Collection KSBHS/ERG - BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: King's College London Environmental Research Group records

Key Information

Reference code

KSBHS/ERG

Title

BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: King's College London Environmental Research Group records

Date(s)

  • 1993-2005 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

1 box or 0.01 cubic metres

Scope and content

Collection comprises data gathered by the Environmental Research Group, 1993-2005, on air quality in the following regions and counties: Greater London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Sussex and Kent. Also, annual reports of the London Air Quality Network, Air Quality in London , (South East Institute of Public Health), Feb 1944-2005.

System of arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

General Information

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Environmental Research Group (ERG) is part of the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences at King's College London and is a leading provider of air quality information and research in the UK. In 1993, ERG created the London Air Quality Network (LAQN) in conjunction with the London Boroughs and Regional Health Authorities - this was the UK's first regional monitoring network. LAQN compiles information about air quality in and around Greater London. Measurements are collected either hourly or twice daily from continuous monitoring sites, processed and checked then placed on the LAQN website with an hourly update, which shows the latest pollution levels across the capital.

Custodial history

Received from the Environmental Research Group, Mar 2007

Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.

Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Physical Description

All data is held in electronic format. Annual reports in hard copy.

Finding aids

This collection level description.

Related descriptions

Note

Further information on ERG is available from www.erg.kcl.ac.uk. For hourly updates on pollution levels across London using ERG data, see www.londonair.org.uk.

Alternative identifier(s)

People and Organisations

Genre access points

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.

Script(s)

Archivist's note

Further information on ERG is available from www.erg.kcl.ac.uk. For hourly updates on pollution levels across London using ERG data, see www.londonair.org.uk.Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery. Sources: www.erg.kcl.ac.uk.

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