The above index is for overall Air Quality in Zone A and not just at this station. The index is calculated based on the latest available measurements of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, PM10 and sulphur dioxide in Zone A.
Ozone and Nitrogen Oxides were measured at Pottery Road between 1994 and 2001. The area is a mixed residential and light industrial suburb of Dublin, approximately 7 miles from the city centre.
Summary of Results for Ozone
Information Threshold
Health Protection
Vegetation protection
Materials
Averaging Period
1 hour3
8 hour
May to July
Annual
Limit
180 ug/m3
(No. exceedances)
120 ug/m3
6000 ug/m3.h
40 ug/m3
1994
0
2034
49
1995
7
2745
46
1996
1335
45
1997
3
2862
44
1998
1
2268
52
1999
1168
2000
2247
50
2001
994
