The Air Quality Monitoring System, AQMS, is composed of two “end stations” for monitoring pollutant concentration levels, that are connected to a computerized control center comprising two ”work stations”.
Monitoring is applied to three pollutant concentrations:
- Nitrogen oxides (NOX)
- Tropospheric ozone (O3)
- Fine breathable particles (PM2.5)
The monitoring system continuously samples the air, carries out physical and chemical analyses of these samples, and transmits the data to a data base from which the required reports are produced.
Each of the end stations (monitoring stations) is connected to an independent meteorological subsystem that transmits - simultaneously and in real time - four meteorological parameters: wind direction, wind intensity, temperature and relative humidity. These parameters are highly significant for the air pollution characteristics that are monitored and stored in the database at the system’s control center.
The system’s specifications and construction were coordinated with the Ministry of the Environment. Operation, report production and maintenance are carried out according to standards which the Airports Authority is required to meet, based on definitions of the National Monitoring Center (NMC) of the Ministry of the Environment.