NWT Air Quality Report (2011) - Environment and Natural ...
NWT Air Quality Report (2011) - Environment and Natural ...
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OPERATIONS (NETWORK)The <strong>NWT</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> Monitoring Network consists of four permanent monitoring stationslocated in Yellowknife, Inuvik, Fort Liard <strong>and</strong> Norman Wells. The stations are climatecontrolledtrailers <strong>and</strong> include state-of-the-art monitoring equipment capable of continuouslysampling <strong>and</strong> analyzing a variety of air pollutants <strong>and</strong> meteorological conditions. Pollutantsmonitored vary by station, but include sulphur dioxide (SO 2), hydrogen sulphide (H 2S), fineparticulate (PM 2.5), coarse particulate (PM 10), ground level ozone (O 3), carbon monoxide (CO)<strong>and</strong> nitrogen oxides (NO x). Wind speed, wind direction <strong>and</strong> temperature are also monitored.For additional information on air pollutants, see Appendix B.INUVIKYUKONNORMANWELLSNUNAVUTSNARE RAPIDSYELLOWKNIFEFORT LIARD<strong>NWT</strong><strong>Air</strong> Monitoring StationFigure 1: Map of the <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> Monitoring Network4 <strong>NWT</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong>
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