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| Field name | Description | Data type |
|---|---|---|
| Country | Country or territory name. | string |
| B-G Namespace | Inspire identifier/namespace of reporting entity, given by data provider. | string |
| Year | Latest year for which the data flow item has been reported. | numeric |
| AirQuality Network | Inspire identifier (Local Id) of air quality network, given by data provider. | string |
| AirQuality Network Name | Name of air quality measurement network, given by data provider. | string |
| Timezone | Time zone in which aggregations and statistics are calculated (see in Data Dictionary: http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/timezone). | string |
| Air Quality Station EoI Code | EoI code of air quality measurement station (as in AirBase), given by data provider. | string |
| Air Quality Station Nat Code | National code of air quality measurement station, given by data provider. | string |
| Air Quality Station Name | Name of air quality measurement station (as in AirBase), given by data provider. | string |
| Sampling Point Id | Inspire identifier (Local Id) of sampling point, given by data provider. | string |
| Sampling Point Status | Status of sampling point (active/closed). | string |
| Air Pollutant | Air polluting substance, level of which is measured and reported to the EEA (see notation in Data Dictionary: http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/pollutant). | string |
| Longitude | Longitude of air quality measurement station [decimal degrees]. | numeric |
| Latitude | Latitude of air quality measurement station [decimal degrees]. | numeric |
| Altitude | Altitude of air quality measurement station [m a.s.l.]. | numeric |
| Altitude Unit | Unit of measurement of the altitude of the station. | string |
| Air Quality Station Area | Area of Air Quality Measurement Station - information whether it is measuring air pollution in urban, suburban, rural (etc.) environment (see in Data Dictionary: http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/areaclassification). | string |
| Air Quality Station Type | Type of Air Quality Measurement Station - information whether it is measuring background, industrial or traffic related air pollution (see in Data Dictionary: http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/stationclassification). | string |
| Operational Activity Begin | Start time of the station. | datetime |
| Operational Activity End | End time of the station. | datetime |
| Sample Id | Inspire identifier (Local Id) of sample (Feature of Interest), given by data provider. | string |
| Inlet Height | Height of the sampling point inlet. | numeric |
| Inlet Height Unit | Unit of measurement of the height of the sampling point inlet. | string |
| Building Distance | The horizontal distance of the inlet to the nearest building. | numeric |
| Buillding Distance Unit | Unit of measurement of the distance of the inlet to the nearest building. | string |
| Kerb Distance | The horizontal distance of the inlet to the nearest kerb. | numeric |
| Kerb Distance Unit | Unit of measurement of the distance of the inlet to the nearest kerb. | string |
| Distance Source | The distance from predominant industrial source or source area. | numeric |
| Distance Source Unit | Unit of measurement of the distance from predominant industrial source or source area. | string |
| Main Emission Sources | The main emission source for the pollutant. | string |
| Heating Emissions | The declaration of the emissions from domestic heating for a representative area of approximately 1 km2. | numeric |
| Heating Emissions Unit | Unit of measurement of the heating emissions. | string |
| Mobile | Description if measured is fixed (0) or mobile (1). | numeric |
| Traffic Emissions | The emissions from road traffic for a section of road representative of at least 100 m. | numeric |
| Traffic Emissions Unit | Unit of measurement of the traffic emissions. | string |
| industrial Emissions | The emissions from industry for a representative area of approximately 1 km2. | numeric |
| industrial Emissions Unit | Unit of measurement of the industrial emissions. | string |
| Municipality | The name of the municipality in which the monitoring station is located. | string |
| Dispersion Local | The location of the station in relation to nearby buildings & trees using a controlled vocabulary. | string |
| Dispersion Regional | The regional dispersion characteristics or topographic situation on a scale of several kilometres affecting the station from a controlled vocabulary. | string |
| Distance Junction | The description of the distance from the station to a major junction. | string |
| Distance Junction Unit | Unit of measurement of the distance from the station to a major junction. | string |
| Heavy Duty Fraction | The fraction of the total traffic volume (assessed as AADT) that is composed of HGVs on the adjacent road. | numeric |
| Height Facades | The average height of the building facades adjacent to the station (in metres) at the location of the station. | numeric |
| Street Width | The width of the street (in metres) at the location of the station. | numeric |
| Traffic Speed | The average speed of vehicles in km/h traffic speed on the adjacent road. | numeric |
| Traffic Volume | The total traffic volume (as an annual average daily traffic) on the adjacent road | numeric |
| Process Id | Inspire identifier (Local Id) of sampling process (procedure), given by data provider. | string |
| Process Activity Begin | Start time of the measurement process. | datetime |
| Process Activity End | End time of the measurement process. | datetime |
| Measurement Type | The classification (grouping) of measurement methods into generic types. The types of measurements include: Automatic analyser, Remote sensor, Active sampling and Passive sampling. | string |
| Measurement Method | Information on method used for measuring air polluting substances (see in Data Dictionary: http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/measurementmethod). | string |
| Other Measurement Method | Other Measurement Method. | string |
| Measurement Equipment | Information on equipment used for measuring air polluting substances (see in Data Dictionary: http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/measurementequipment). | string |
| Other Measurement Equipment | Other Measurement Equipment. | string |
| Sampling Method | Information on the sampling methods used for Active or passive sampling measurement types (i.e. Passive adsorbent, Low Volume Sampling with automatic filter change…). | string |
| Other Sampling Method | Other Sampling Method. | string |
| Analytical Technique | Information on analytical technique (see in Data Dictionary: http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/analyticaltechnique). | string |
| Other Analytical Technique | Other Analytical Technique. | string |
| Equivalence Demonstrated | Specifies the equivalence status of the measuring/sampling process according to Annex VI.B of Dir. 2008/50EC and Annex V of Dir. 2004/107EC. | string |
| Demonstration Report | Link to the equivalence demonstration report. | string |
| Detection Limit | The measuring/sampling process including detection limit. | string |
| Detection Limit Unit | Unit of measurement of the detection limit. | string |
| Documentation | Title of documentation on data quality. | string |
| QA Report | Link to report with Quality Assurance information. | string |
| Duration | The expected sampling duration of the measurement or sampling method. | numeric |
| Duration Unit | Unit of measurement of the duration. | string |
| Cadence | The time interval between the start of two consecutive measurements or samples. | numeric |
| Cadence Unit | Unit of measurement of the cadence. | string |
| Source Data URL | URL of source data reported to the EEA. | string |
| Imported | Date and time of source data import into EEA's databases. | datetime |
| Field name | Description | Data type |
|---|---|---|
| Country | Country or territory name. | string |
| B-G Namespace | Inspire identifier/namespace of reporting entity, given by data provider. | string |
| Year | Year for which the data flow item has been reported. | numeric |
| AQ Model Id | Inspire identifier (Local Id) of air quality model, given by data provider. | string |
| Model Process Id | Inspire identifier (Local Id) of air quality model process (methodology), given by data provider. | string |
| Model Area Id | Inspire identifier (Local Id) of the model area, given by data provider. | string |
| Assessment Type | The classification of assessment methods into common types. | string |
| Air Pollutant | Air polluting substance, level of which is modelled and reported to the EEA (see notation in Data Dictionary: http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/pollutant). | string |
| Air Pollutant Description | Label of air polluting substance. | string |
| Data Aggregation Process | Specific statistic/aggregation reported according to codelist. | string |
| Unit Of Air Pollution Level | Unit of measurement of air pollution . | string |
| Result Encoding | Model results delivery within the XML (an inline encoding) or as a separate file (external encoding). | string |
| Result Format | Type of format of the results. | string |
| Spatial Resolution Description | Output by the model in simple plain text. Brief description of the regular grid or receptor spacing. | string |
| Temporal Resolution | Temporal resolution of the predictions output by the model. | numeric |
| Unit Of Temporal Resolution | Unit of measurement of the temporal resolution. | string |
| Meteorology | A description of the meteorological dataset used to configure the model. | string |
| Chemistry | A high level description or citation of the chemical scheme applied to within the model. | string |
| Emissions | The emissions inventory used to configure the model. | string |
| Topography | Description scheme for the terrain height and/or surface roughness. | string |
| Model Application | Description of model purpose (concentrations, forecasting, population exposure…). | string |
| Boundary Conditions | Description of boundary conditions. | string |
| Scaling | Description of empirical scaling factors applied as part of the model e.g. scaling factors to derive short-term exceedance statistics from long-term means. | string |
| Projection (SRID) | Spatial projection of the modelling results (spatial reference ID). | string |
| Model Description | Brief description of model. | string |
| Time Of Result | TimeInstant for the generation of the model results. | datetime |
| EEA estimation of MQI | Fairmode's Model Quality Indicator as calculated by EEA. | numeric |
| Data Quality Description | Description of the methods used to evaluate the modelled data quality in terms of uncertainty. | string |
| Data Quality Report URL | Link to a report describing data quality of the model. | string |
| Model Report Title | Title of report describing the model. | string |
| Model Report Date | Date of report describing the model. | datetime |
| Model Report URL | Link to the report describing the model. | string |
| Administration Level | Level of administration of the responsible authority. | string |
| Authority Organisation | Name of responsible authority, institution or body. | string |
| Authority Website | Website of competent authority. | string |
| Authority Address | Address of competent authority. | string |
| Source Data URL | URL of source data reported to the EEA. | string |
| Imported | Date and time of source data import into EEA's databases. | datetime |
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