About the Air Quality Hub
What is the Air Quality Hub?
The Air Quality Hub is administered by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. The datasets in the Hub are accessible via the SEED portal.
The Hub is a space where the community can:
- search and access the growing body of air quality data
- learn about data insights through dashboards, videos, tools and case studies
- share knowledge and experiences with other data users.
About the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment
The department’s Climate and Atmospheric Science division includes specialised air quality research, monitoring and reporting functions.
An Air Quality Monitoring Network of 99 calibrated stations located throughout New South Wales provide hourly air quality ratings and data across a range of categories including:
- Particles (PM2.5 and PM10, hourly average)
- Ozone (hourly average and 4 hour rolling average)
- Carbon monoxide (8 hour rolling average)
- Nitrogen dioxide (hourly average)
- Sulfur dioxide (hourly average)
- Visibility (hourly)
- Ammonia (hourly average for selected stations)
We encourage you to visit the department’s Air website to learn about:
- The Air program
- NSW Clean Air Strategy
- The department’s air quality research and publications
- NSW air quality statements
- Air quality monitoring network
- Current air quality and forecasts
- Air pollution episodes
- Other knowledge-based articles about air quality.
Feedback and innovation
We invite your feedback and input on the available air quality datasets through our Forum. Please follow the forum participation guidelines to ensure that the forums have productive conversation.
Help the Hub with your feedback and inquiries, including:
- Suggestions for Datasets: If you have suggestions for specific datasets that you believe would add value to the Hub, we would love to hear from you.
- Contributing Data: If you have environmental data that you think would be beneficial for the community of practice using the Hub, please reach out to us. Your contributions can enhance the intelligence and insights available to users.
- Problems or Issues: Encountering technical difficulties or facing challenges while navigating the Hub? We're here to assist you in resolving any issues you might be facing.
- Suggestions for Improvement: We are committed to continuously enhancing the Hub to better serve the needs of our users. If you have ideas or suggestions on how we can improve any aspect of the platform, we're all ears.
Thank you for being a part of the Hub community!