Field and laboratory studies related to the application of a new approach for monitoring bioaerosols in Ireland have been performed. The core of the scientific programme exploits a recently developed spectroscopic technique, (Waveband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor model no. 4 (WIBS-4), which was designed to detect, characterise and quantify airborne biological particulate matter. It does so by means of on-line measurements made with fast-time resolution. The resulting data acquired from WIBS-4 after deployment at a number of differing environments (e.g. laboratory, urban and rural) are compared to results obtained from using the traditional off-line techniques of impact collection followed by optical microscopy. Coincident measurements of PM10 and NOx for the Cork Harbour region have also been made and are reported here. Finally, a range of PBAP species monitored in the ambient Irish atmosphere during the spring to early summer seasons of 2010 were identified and quantified.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=270
Resource Keywords	Air Framework Directive; Bioaerosols; Primary Biological Aerosol Partices (PBAPs)
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EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Climate Change
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource	NONE
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	2
Project Start Date	Saturday 5th January 2008 (05-01-2008)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Monday 11th February 2008 (11-02-2008)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Thursday 31st March 2011 (31-03-2011)
Published on SAFER	Friday 25th May 2012 (25-05-2012)
Date of Last Edit	Tuesday 29th May 2012 at 15:32:56 (29-05-2012)
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Sampling was performed in Killarney National Park, Kerry, Ireland Tivoli Docks, Port of Cork Raffeen Hill, near Cork harbour

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