# POD6, European air quality data for 2019 (interpolated data), Mar. 2022

Please be aware that, unfortunately, all the POD maps published at these pages before 5 June 2026 were wrong due to a mistake in the applied methodology. Please discard any POD map downloaded before 5 June 2026. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The data set provides concentrations for the air pollutants Phytotoxic ozone dose (POD) at 1 km grid 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 2019. It provides estimates for phytotoxic ozone dose (POD) for wheat, tomato and potato for the year 2019.

This data set is used to estimate population and vegetation exposure to air pollution, as an input to the indicator AIR004 (Exposure of Europe's ecosystems to ozone: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/exposure-of-europes-ecosystems-to-ozone) and for the health impact assessments published in the Air Quality in Europe reports (https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications#c7=en&c11=5&c14=air-quality-reports&c12=&b_start=0). The methodology and the corresponding maps can be found in the 2021 Eionet report "European air quality maps for 2019. PM10, PM2.5, Ozone, NO2 and NOx Spatial estimates and their uncertainties" (ETC/ATNI Report 1/2021) available at
https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-atni/products/etc-atni-reports/etc-atni-report-1-2021-european-air-quality-maps-for-2019-pm10-pm2-5-ozone-no2-and-nox-spatial-estimates-and-their-uncertainties.https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/33a4b83f-8ab3-438c-a6db-d9405e3221f5?language=all


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