Title

Air quality monitoring stations in the Alpine Convention (2016-2018)

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Abstract

234 monitoring stations operating during the 2016-2018 period were identified thanks to EEA European Air Quality Portal in the in the Alpine region for measuring the following pollutants: PM10, PM2.5, nitrogen oxides (NOx) including nitrogen dioxide(NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), benzene (C6H6), ozone (O3), lead (Pb), Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), nickel (Ni), arsenic (As), carbon monoxide (CO), cadmium (Cd). Two-thirds of these stations are located in suburban or urban environments and one-third in rural environments.
This map illustrates their geographical distribution, together with that of 39 additional stations belonging to the local Swiss monitoring networks and operating in the same period. Of all these stations, 14% and 78% are located at altitudes higher than 1,000 m.a.s.l. and 1,500 m.a.s.l. respectively.
Adapting an existing methodology, it has been estimated that approximately 86% of these stations displayed are situated in valleys (see the original text of the RSA9 for details).

Creation Date

June 1, 2020, 7:21 a.m.

Type

Vector Data

Keywords

monitoring stations

Category

Air quality

air quality topic

Regions

Alps

Responsible

INERIS

Group

RSA8

More info

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Maintenance Frequency

There Are No Plans To Update The Data

Restrictions

No restriction are listed

Purpose

This map was elaborated within the activities for drafting the 8th Report on the State of the Alps of the Alpine Convention on the topic of air quality.

Language

English

Temporal Extent

Jan. 1, 2016, 10:25 a.m. - Dec. 31, 2018, 10:25 a.m.

Data Quality

Quality assurance and quality control procedures, documented in the EEA’s Quality Management System (QMS).

Supplemental Information

Sources :
- European sampling point metadata reported by countries and downloaded from http://aided.apps.eea.europa.eu, January 2020.
- sampling point metadata of Monaco provided directly by Direction de l'Environnement, Gouvernement Princier de la Principauté De Monaco, March 2020.
- Sampling point metadata reported by Switzerland (NABEL network) and downloaded from http://aided.apps.eea.europa.eu , January 2020.
- additional sampling point metadata provided directly by the Swiss federal, cantonal and municipal air hygiene agencies, March 2020.

Spatial Representation Type

vector data is used to represent geographic data

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