Identification

Title

Sandwell MBC Air Quality Monitoring Stations

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

Location of Air Quality Monitoring Stations within Sandwell Metropolitan Borough. The Council has a duty under the Environment Act 1995 to review and assess air quality within it's borough. In order to fulfil its obligations, Sandwell Council maintains a network of automatic air quality monitoring stations which continously measure key air pollutant concentrations. Monitoring is currently undertaken for nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and ozone. Monitoring results are fully ratified and compared to the National Air Quality Objectives in order to determine whether there are exceedances of the objectives.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://inspire.misoportal.com/geoserver/sandwell_metropolitan_borough_council_air_quality_monitoring_stations/wms?request=getCapabilities

protocol:

name: INSPIRE View Service

description:

function: information

http://misoportal.com/portal/api/request-licenced-data/501

protocol:

name: INSPIRE Download Service

description: This data is restricted under the PSMA License. Click this link to request access

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

smbc-EH-AQMonitoring

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Additional information source

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Air Quality Monitoring Station

Air Quality

Nitrogen Dioxide

Particulate Matter

Environmental monitoring facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2002-06-11

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.1

East bounding longitude

-1.9100000000000001

North bounding latitude

52.57

South bounding latitude

52.45

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

0

Maximum value

0

Coordinate reference system

authority code

code identifying the coordinate reference system

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2002-06-11

End position

2013-11-20

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-11-20

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

Location of Air Quality Monitoring Stations based on Ordnance Survey mastermap.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2002-06-11

degree

true

explanation

Legislation for the review and assessment of Local Air Quality Management. A network of automatic air quality monitoring stations continously record a range of pollutant concentrations. Details of key pollutants and associated National Air Quality objectives for the pollutants are defined within the legislation.

Data format

name of format

Mapinfo

version of format

V7.5

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Personal use

Limitations on public access

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/public-sector/mapping-agreements/inspire-licence.html

Constraint set

Use constraints

No conditions apply

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Principal Mapping Officer

organisation name

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

full postal address

Freeth Street

Oldbury

B69 3DE

email address

contact@sandwell.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Air Quality Officer

organisation name

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

full postal address

Court House -335-337 High Street

West Bromwich

B70 8LU

telephone number

facsimile number

email address

EHTS_enquiries@sandwell.gov.uk

web address

http://www.sandwell.gov.uk

protocol:

name:

description:

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2014-04-16T11:45:24

Metadata language