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Monitoring ambient air quality

Continuous air quality monitoring ensures that the environment is being properly protected.

Equipment is tested and certified under the MCERTS Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Systems scheme, which covers five types of instruments, for measuring levels of:

sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and ozone
particulates
metals
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
benzene
Performance standards for continuous ambient air monitoring systems (PDF, 440KB)
Performance standards for open-path ambient air quality monitoring systems using differential optical absorption spectrometry (DOAS) (PDF, 189KB)
Performance standards for indicative ambient particulate monitors (PDF, 145KB)
List of MCERTS certified products on the Sira website

How to apply for certification

Please email Sira if you would like to make an application:

Sira

Further information

Please email John Tipping for further information:

John Tipping

Monitoring ambient air quality

How to apply for certification

Further information

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