Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Figure 5.12 Atmospheric concentrations of selected pollutants recorded at urban and rural monitoring sites

Figure 5.12 Atmospheric concentrations of selected pollutants recorded at urban and rural monitoring sites

Table 5.12 Atmospheric concentrations of selected pollutants (*) recorded at Air Quality Monitoring Stations
Air Quality
monitoring station1		 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Benzene2 micrograms per cubic metre
Edinburgh Med school 1.7 0.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Carbon monoxide3 milligrams per cubic metre
Edinburgh Centre 2.5 5.5 2.1 * .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Edinburgh St Leonards .. .. .. * 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.5 3.2 0.8
Glasgow Centre 4.2 8.6 4.8 2.4 3.0 2.3 2.0 1.2 2.8 1.9 2.4
Lead4 nanograms per cubic metre
Eskdalemuir 3 2 3 3 2 3 .. .. .. .. ..
Glasgow 17 25 15 14 14 13 .. .. .. .. ..
Motherwell 9 16 12 10 8 7 .. .. .. .. ..
Nitrogen dioxide5 micrograms per cubic metre
Edinburgh Centre 45 43 48 * .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Edinburgh St Leonards .. .. .. .. 25 25 27 27 31 24 31
Glasgow City Chambers 49 46 47 50 49 46 47 47 48 46 49
Strath Vaich .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Aberdeen Errol Place 24 25 27 31 26 24 27 24 25 26 22
Dumfries .. 38.0 38 38 37 36 37 38 37 35 40
Glasgow (Centre) 36 34 32 * 36 33 31 31 35 42 44
Glasgow (Kerbside) 72 71 74 75 68 62 68 70 82 78 84
Grangemouth .. 19 16 22 17 16 18 16 17 18 19
Inverness .. .. 22 23 23 21 21 22 21 21 24
Ozone6 micrograms per cubic metre
Edinburgh Centre 30 30 35 * .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Edinburgh St Leonards .. .. .. .. 53 53 52 48 49 52 33
Eskdalemuir 47 46 48 51 53 51 58 54 57 56 55
Strath Vaich 66 68 69 73 76 67 72 68 73 67 61
daily 8-hour running mean exceeding 100ug/m3
Edinburgh Centre 0 1 0 * .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Edinburgh St Leonards .. .. .. .. 12 13 16 9 14 3 0
Eskdalemuir 6 7 1 18 5 1 23 11 16 20 2
Strath Vaich 10 11 19 48 29 18 47 17 65 4 4
Particulates (PM10)7 micrograms per cubic metre
Edinburgh Centre 23 25 27 * .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Edinburgh St Leonards .. .. .. .. 19 18 20 19 15 * 14
Glasgow Centre 28 22 20 21 * 20 21 20 19 25 23
Aberdeen Errol Place 19 15 18 22 19 19 20 17 16 15 13
Grangemouth .. 20 17 19 16 15 18 16 15 13 14

Source: Scottish Government - Not National Statistics
(1) The Aberdeen, Dumfries, Edinburgh Centre, Glasgow Centre, Glasgow Kerbside, Glasgow City Chambers, Grangemouth and Inverness sites are urban monitoring sites, and Eskadale and Strath Vaich are rural sites.
(2) Maximum running annual mean concentation of Benzene.
(3) Maximum annual eight hour running mean.
(4) Annual average concentrations of atmospheric lead.
(5) Annual mean concentration of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide.
(6) Annual mean ground level ozone concentration.
(7) Annual mean atmospheric PM10 concentration.
(*) Since 2003, results where data capture is less than 75% are not shown. Prior to 2003, a 50% data capture threshold is used.