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Good Practice Guide for Air Quality Monitoring and Data Management 2009

Acknowledgements

2 Why Monitor? – Monitoring Programme Objectives

3 What to Monitor? – Choosing Contaminants

4 How to Monitor? – Monitoring Methods

5 Particulate Monitoring

6 Where to Monitor? – Selecting Monitoring Sites

7 Equipment Calibration and Maintenance

8 Data Management Protocols

9 Reporting Monitoring Results

Appendix A: Time Averages (NES for Air Quality, Schedule 1)

Appendix B: Wind Speed Conversions and Presentation of Wind Speed Data

Appendix C: Sample Filter Characteristics and Applications

Appendix D: Particulate Monitoring Instruments Commonly Used in New Zealand

Appendix E: Examples of Routine Check-sheets for a BAM Instrument and a CO Analyser

Appendix F: Example of a Maintenance and Calibration Record for an FH62 Instrument

Appendix G: Quick Reference Conversion Tables

Appendix H: Summary of Recommendations

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Applications of the Ministry for the Environment’s air quality good practice guides

The figure illustrates the different applications of the Ministry for the Environment’s air quality good practice guides. This covers guidance on:

Assessing discharges from emission sources

Good Practice Guide (GPG) for Assessing Discharges to Air from Industry
GPG for Assessing Discharges to Air from Transport.

Air quality monitoring

GPG for Air Quality Monitoring and Data Management
Compliance Monitoring and Emissions Testing of Discharges to Air
GPG for Assessing and Managing the Environmental Effects of Dust Emissions
GPG for Assessing and Managing Odour in New Zealand
GPG for Monitoring and Management of Visibility in New Zealand.

Preparation of assessment tools

GPG for Preparing Emissions Inventories
GPG for Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling

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