SoE2020: Lead Concentrations in Air for Queensland, Australia

Routine monitoring data for lead in air from South East Queensland, Mount Isa, and Townsville. The dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated in May 2026. Annual average lead concentrations are reported to be below the national standard of 0.50 µg/m³.

Use Cases

• Assess long-term trends in airborne lead pollution based on routine monitoring data.
• Compare ambient lead concentrations against the National Environmental Protection Measure standard of 0.50 µg/m³.
• Evaluate the impact of policy changes, such as the removal of lead from petrol, on air quality.
• Analyze spatial differences in lead levels between regions like South East Queensland, Mount Isa, and Townsville.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly compared against a concrete regulatory standard of 0.50 µg/m³.
• Provides monitoring results from specific locations: South East Queensland, Mount Isa, and Townsville.
• Licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating open use and sharing.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

[email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation

Collection Method

Routine monitoring of lead in air.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 03:50:30.905133; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South East Queensland, Mount Isa, and Townsville, Australia