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Macquarie Park

Aerial view of Sydney CBD and the Royal Botanic Gardens. Credit: The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domai…

About the station

Macquarie Park

Macquarie Park air quality monitoring station is located at Macquarie University Sport Fields, Culloden Rd.

Air quality monitoring region East Sydney
Commissioned 2017
Latitude -33.76524
Longitude 151.1178
Elevation 49 metres

Data collected

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

  • Carbon monoxide (CO)
  • Fine particles as PM10
  • Fine particles as PM2.5
  • Oxides of nitrogen (NO, NO2 and NOx)
  • Ozone (O3)
  • Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
  • Visibility using nephelometry
  • Ambient temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Relative humidity
  • Solar radiation
  • Wind speed, wind direction and sigma theta