Nova Scotia Hourly PM2.5 Air Quality Data up to 2008

Hourly ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) measurements in micrograms per cubic metre from provincial monitoring stations across Nova Scotia. The data was collected by the Government of Nova Scotia and covers a time period up to the end of 2008. It is available in multiple formats including CSV, XML, and RDF.

Use Cases

• Modeling historical PM2.5 concentration trends based on hourly time-series data.
• Analyzing spatial air quality patterns across Nova Scotia based on provincial monitoring station data.
• Validating atmospheric dispersion models based on ground-level particulate matter measurements.
• Assessing long-term public health exposure risks based on historical ambient pollution levels.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and XML.
• Measurements are reported in a standard scientific unit (micrograms per cubic metre).
• The dataset has a defined temporal endpoint (end of 2008).

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data freshness should be verified as the last metadata update is dated 2026-04-17.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Collected from provincial ambient air quality monitoring stations.

Time Range

Up to the end of 2008.

Freshness

Data covers up to 2008; metadata last updated 2026-04-17.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada.