| Wind data are important in understanding air pollution, and analysis of
direction can indicate the strength of local sources of pollution. Results can
only be used as a rough guide as there are many possible sources of interference
and uncertainty, and a full analysis can be very difficult. |
| The pollution wind plot is the average concentration over the time period,
for the chosen species and site, based on wind direction. Wind direction may
not be measured at the site you have selected, so data may be taken from
representative sites elsewhere in London. |
| Wind direction data are measured at selected sites, and are recorded as
degrees from north that the wind is coming from e.g. 0 is north, 90 is east,
180 is south, 270 is west. |
| Wind data varies greatly in their quality because many sites have objects
close to them (e.g. buildings or trees) that disrupt the wind direction, and
wind data are not subject to the same level of quality
control that pollution data undergoes at ERG. ERG
have assessed the quality
of wind data at different sites, and try to match the best wind data to the
sites and dates needed for the wind plot. Wind data is also assessed for the dates
covered and the distance from the site(s) you have selected. |
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The advanced wind plot tools give a selection of wind data to choose from, and
show the quality of each wind data site. If one of the chosen sites has wind data
that covers the chosen dates then it will be available for selection, although the
wind data may not be very good.
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| The pollution data are matched with wind data and then grouped into 30
degree wind direction sets e.g. all wind from 15 degrees to 45 degrees are
averaged within the 30 degree group. The line plotted is a smoothed curve plot rather
than a straight line plot. |
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