Cowandilla Air Quality Station Meteorology Data for Western Suburbs

Environment Protection Authority validated meteorology data supports air quality assessment and management decisions for South Australian airsheds. The dataset includes wind direction measurements requiring vector averaging for longer-duration calculations. Data is provided by the EPA under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling local air pollution dispersion based on validated meteorology data.
• Assessing regional air quality trends for the Western Suburbs area.
• Supporting environmental management decisions with EPA monitoring data.
• Calculating vector-averaged wind statistics for longer time intervals.

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Environment Protection Authority, an official regulatory body.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
• Last updated in April 2026, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Environment Protection Authority (EPA)

Collection Method

Monitoring of South Australian airsheds.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 02:40:34.301369

Geography

Western Suburbs region, South Australia