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Current Air Quality Data for Footscray Air Monitoring Station

Time of Observation: Tuesday, 24 November 2009  3:00:00 AM

The current time: Tuesday, 24 November 2009 4:26:05 AM

Pollutant & weather Carbon Monoxide (CO) Hydrocarbons (HC) Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Ozone (O3) Particles Temp. Wind Speed Direction
Measurement 8.571429E-02 nv 14 5 0.71 13 1 108
Units ppm ppmC ppb ppb Bscat ºC m/s deg
Standards 9   120 100 2.35      

Note: The measurement readings above are hourly averages except for CO (carbon monoxide) which is an 8-hour average.

In the table above nv stands for "no value". Either that pollutant is not measured at this site, or there is an instrument fault.

The data used to compile EPA air quality bulletins come directly from EPA's air monitoring stations. These data may be adjusted at a later time through a standardised procedure to allow for instrument errors; power interruptions and the like.

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