Air quality monitoring for Turkish Cypriot community

Air quality monitoring network

  • Nicosia Küçük Kaymaklı

    Station name: Nicosia Küçük Kaymaklı

    Latitude: 35.195711; Longitude: 33.363108
    In operation since: December 2009
    Measured pollutants: NO, NO2, NOx, O3, PM2.5,PM10, BTEX
    Station type: Urban Background


  • Kyrenia

    Station name: Kyrenia

    Latitude: 35.332510; Longitude: 33.315000
    In operation since: December 2009
    Measured pollutants: NO, NO2, NOx, O3, PM2.5, PM10
    Station type: Urban Traffic


  • Famagusta

    Station name: Famagusta

    Latitude: 35.130310; Longitude: 33.927650
    In operation since: December 2009
    Measured pollutants: NO, NO2, NOx, O3, PM2.5, PM10
    Station type: Urban Traffic


  • Alevkayasi

    Station name: Alevkayasi

    Latitude: 35.284450; Longitude: 33.534887
    In operation since: December 2009
    Measured pollutants: SO2, NO, NO2, NOx, O3, PM2.5, PM10
    Station type: Rural background


  • Nicosia Traffic Point

    Station name: Nicosia Traffic Point

    Latitude: 35.194160; Longitude: 33.348540
    In operation since: June 2007
    Measured pollutants: NO, NO2, NOx, CO, PM2.5, PM10
    Station type: Urban Traffic


  • Teknecik

    Station name: Teknecik

    Latitude: 35.33219; Longitude: 33.468050
    In operation since: October 2010
    Measured pollutants: SO2, NO, NO2, NOx, PM2.5, PM10
    Station type: Industrial


  • Teknecik-Alagadi

    Station name: Teknecik - Alagadi

    Latitude: 35.330880; Longitude: 33.492090
    In operation since: October 2010
    Measured pollutants: SO2, NO, NO2, NOx, PM2.5, PM10
    Station type: Industrial


  • Kalecik

    Station name: Kalecik

    Latitude: 35.342440; Longitude: 34.001180
    In operation since: October 2010
    Measured pollutants: SO2, NO, NO2, NOx, PM2.5, PM10
    Station type: Industrial


  • Morphou

    Station name: Morphou

    Latitude: 35.193010; Longitude: 32.99611
    In operation since: October 2010
    Measured pollutants: NO, NO2, NOx, PM10
    Station type: Urban Traffic

With the financial and technical support from the European Commission an extensive air quality monitoring network was established in the northern part of Cyprus, currently operating nine stationary monitoring stations. According to their typology, there are four traffic stations, one urban background, three industrial and one rural background. See above for a detailed description of the stations.
In addition to the stations mentioned below, Turkish Cypriot community benefits also from a mobile station with the capacity to measure nitrogen oxides/dioxide (NOx/NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), particulate matter (PM10/PM2.5), carbon monoxide (CO), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The mobile station is also equipped with a high-volume sampler.