Air Quality Along Roads 2012: Netherlands Monitoring for NO2 and PM10

The National Air Quality Cooperation Programme (NSL) includes measures to meet European air quality standards in the Netherlands. Annual monitoring from 2010 uses a Monitoring Tool to track progress toward limit values, such as 40 ug/m3 for NO2 by 2015. Data from the 2013 monitoring round likely contains calculated air quality measurements along roadways.

Use Cases

• Assessing compliance with EU limit values for NO2 and PM10 based on the described monitoring objectives.
• Modeling the impact of spatial development projects on roadside air quality based on the NSL framework.
• Tracking the implementation and effectiveness of air quality measures mentioned in the National Air Quality Cooperation Programme.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a formal national monitoring programme (NSL) with defined legal objectives.
• Specific limit values for pollutants are provided (e.g., 40 ug/m3 for NO2, 40 ug/m3 annual average for PM10).
• Multiple machine-readable file formats are available (WMS, WFS, JSON).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Calculations performed with the NSL Monitoring Tool as part of annual compliance monitoring.

Time Range

2012 (monitored in 2013)

Freshness

Data is from a 2013 monitoring round, covering the 2012 period.

Geography

Netherlands, specifically along roads