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Metropolitan cities' scorecard for particles (PM2.5) NEPM 24-hour standard, based on analysis of air quality index values, 2009-2014
2016 Assessment summaryAmbient air quality State and trends Fine particulate matter (PM2.5)Air toxics Year...
Metropolitan cities' scorecard for particles (PM10) NEPM 24-hour standard, based on analysis of air quality index values, 1999-2014
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary component has changed from 2011. This assessment summary was previously assessed for the years 1999-2008 for the 2011 report. The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been replicated here to assist comparison of changes between...
Metropolitan cities' scorecard for ozone (four-hour) NEPM standard, based on analysis of air quality index values 1999-2014
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary component has changed from 2011. This assessment summary was previously assessed for the years 1999-2008 The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been replicated here to assist comparison of changes between reporting cycles. ...
Industrial point sources
2016 Report ContentCommercial and other domestic sources
2016 Report ContentApproach - Atmosphere 2016
2016 Report Content2016 Atmosphere In this report, we assess the state of Australia’s atmosphere through an assessment of Australia’s climate and the effects of climate change, and ambient air quality. The approach adopted in this report follows that outlined in the...
Resilience of Australia’s air quality 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe frequency, duration and severity of episodes of poor air quality in urban centres are influenced by short-term meteorological conditions, in combination with local topography and/or atypical emissions. Air quality is usually restored to acceptable levels once the immediate...
Commercial and other domestic sources
2016 Report ContentPressures affecting Australia’s air quality 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAustralian ambient air quality is mostly affected by increasing human activity and climate change. The population of Australia’s major cities continues to increase, with both increasing urban density and expanding boundaries. The corresponding increase in emissions from transport...
Increasing population
2016 Report ContentPressures affecting ambient air quality
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAmbient air quality Pressures Prescribed burning and bushfiresIncreasing populationNonregulated diesel engines, including shipping and nonroad transportCommercial and other domestic sourcesDomestic wood heatersIndustryMotor...
Regional cities' scorecard for particles (PM10) NEPM 24-hour standard, based on analysis of air quality index values, 1999-2014
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary component has changed from 2011. The period for the 2011 assessment was from 1999-2008 The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been replicated here to assist comparison of changes between reporting cycles. Regional cities’...
Overview of resilience of the atmosphere
2016 Report Content2016 Atmosphere Resilience Climate The Atmosphere report considers both the resilience of the climate system itself and the resilience of our society to climate change. Our planet is somewhat resilient to increasing...
Nonregulated diesel engines, including shipping and nonroad transport
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality Pressures Murray Darling Greater Sydney Nonroad diesel engines and equipment are used in a wide variety of applications, including rail...
Management framework
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality Effectiveness of management Greater Sydney Each level of government—Australian, state and territory, and local—plays a role in managing the impacts of air pollution by...
Coarse particulate matter (PM10)
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality State and trends Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart Greater Adelaide Australian...
Regional cities' scorecard for ozone NEPM 4-hour standard, based on analysis of air quality index values, 1998-2014
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary component has changed from 2011. The assessment summary in 2011 was assessed for the years 1999-2008 The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been replicated here to assist comparison of changes between reporting cycles....
Executive Summary - Atmosphere
2016 Executive SummaryAtmosphere 2016Climate change is a global problem, and minimising its impact on the Australian environment will require coordinated international action by all countries. The Paris Agreement, to which 195 countries have agreed, aims to hold the increase in the...
Outlook for Australia's air quality
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe outlook for Australia’s urban air quality is generally good. However, there is strong evidence that periods of poor urban air quality can have serious adverse long-term and short-term impacts on human health (particularly on the health of susceptible individuals). Although...
Effectiveness of atmospheric management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAmbient air quality Effectiveness of management Management of sources of pollutionManagement frameworkIndoor air quality...
Air toxics
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality State and trends North East Coast South Western Plateau Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater...
Management of sources of pollution
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality Effectiveness of management South East Coast South Australian Gulf East Coast Greater Sydney...
Pressures affecting stratospheric ozone, ambient air quality and indoor air quality
2011 Assessment summaryAmbient air quality Pressures Indoor air quality Year...
Ambient air quality
2011 Report ContentAmbient air quality
2011 Report Content3 Atmosphere | 3 Ambient air quality and other atmospheric issues | 3.4 Resilience of Australia's atmosphere
2011 At a glanceAt a glanceRecent simulations of the continuing effects of controls under the Montreal Protocol indicate that the time for total column ozone (i.e. the ozone in a column of air between the ground and outer space) to recover to 1980 benchmark levels will vary with latitude and will occur last...
Ambient air quality in Australia’s major urban centres is generally good.
2011 Key Finding2011National health-based standards are rarely exceeded for prolonged periods, and very high levels of pollution are usually associated with short-lived extreme events such as bushfires and dust storms that generate very high levels of particulate pollution. Levels of carbon monoxide,...
Ambient air quality
2011 Report Content2011 Ambient air quality Resilience Australia’s metropolitan cities all experience episodes of poor air quality (measured in terms of particulate pollution, or pollution by ozone and its precursors NOx and VOCs). The...
3 Atmosphere | 3 Ambient air quality and other atmospheric issues | 3.2 Pressures affecting Australia's atmosphere
2011 At a glanceAt a glanceNitrous oxide, an ozone depleting substance and a greenhouse gas (GHG), is produced by a variety of natural and human-related sources (notably agricultural processes). Although its ozone depleting potential is low relative to chlorofluorocarbon-11 (CFC-11), human emissions are at...
Ambient air quality
2011 Report Content2011 Ambient air quality State and trends Ambient air quality and health Although air pollution can harm vegetation, erode the facades of historic stone buildings and limit visibility, the main focus of public concern...