Nova Scotia Ambient Sulphur Dioxide Hourly Data Up to 2024

Hourly ambient sulphur dioxide (SO2) concentration data in parts per billion from provincial air quality monitoring stations across Nova Scotia, with records up to the end of 2024. The dataset is provided by the Government of Nova Scotia and was last updated on the platform in April 2026. Data is available in multiple formats including CSV, XML, and HTML.

Use Cases

• Modeling hourly SO2 pollution trends based on time-series data from monitoring stations.
• Analyzing regional air quality compliance based on provincial monitoring network data.
• Forecasting pollution events based on historical SO2 concentration patterns.
• Correlating SO2 levels with other environmental factors based on station location metadata.

Strengths

• Data covers up to the end of 2024, providing recent hourly measurements.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and XML.
• Published under the open OGL-CA-2.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Collected from provincial ambient air quality monitoring stations.

Time Range

Up to the end of 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:27:56.738048; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada