2014-02-11

… and the wind came to the rescue–PM concentration lower in the afternoon

As mentioned earlier today, our best chance of avoiding high levels of PM10 was that the wind would start blowing. And it did Bros

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We can see that after 12 noon, and especially after 15:00, the wind speed (red line) and gusts (brown line) picked up.

The effect is easily seen on PM10 (blue line), and NOx (yellowish line).

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It looks as we might exceed the health limit, 50 µg/m3 for 24-hour average?

Finally, below are plots of the number of cars driving west and east down Ártúnsbrekka – few kilometers from the measurement station.

West:

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East:

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