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Earlwood

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About the station

Earlwood

Earlwood air quality monitoring station is located in Beaman Park, off Riverview Road. It is situated in a residential area in the Cook's River valley.

Air quality monitoring region East Sydney
Commissioned 1978
Latitude -33.91619
Longitude 151.13577
Elevation 7 metres

Data collected

The following air pollutants and meteorological variables are currently measured at Earlwood:

  • Fine particles as PM10
  • Fine particles as PM2.5
  • Oxides of nitrogen (NO, NO2 and NOx)
  • Ozone (O3)
  • Visibility using nephelometry
  • Ambient temperature
  • Relative humidity
  • Wind speed, wind direction and sigma theta