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Industrial point sources
2016 , Report Content... only at the neighbourhood level, but more generally at the airshed level. During the past 50 years, state and territory environment ... tend to be more important threats to urban air quality at an airshed scale.
Industrial point sources
Industrial point sources
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Commercial and other domestic sources
2016 , Report Content... risk to amenity and health at both neighbourhood and airshed scales. Collectively, domestic and commercial sources annually ... risk to amenity and health at both neighbourhood and airshed scales. Collectively, domestic and commercial sources annually ...
Metropolitan cities' scorecard for ozone (four-hour) NEPM standard, based on analysis of air quality index values 1999-2014
2016, 2011 , Assessment summary... is based on the characterisation of the air quality of an airshed using its worst performing NEPM compliance station (monitoring site) for ozone. For the metropolitan Adelaide airshed, that was the Netley station. For each year from 2009 to 2014, ...
Commercial and other domestic sources
2016 , Report Content... separately) exert pressure on local air quality and on airshed quality. Domestic sources, for example, can affect photochemical smog ... separately) exert pressure on local air quality and on airshed quality. Domestic sources, for example, can affect photochemical smog ...
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...
Approach - 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...
Metropolitan cities' scorecard for particles (PM10) NEPM 24-hour standard, based on analysis of air quality index values, 1999-2014
2016, 2011 , Assessment summary... is based on the characterisation of the air quality of an airshed using its worst performing NEPM compliance station (monitoring site) for PM 10 . For the metropolitan Adelaide airshed, that was the Netley station. For each year from 2009 to 2014, ...
Metropolitan cities' scorecard for particles (PM2.5) NEPM 24-hour standard, based on analysis of air quality index values, 2009-2014
2016 , Assessment summary... is based on the characterisation of the air quality of an airshed using its worst performing NEPM compliance station (monitoring site) for PM 2.5 . For the metropolitan Adelaide airshed, that was the Netley station. For each year from 2009 to 2014, ...
Pressures 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 Content... anthropogenic emissions, to occupy a larger portion of the airshed (a region where topography and meteorology limit the movement of air ... anthropogenic emissions, to occupy a larger portion of the airshed (a region where topography and meteorology limit the movement of air ...
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...
Regional cities' scorecard for particles (PM10) NEPM 24-hour standard, based on analysis of air quality index values, 1999-2014
2016, 2011 , Assessment summary... is based on the characterisation of the air quality of an airshed using its worst performing NEPM compliance station (monitoring site) ... is based on the characterisation of the air quality of an airshed using its worst performing NEPM compliance station (monitoring site) ...
Nonregulated diesel engines, including shipping and nonroad transport
2016 , Report Content... pressure on ambient air quality, both locally and within the airshed. This pressure was highlighted by the recent construction of the White ...
Pressures affecting ambient air quality
2016, 2011 , Assessment summary...
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Comments
Nil. Local and airshed-wide impacts on health and aesthetics; localised effects on amenity and ...
See Approach/Process
Comments
Nil. Local and airshed-wide impacts on health and aesthetics Year(s): 2011 3 Stable ...
Regional cities' scorecard for ozone NEPM 4-hour standard, based on analysis of air quality index values, 1998-2014
2016, 2011 , Assessment summary... is based on the characterisation of the air quality of an airshed using its worst performing NEPM compliance station (monitoring site) ... is based on the characterisation of the air quality of an airshed using its worst performing NEPM compliance station (monitoring site) ...
Management framework
2016 , Report Content... in the nearby Blue Mountains, can dominate the Sydney airshed during summer ( Cope et al. 2014 ), and can make it difficult to ...
Coarse particulate matter (PM10)
2016 , Report Content... the dry season and were caused by smoke drifting into the airshed from biomass burning activities nearby ( NT EPA 2013 ). The September ...
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 summary... impact of new motorways and road tunnels, and in urban airshed modelling Year(s): 2016 2 Deteriorating Confidence (in grade): ... Resources tend to focus on the significant issues from an airshed or jurisdictional point of view, but are quite variable between ...
Air toxics
2016 , Report Content... 2013 ). The approach is based on the characterisation of an airshed from 2009 to 2014 using its worst performing compliance station ...
Management of sources of pollution
2016 , Report Content... the risk of high smoke concentrations within an individual airshed, and even during the process of deciding whether to burn or not. ...
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,...
3 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
2011 , Report Content... only at the neighbourhood level, but more generally at the airshed level. During the past 30 or so years, state and territory environment ... only at the neighbourhood level, but more generally at the airshed level. During the past 30 or so years, state and territory environment ...
Pressures affecting stratospheric ozone, ambient air quality and indoor air quality
2011 , Assessment summary... air quality
Indoor air quality Year(s): 2011 Local and airshed-wide impacts on health and aesthetics; localised effects on amenity and ... (to previous reports): Not assessed Local and airshed-wide impacts on health and aesthetics Year(s): 2011 3 Stable ...
Ambient air quality
2011 , Report Content... the varying levels of air quality experienced in an urban airshed.
Ambient air quality
Ambient air quality
Tasmania Greater ... the varying levels of air quality experienced in an urban airshed. Historically, the most common image of air pollution has been a highly ...
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 glance... (notably VOCs and particles) that affect air quality at an airshed scale as well as impacting on amenity at a neighbourhood level, ...
3 Atmosphere | 3 Ambient air quality and other atmospheric issues | 3.6 Outlook for Australia's atmosphere
2011 , At a glanceAt a glanceAs a result of the success of the Montreal Protocol in controlling ozone depleting substances, the stratospheric ozone layer is expect to recover to 1980 benchmark levels by around mid-century. The outlook for Australia’s urban air quality is generally good. However, there is...
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