Hourly ozone levels in Townsville, Gladstone, and South West Queensland have never exceeded the national 1-hour standard of 0.100ppm. The dataset, published by Queensland's Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, reveals that South East Queensland experienced exceedances on 2 days in 2011, and 1 day each in 2015, 2018, and 2019, all linked to major bushfires.
Use Cases
- Analyze ozone exceedance trends based on hourly measurement data mentioned in the description
- Model the relationship between bushfire events and photochemical smog formation based on described pollutant emissions
- Compare regional air quality compliance based on the National Environment Protection Measure standard
- Assess long-term ozone concentration changes based on the 14-year monitoring period
Strengths
- Includes at least 14 years of hourly monitoring data
- Provides specific exceedance counts for South East Queensland (2 days in 2011, 1 day each in 2015, 2018, 2019)
- Links exceedances to a specific cause: extra emissions from major bushfires
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on specific Queensland regions
Provenance
- Time Range
- At least 14 years up to 2020
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-12 03:21:01.809592; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia (Townsville, Gladstone, South West Queensland, South East Queensland)