MONITORING, REPORTING NATIONAL AIR QUALITY DATAFOR EUROPEAN ASSESSMENTS OF AIR POLLUTANTS –SEIS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION OF THE SDGS WEBINAR

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CONTENT

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Legal framework

Air quality (AQ) monitoring in Austria

Use of air quality data for reporting

Use of air quality data as a basis for further analysis

AQ data for international organizations

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LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR AQ MONITORING, ASSESSMENT, REPORTING, AND MANAGEMENT

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European Union (EU) Directives (2008/50/EC, 2004/107/EC) give basic requirements; Commission Implementing Decision 2011/850/EU detailed reporting requirements

INSPIRE Directive (2007/2/EC): harmonized information on data with spatial information Guidance documents part I (common understanding Commission and Member States)

and part II Austrian Ambient Air Quality Act transposition in national legislation, more administrative

details Austrian Ordinance for air quality measurement: technical details on: Minimum number and location of monitoring sites per zone information of the public, reporting Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC)

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2011/850/EU – EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

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GOAL

harmonize, improve annual reporting of Member States to Commission, European Environment Agency (EAA)

create an internet interface at EEA to improve access to data (air quality portal)

provide up-to-date data

provide data only once (shared environmental information service)

STRUCTURE

provisions for establishing a data repository, encoding of information

information to be made available zones assessment regime methods data (primary validated, up-to-date, valid) attainment plans

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ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

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Umweltbundesamt National background monitoring network national reference laboratory for quality

assurance nation-wide information of the public international data exchange, reporting

Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Political responsibility Developing the legal framework EU tasks

Governments of 9 Federal Provinces Operation of regional AQ monitoring network,

incl. quality assurance Information of the public in its territory Air quality management (AQ plans and

programmes)

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Agglomeration Vienna

Agglomeration Graz

Agglomeration Linz

9 Federal Provinces (including capital Vienna) 8 zones, 3 agglomerations

EXAMPLE AUSTRIA – ZONES AND AGGLOMERATIONS

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for benzene and Pb (lead) whole country is one zone

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AUSTRIAN AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS

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PM10 (130 sites)

PM2.5 (45 sites)

NO2, NO (150 sites)

Ozone (105 sites)

SO2 (65 stations

CO (30 sites)

Benzo(a)pyrene (30 sites)

Benzene (20 sites + BTX compounds)

Heavy metals: Pb, Cd, Ni, As (10 sites)© Umweltbundesamt

number of stations dependent on pollutant levels

PM10 annual means in 2019

PM: particulate matter; NO2: nitrogen dioxide, NO: nitrogen oxide; SO2: sulphur dioxide, BTX: benzene, toluene, xylene; Pb: lead; Cd: cadmium, Ni: nickel; As: arsenic

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LOCATIONS OF MONITORING SITES

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Source: Umweltbundesamt, Nagl

Urban traffic Urban background Rural background

Source: UmweltbundesamtSource: Amt der Oberösterreichischen Landesregierung

Source: Amt der Oberösterreichischen Landesregierung

Urban industrial

Source: Umweltbundesamt

Rural traffic Rural industrial

Source: Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung

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USE OF AQ DATA ON NATIONAL LEVEL

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Hourly ozone report

Hourly ozone map

Daily AQ report

Daily forecast (ZAMG)

Exceedance statistics

Line graphs

Monthly reports

Annual reports

SOER Austria

Submission to EEA, EMEP, GAW©Umweltbundesamt, ZAMG

ZAMG: Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik. SOER: State Of the Environment Report. EMEP: European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme. GAW: Global Atmosphere Watch

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EXAMPLE OZONE DATA

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days with max. 8h mean above 120µg/m³ 2017-2019

AOT40 May – July 2015-2019

hourly ozone data

hourly ozone maps

AOT: accumulated ozone concentration over threshold

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EXAMPLE PM, NO2 DATA: POPULATION WEIGHTED EXPOSURE

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point data spatial data

possible methods: monitoring data (+ representativity of station) land use data, topography, climate modelling satellite data

Austria: monitoring data (+ additional information)

urban and regional background stations

check for inconsistencies in time series (change of location and/or equipment, construction activities, …)

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EXAMPLE PM EXPOSURE

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Climatic-topographic regions Areas with specific PM concentration (based on AQ monitoring data of representative station)

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TREND PM EXPOSURE

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Time series of population weighted data for PM10 and PM2.5 exposure

Fast update every year

Use for SDG 11.6.2 (Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)

Basis for SDG 3.9.1 (Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution) AirQ+ WHO tool used for calculation of

mortality rate

© UmweltbundesamtSDG: Sustainable Development Goal

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EXAMPLE MODELLING, FORECASTS

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Done by national weather service (ZAMG)

Forecast, reanalysis with WRF-Chem

Europe-wide forecast of PM, Saharan dust, ozone

National forecast PM, NO2, O3, AQI

Regional forecast O3

APP4AQ

Use of AQ monitoring andsatellite data to improve model

© ZAMGAQI: Air Quality Index. WRF-Chem: Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled to Chemistry. APP4AQ: Innovative APPlications for the augmented use of satellite observations to support Air Quality management

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USE IN EUROPE, WORLDWIDE European Environment Agency (EEA)

European Commission

Cooperative programme for monitoring and evaluation of the long-range transmission of air pollutants in Europe (EMEP)

Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS)

Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)

AQICN

IQAir

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EEA AQ DATA PORTAL

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AT, EUROPEAN DATA WORLDWIDE

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IQAir Swiss air filtering company AQ sensor, AQ app Website Cooperation with UNEP, Greenpeace Data from EEA

AQICN Chinese company Data from EEA? or national EPA?

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CONTACT & INFORMATION

Christian Nagl

+43-1-313 04/5866, christian.nagl@umweltbundesamt.at

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Umweltbundesamtwww.umweltbundesamt.at

Webinar Health-relevant air quality data informing policy and the publicVienna 16 December 2020