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Nelson at Brook

Nelson Centre/North comprises of mainly residential areas along a narrow coastal strip crossed by numerous small valleys which drain air from the hills to the sea. It has one PM10 monitoring site.

PM10 monitoring is undertaken using a Partisol 2025i gravametric monitor which records 24 hour averages daily over winter and 1 day in 3 outside winter months, There can be a delay of up to a month in reporting data from this site to enable time for filter delivery and analysis. There is no meteorological equipment located at this site. The main sources of PM10 in Nelson Centre/North are from domestic home heating with a small secondary contribution from transport and natural sources such as marine aerosol. The small coastal valleys in the area tend to drain the cold sinking air from the coastal hills to sea taking some of the PM10 with it. Nelson Centre/North is considered to currently comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Standards for air quality.

Scientific Indicators
Scientific data for this site

This dashboard shows information on the data collected by the regional councils for air quality scientific indicators:

  • PM10
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    What do the dashboard colours mean for PM10?

    The dashboard colours show how PM10 levels sit in relation to the guideline – from green (less than 10%) to red (more than 100% of the guideline).  The guideline (100%) value for the daily average PM10 is 50 µg/m3 and  20 µg/m3  for the annual average.  There are no guidelines for hourly or monthly data (charcoal colour).  

    Colour Percent of guidelines
    Less than 10% of guideline
    10-33% of guideline
    33-66% of guideline
    66-100% of guideline
    Greater than 100% of guideline
    No guideline

    PM10 information

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    • Daily
    • Monthly
    • Annual
    • Exceedances
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    Concentration (µg/m3)

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    Air temperature (℃)

    What is this graph showing me?

    This graph shows how levels of PM10 change on an hourly, daily, monthly or annual basis for the selected time period. The levels depend on local sources of emissions and what the weather is doing.  Emissions from various sources change, depending on whether it’s a weekday or the weekend or at different times of the year (e.g. emissions from home heating goes up in the cold winter months).  Still conditions often lead to high concentrations, as there is no wind to blow away the pollutants in the air.   The PM10 concentrations are shown against the guidelines for air quality (for daily and annual averages), and where concentrations exceed the guideline (red line) this can be a cause for concern, especially if this occurs on a frequent basis. 

    Exceedance data (when available) shows the number of days per year that the concentrations went above 100% of the air quality guideline.  

    For information about allowable exceedances and targets, and the limitations of data shown, see the Factsheet on monitoring air quality in New Zealand.