Air Quality Services for the Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands
Air Quality Services for the Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands |
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This service provides air quality information for the province of Zeeland, located in the south-west of the Netherlands. The service is operated by BMT ARGOSS. The service consists of two parts: daily air quality forecasts and air quality analysis reports based on a historical database of air quality information. Information is provided to the province of Zeeland on the following pollutants: O3, NO2, NO, SO2, CO, CH4, NH3, PM10, and PM2.5. The service is based on a chain of numerical models combined with satellite data and other observations of weather and air quality data. High resolution weather data is obtained from the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF), operated on a daily basis at BMT ARGOSS. Air quality information is then obtained from the CHIMERE model, also operated at BMT ARGOSS. Boundary conditions for the air quality model are obtained in cooperation with PROMOTE partners KNMI (forecast) and the Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research (RIU) (hindcast).
The sample results below are from the daily weather and air quality forecast service for October 6, 2008, 12:00 UTC. Daily forecast results can be accessed through the forecast website http://promote.argoss.nl/argoss/weather. The site is password protected, access can be requested from Hein Zelle at zelle@argoss.nl. Please note that access can only be granted to PROMOTE partners! The air quality service has been operational since April 2008.
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| Available region: | Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands |
| Available period: | 2007-12-01 - present, twice per day (some minor gaps) |
| Available data: | Concentration charts for O3, NO2, NO, SO2, CO, CH4, NH3, PM10 and PM2.5 |
| Data format: | charts in PNG format |
| Sample archive data: | 2008-09-29 12:00 forecast run |
| Obtaining data: | Please contact Hein Zelle, see below for contact info |
| Available region: | Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands |
| Available period: | 2003-01-01 - 2007-12-31, hourly data |
| Available data: | Surface concentration data for O3, NO2, NO, SO2, CO, CH4, NH3, PM10 and PM2.5. Selected 3D information is available. |
| Data format: | NetCDF, 48-hour files. |
| Delivery format: | PDF report with concentration charts (average, standard deviation, maximum). Validation section with weekly validation charts for each station, species and year. |
| Analysis report: | The full analysis report is available as a PDF file (in Dutch). The file is password protected, please contact Hein Zelle to obtain access, see below for contact information. |
For validation information on the CHIMERE model, please refer to one of the following documents:
Last modified: 18 March 2008