The Queens College (QC) site is an urban location approximately 16 km east of Manhattan, New York City near two highways and two major airports. The site was established in 1978 to monitor ozone and sulfur dioxide and has been operated and maintained by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC). The site was renovated and reopened in 2001 for an intensive air pollution study that was coordinated with the State University of New York – University of Albany – Atmospheric Sciences Research Center. In September 2006, the site was redesigned and expanded into a newly constructed building on the Queens College campus. This site is one of three National Core Network (NCore) sites in New York State and is part of the Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations (PAMS) network. This site is being utilized for the New York City Community Air Survey (NYCCAS) as part of the PlaNYC initiative. In addition to the ASCENT instrumentation, this Queens College site also has a suite of instruments listed in the table below that measure a wide range of pollutants.
 

Complementary Measurements