Airborne Particle Monitoring Network 2015-2018

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The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs awarded a contract to the National Physical Laboratory for the Particle Concentrations and Number Monitoring Network 2015-2018, valued at AUD 876,061.

The contract involved measuring airborne particle concentrations and numbers across the UK, including areas covered by the Scottish Government, Welsh Government, and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland.

The primary objectives were to maintain measurement and monitoring arrangements using instrumentation and analytical procedures to understand the composition of PM, provide PM2.5 Elemental Carbon and Organic Carbon data required by the AQD2008, identify and develop new technical and geographical opportunities for measuring fine and ultrafine particles, recommend and implement developments of the measurement programme and instrumentation, and analyse data from the network and other sources to improve understanding of particulate matter characteristics and behaviour in the UK.