2011-01-04

Strong winds today, 4 January 2011, and high PM10

Strong winds cause high levels of PM10 this morning in Reykjavík.

Image taken from city of Reykjavik air quality monitoring station at GRE.

2011-01-01

Particulate matter during New year’s eve 2010

A little wind helped a lot to make the air quality good during New year’s eve 2010 (both at GRE and HEH -  two measuring station in Reykjavik and Hafnafjordur, repsectively).

The highest value was “only” 350 micro-g/m3 – has previously reached well above 2000 micro-g/m3.

The wind kept the values low, wind speed even felt stronger than the measurement indicates, but it is also possible that there were a bit fewer fireworks this year (?).

image Happy New YEAR !