1. PM observations in Europe a review of AirBase information
Frank de Leeuw
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2. AQ reporting in the EU (and EEA)
Local traffic 40%
Local industry 14%
Domestic heating 9.4%
Accidental industrial
emissions 5.4%
Natural sources 6.7%
LRT 6.5%
Not indicated 14%
Other reasons 5.1%
AQ reporting in the EU (and EEA)
Air quality framework directive 96/62/EC
Daughter directives to 96/62/EC
Decision 2004/461/EC laying down a questionnaire to be used for annual reporting on ambient air quality assessment in zones and agglomerations
Exchange of Information, Decision 97/101/EC establishing a reciprocal exchange of (AQ) information and data from networks within the member states
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3. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
Primary (hourly, daily) data of large number of pollutants
Descriptive information on network, station and measuring configuration
Rural, urban, hot spot stations
Primary data validated by country:
“corrected” PM-data, review of applied CF’s reported
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4. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
Review by ETC/ACC of delivered data on missing or questionable data
Statistical parameters calculated by ETC/ACC
More countries then EEA-32
Time series up to 15 years
Available at airbase.eionet.europa.eu
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5. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
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6. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
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7. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
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8. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
PM2.5 stations
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9. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
PM2.5, annual mean, 2004
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10. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
Ratio PM2.5/PM10
aver range
Rural – 0.94
(sub)urban – 0.95
Traffic – 0.96
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11. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
2004 PM10 stations
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12. PM10 all operational stations 2004
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13. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
PM10 annual mean 2004
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14. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
Variation in city
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15. PM10 available timeseries
Particulate Matter
100
200
300
400
500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
>10
Length of time series (years)
Number of stations
non EU25 countries
EU25 countries
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16. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
PM10 tendency
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17. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
PM10 tendency
291 urban, 69 rural, 185 traffic stations
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18. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
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19. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
PM10 trend
37 rural, 87 urban, 51 traffic stations
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20. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
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21. PM data from AirBase, Frank de Leeuw
Final remarks
Regional background dominates urban levels for PM
Within-city variations about 25%
PM2.5 & PM10 highly correlated; more PM2.5 station required
PM10: different regional tendencies
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