European air quality data for 2016 (interpolated data and station points), Apr. 2019

The data set provides the EEA 1 km and 2 km grids combining the monitoring air quality data in a ‘regression-interpolation-merging mapping’ methodology and the observational values of the air quality monitoring stations used in the interpolation. The full data set covers Europe for the year 2016, and in particular for the pollutants PM10, PM2.5, O3, NO2 and NOx.



This data set is used to estimate population and vegetation exposure to air pollution, as an input to the indicator CSI005 (Exposure of Europe's ecosystems to acidification, eutrophication and ozone) and for the health impact assessments published in the Air Quality in Europe reports. The methodology and the maps themselves can be found in the 2018 Eionet report "European air quality maps for 2016" at https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-atni/products/etc-atni-reports/etc-acm-report-2018-8-european-air-quality-maps-for-2016. The data set for download also includes the maps in TIFF format present in the reports .

Simple

Identification info

Date (Creation)
2019-04-01
Date (Publication)
2019-09-09
Edition

01.00

Citation identifier
eea_v_3035_1_km_aq-interpolated-2016_p_2016_v01_r00

Point of contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Custodian
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution
1 km

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution
2 km
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

N
S
E
W




Temporal extent

Time period
2016-01-01 2016-12-31

Extent

Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
EEA topics

  • Air pollution

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
GEMET

  • atmospheric particulate

  • transboundary pollution

  • air quality monitoring

  • nitrogen oxides

  • tropospheric ozone

  • nitrogen dioxide

  • troposphere

  • atmospheric pollution

  • atmospheric composition

  • ozone

  • air quality

  • traffic

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

  • EEA39

  • Andorra

  • San Marino

  • Monaco

Spatial scope

  • European

INSPIRE priority data set

  • Directive 2008/50/EC

  • Measurement and modelling data (Air Quality Directive)

  • Monitoring stations (Air Quality Directive)

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Associated resource

Association Type
Cross reference
Metadata Reference
Language
English

Distribution Information

Distribution format

  • SHP

  • Spatialite

OnLine resource

AQ2016_Shapefile

OnLine resource

AQ2016_Spatialite

OnLine resource

Direct download

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Resource lineage

Statement

The maps are derived primarily from the e-reporting AQ database, consisting of monitoring stations data reported to EEA, and some additional EMEP station monitoring data, supplemented with altitude, meteorological ECMWF data and EMEP concentration modelling data. These maps are assessment tools for use at the European scale. They may show results which differ from assessments made at national scale and should not be used to check formal compliance with regulated standards. More information: https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-atni/products/etc-atni-reports/etc-acm-report-2018-8-european-air-quality-maps-for-2016.

The file "Note_On_2016_Datasets.txt" provided with the data set includes a description of the layers and the values provided in each layer.

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference System Information

Code
EPSG:3035

Metadata

Metadata identifier
1a2301e1-34eb-42f3-950c-ec4461bc7a24

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/1a2301e1-34eb-42f3-950c-ec4461bc7a24

Date info (Creation)
2020-01-22T15:19:39Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-10-09T10:38:49.942546Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115/19139

Edition

1.0

 
 
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Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

EEA topics

Air pollution
GEMET

air quality air quality monitoring atmospheric composition atmospheric particulate atmospheric pollution nitrogen dioxide nitrogen oxides ozone traffic transboundary pollution troposphere tropospheric ozone
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Atmospheric conditions Environmental monitoring facilities Human health and safety
INSPIRE priority data set

Directive 2008/50/EC Measurement and modelling data (Air Quality Directive) Monitoring stations (Air Quality Directive)
Spatial scope

European


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