Air Quality Along Roads 2013: Monitoring for NO2 and PM10 in the Netherlands

The National Air Quality Cooperation Programme (NSL) contains measures to ensure compliance with European air quality limit values in the Netherlands. Annual monitoring from 2010 tracks air quality development and the implementation of measures using a Monitoring Tool. The dataset likely contains calculated air quality values for 2013, with specific limit values of 40 ug/m3 for NO2 and 40 ug/m3 annual average for PM10.

Use Cases

• Assessing compliance with the 40 ug/m3 NO2 limit value based on monitoring data mentioned in the description
• Modeling fine dust (PM10) concentrations against the 31.2 ug/m3 effective annual average limit
• Evaluating the impact of spatial developments on air quality as referenced in the NSL programme
• Tracking the implementation of air quality measures and projects included in the NSL

Strengths

• Data is tied to a formal national cooperation programme (NSL) with defined legal measures
• Specific European limit values for NO2 (40 ug/m3) and PM10 (40 ug/m3 annual, 50 ug/m3 daily) are provided for context
• Multiple machine-readable file formats are available, including WMS, WFS, and JSON

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands)

Collection Method

Calculations performed with the NSL Monitoring Tool for annual compliance tracking.

Time Range

Monitoring round for 2013 (reported in 2014). Programme active since 2009.

Freshness

Data is from the 2013 monitoring round (reported in 2014); update frequency is annual but current status is unknown.

Geography

Netherlands, specifically along roads at NSL test points.