Our department have provided two type of weather information in our Gopher
menu and our local newsgroup.


1. Current Campus Weather

Since 1991, Our department have setup a mini climate tower in the roof of 
OEN Hall West, which has been used by students for learning purposes. As
a public awareness program, our department have been posting daily campus
weather information on a notice board outside our department office (OEN W10)
since then.

Now, in addition to the notice board posting, we will also post it here in
our "Current Campus Weather" for those interested. Please noted that all
readings posted are just read from our OWN equipments, which are for 
reference only. There is no guarantee that the readings are correct. 


2. Hong Kong Weather Change Information

Weather changes information of Hong Kong are now being feeded to our 
newsgroup hkbu.geog.hk_weather regularly via Weather Underground of Hong 
Kong (WXHK), an independant organization of interest. These information
will not be available in Gopher. You MUST read them in our local newsgroup.

Additional information for typhoon news are being feeded to our newsgroup
hkbu.geog.hk_weather from time to time via Typhoon News (TN) Mailing List.


3. Hong Kong Daily Weather Forecast

Local weather forecast of Hong Kong are now being feeded to our newsgroup
hkbu.geog.hk_weather daily from Weather Underground of Hong Kong (WXHK),
an independant organization of interest. These information will not be 
available in Gopher. You MUST read them in our local newsgroup.
   

4. Hong Kong Air Pollution Index

Local Air Pollution Index (API) is developed by the Environment Protection
Department to identify the air quality in Hong Kong. With our student's
help, we are able to feed in the latest API to our newsgroup hkbu.geog.
hk_weather regularly. Following is a brief description of API.


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The present Air Pollution Index (API) is classified the air quality
to 4 categories,

Very unhealthy with API 201-500
Unhealthy : 101-200
Moderate : 51-100
Good : 0-50

And there is a classification of HK Districts into 3 main types,
Urban, New Development and Industrial.

The API is based on the measurement of 6 air pollutants, NO2, SO2, O3,
CO, total suspended particulates (TSP) and respirable suspended
particulates (RSP).

Normally, the air quality of the observing stations is falling into
the 'Moderate' category with an API between 50-70, quite acceptable in
such a overcrowded HK.

If API exceeds 100, susceptible persons with existing heart or
respiratory illness are advised to reduce physcial exertion and outdoor
activities.

If API exceeds 200, the general public are advised to reduce physical
exertion and outdoor activities.


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For questions related to information links and postings, please email to 
btsang@hkbu.edu.hk. For enquiries about our climate equipment operations,
please email to jssandhu@hkbu.edu.hk.

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