g/m 3 range) if 4 sites are used, and extremely robust (1.4 g/m 3 range) if seven sites are used.
Any Questions ?