# POD, European air quality data for 2022 (interpolated data), June 2024

Please be aware that, unfortunately, all the POD maps published at this page before 1 July 2026 were wrong due to a mistake in the applied methodology. Please discard any POD map downloaded before 1 July 2026 and use instead those available at https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/808372fa-f1ac-4923-86f8-51bb56bfe1f5 . Sorry for the inconvenience.

The data set provides concentrations for the ozone indicator Phytotoxic ozone dose (POD) for beech, spruce, wheat, tomato and potato, combining 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. It covers Europe for the year 2022. 
This data set is used to estimate vegetation exposure to air pollution. The methodology can be found in the 2023 Eionet report "Air quality maps of EEA member and cooperating countries for 2021. PM10, PM2.5, O3, NO2, NOx and BaP spatial estimates and their uncertainties." (ETC HE Report 2023/3) available at https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-he/products/etc-he-products/etc-he-reports/etc-he-report-2023-3-air-quality-maps-of-eea-member-and-cooperating-countries-for-2021-pm10-pm2-5-o3-no2-nox-and-bap-spatial-estimates-and-their-uncertainties (the corresponding 2024 report with the 2022 maps will be published at the end of 2024).https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/b7a18b8b-f446-4da2-8ee8-d105533d1c50?language=all


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