Dataset
Images of airborne particles including microplastics captured using Burkard spore traps at Hull, UK and Gqeberha, South Africa (March, July, and August 2023)
Abstract
This dataset contains images of airborne particles captured by Burkard spore traps, a method commonly used for global pollen monitoring. The images can be used for the identification, characterisation, and quantification of outdoor airborne particles, including microplastics.
Burkard spore traps continuously sampled air for seven days at the following times and locations:
- The University of Hull, UK (53° 46’ 16.87” N; 0° 22’ 2.64” W) starting at 10:00 on 10/03/2023
- The University of Hull, UK (53° 46’ 16.87” N; 0° 22’ 2.64” W) starting at 11:00 on 18/07/2023
- Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa (34° 0'4.66"S; 25°40'2.40"E) starting at 13:00 on 03/08/2023
Traps were on flat roofs with the sampling orifice at least 1 m above the surface and at least 2 m away from the building edge. Tape adhesive was glycine jelly and an oxidative digest using 30% hydrogen peroxide was performed to remove organic mater.
This dataset consists of screenshot images of airborne particles during downstream analysis with Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, used to identify materials, in OMNIC Picta software. Low-resolution screenshots are provided because the original images are no longer available.
Files are named using the convention Burkard_City_Country_Month_DataCollectionDay_ParticleNumber.jpg, e.g.:
- Burkard_Gqeberha_SA_August_1B_3.jpg
- Burkard_Hull_UK_March_C4_48.jpg
This dataset was produced under Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) project 'Development of the first global standard for airborne microplastic monitoring' (grant reference: NE/X010201/1).
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
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Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). |
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This dataset does not contain the original image data. The original images are no longer available, so low-resolution JPEG screenshots from the OMNIC Picta software have been provided in their place.
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JPEG
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Related Documents
Process overview
Independent Instruments
| Burkard Hirst-type 7-day recording volumetric spore trap |
| Output Description | None |
No variables found.
Temporal Range
2023-03-10T10:00:00
2023-08-10T13:00:00
Geographic Extent
53.7714° |
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-0.3674° |
25.6673° |
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-34.0013° |