Black smoke consists of fine particles suspended in air which mainly arise from the incomplete burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and peat, in the domestic, industrial or transport sectors. Open fires in dwelling houses are a major source of much of the particulate material emitted to air as smoke.

The main health concern associated with particulates is their potential effect on human health, notably the respiratory system, as particles of small size can be inhaled into and deposited in the respiratory
system and remain there for long periods of time.

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EPA

Environmental Protection Agency Air Quality Team

Environmental Research Scientist

Telephone: +353 1 268 0100

e-mail: airqd@epa.ie

EPA Regional Inspector

Richview, Clonskeagh, McCumiskey House, Richview, Clonskeagh Dublin 14, Ireland

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Attachment Name and Download Link	Approx Size
Attachment 1    ClareCountyCouncil_Smoke_1994.xls	0.02 Mb
Attachment 2    ClareCountyCouncil_Smoke_1995.xls	0.03 Mb
Attachment 3    ClareCountyCouncil_Smoke_1996.xls	0.03 Mb
Attachment 4    ClareCountyCouncil_Smoke_1997.xls	0.03 Mb
Attachment 5    ClareCountyCouncil_Smoke_1998.xls	0.03 Mb
Attachment 6    ClareCountyCouncil_Smoke_1999.xls	0.03 Mb
Attachment 7    CorkCityCouncil_Smoke_1994.xls	0.03 Mb
Attachment 8    CorkCityCouncil_Smoke_1995.xls	0.04 Mb
Attachment 9    CorkCityCouncil_Smoke_1996.xls	0.04 Mb
Attachment 10    CorkCityCouncil_Smoke_1997.xls	0.04 Mb

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Author(s)	EPA,
Title Of Website	Secure Archive For Environmental Research Data
Publication Information	EPA Ireland Archive of Black Smoke Monitoring Data
Name of Organisation	Environmental Protection Agency Ireland
Electronic Address or URL	http://erc.epa.ie/safer/resource?id=05c686c2-7a0a-102b-aa08-55a7497570d3
Unique Identifier	05c686c2-7a0a-102b-aa08-55a7497570d3
Date of Access	Last Accessed: 2010-09-06

An example of this citation in proper usage:

EPA,   "EPA Ireland Archive of Black Smoke Monitoring Data". Associated datasets and digitial information objects connected to this resource are available at: Secure Archive For Environmental Research Data (SAFER) managed by Environmental Protection Agency Ireland http://erc.epa.ie/safer/resource?id=05c686c2-7a0a-102b-aa08-55a7497570d3 (Last Accessed: 2010-09-06)

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Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource	The EPA requests an acknowledgement (in publications, conference papers, etc) from those who use information or data received from this online system, its tools and software. For clarifications on any aspect of this raw data users should contact the air quality team. A recommended citation is provided below.
Information On Access Constraints	noRestrictions
Format Of Attached Data Files And Resources	Microsoft Excel worksheet sheet
How are data within the resource presented?	tableDigital
Data from this resource are supplied in the following media types	onLine
Number of Attached Files (Publicly Available for Download):	150

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The information outlined in this section of the metadata for this resource relates to specific parts of the INSPIRE Directive's requirements for Geospatial Metadata. Consequently some of the information presented here is in INSPIRE ISO19115 Metadata format. For those interested in learning more about the implementing rules for metadata in INSPIRE the Joint Research Center provide a PDF document (780Kb) explaining each of the metadata fields.

SAFER-Data Identification Number	75
SAFER-Data Display URL	http://erc.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=75
Resource Title	EPA Ireland Archive of Black Smoke Monitoring Data
Resource Keywords	Black Smoke, Particulate Matter, Sulphur Dioxide
ISO 19115 Topic Categories	climatologyMeterologyAtmosphere
Languages Within Resource Data/Documentation	eng
Metadata Language	eng
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	Air Quality
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Air Quality
Unique Resource Idenifier ID	05c686c2-7a0a-102b-aa08-55a7497570d3
This Metadata Describes The Following:	dataset
Frequency Of Changes To This Metadata or Attached Data	annually

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Project Start Date	Friday 1st April 1994 (01-04-1994)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Friday 1st April 1994 (01-04-1994)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Sunday 31st December 2006 (31-12-2006)
Resource Metadata Published On	Friday 23rd May 2008 (23-05-2008)
Last Resource Metadata Edit occured on	Tuesday 30th September 2008 at 13:16:49 (30-09-2008)
Resource Datasets or Digital Objects Updated On	Tuesday 27th May 2008 at 14:14:47 (27-05-2008)

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Description of Geographical Characteristics of This Resource

Black smoke is measuered by various Local Authorities around Ireland.

Geographical Bounding Rectangles for this Resource

Geographical bounding rectangles are frequently used as an indication of the general position of a geographic feature, dataset, or geographic information resource. All geographical bounding rectangles shown here are supplied in decimal degrees of longitude and latitude (WGS 84 Coordinate System)

Rectangle 1: (N,W,S,E) (53.43572,-6.48193,53.20932,-6.04248)

Rectangle 2: (N,W,S,E) (53.31775,-9.1626,53.19945,-8.87695)

Rectangle 3: (N,W,S,E) (51.92394,-8.535,51.86886,-8.33038)

Rectangle 4: (N,W,S,E) (53.73734,-6.40778,53.69671,-6.25946)

Rectangle 5: (N,W,S,E) (52.37057,-6.36108,52.3068,-6.54236)

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Resource Lineage Information

Directive 80/779/EEC (CEC, 1980) set out smoke standards for annual and winter periods based on median and 98-percentile concentration levels. Directive 80/779/EEC (CEC, 1980) was revoked with effect from 1 January 2005; therefore, black smoke no longer has to be measured. PM10 is the parameter now used to measure particulates and includes the black smoke particulates. Black smoke has been measured in Ireland for over 20 years and is valuable for observing trends in air quality in towns and cities. For this reason, local authorities are encouraged to continue measuring black smoke. The EPA will continue to report the results in the Annual Air Quality Indicators report.

Supplementary Metadata Information

The black smoke level is determined by the OECD black smoke method, i.e., by reflectance analysis of the stain produced on a paper filter through which the sampled air has passed. FILENAME CONVENTION: To intuitively guide users on the data contained in each of the dataset files the FILENAMES shown abide by a simple convention. The first part of the filename corresponds to the station location where the monitoring took place, the second refers to the pollutant measured. The third part of the filename corresponds to the year of measurement. For datasets which contain data measured over two years rather than one the year provided includes the year when measurement commented at that station site. If measurement data was collected at using a mobile monitoring station the code TR will follow the pollutant name. FILE TYPES: For the most part files will be available in one of three different formats. MS Excel spreadsheet format (look for the XLS file name),Comma Separated formats (CSV file type), or plain text (TXT file type). The latter two will open in recent versions of MS Excel.

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The following is a list of resources on SAFER-Data from which users downloaded attachments from soon after downloading attachments from this resource EPA Ireland Archive of Black Smoke Monitoring Data. You can view the full metadata description for these resources by using the links supplied.

• EPA Ireland Archive of PM10 Monitoring Data View Full Metadata Description
• EPA Ireland Archive of Ozone Monitoring Data View Full Metadata Description
• EPA Ireland Archive of Carbon Monoxide Monitoring Data View Full Metadata Description
• EPA Ireland Archive of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) Monitoring Data View Full Metadata Description
• EPA Ireland Archive of Nitrogen Oxides Monitoring Data View Full Metadata Description

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