Particle sensors
Photos Valérie Doulevant
Pollutants monitored :
The pollutants measured are only those of automotive origin : carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NO+NO2), suspended particles (PM10) and Benzene-Toluene-Ethylbenzene-Xylenes (CBTEX)
Sources & transmitters :
Road transport. Knowing +
AIRAQ has 7 automotive proximity stations :
- 3 measurement stations in the Bordeaux agglomeration
- 1 on the Pau agglomeration (Tourasse).
- 1 in the Bayonne agglomeration (Anglet).
- 1 on the town of Marmande.
- 1 on the agglomeration of Mont de Marsan.
N°140 – the 15 October 2013
The air of September 2013 |
Atmo Index and IQA |
Bordeaux | Pau | CHAPTER | Lacq | Perigueux | Agent | Dax | |
1 at 4 | Very good to Good | 25 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
5 at 7 | Medium to Mediocre | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
8 at 10 | Bad to Very bad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In number of days with the corresponding index in the month
In number of days with the corresponding index in the month
This month… on average, 80 % very good to good indices in the region. The few average to mediocre indices were encountered at the beginning and end of the month. September was marked by poor weather conditions with relatively low concentrations of ozone and suspended particles.
Received today through’AIRAQ (Approved Association for Monitoring Air Quality in Aquitaine)
AIRAQ, created in 1995, is the association approved by the ministry in charge of ecology for monitoring air quality in Aquitaine (AASQA). She is a member of the Atmo France Federation. To monitor the Aquitaine territory 24 hours a day 24 and 7 days on 7, it has adapted measurement stations, located in places representative of the different types of pollution and carries out itinerant and targeted measurement campaigns.
http://www.airaq.asso.fr/