Dutch Roadside Air Quality Monitoring Data for 2014

Netherlands air quality data from 2014, part of the annual monitoring for the National Air Quality Cooperation Programme (NSL). The dataset is produced by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations to track compliance with European limit values for pollutants like NO2 and PM10. It is licensed under CC-PDM-1.0.

Use Cases

• Assessing compliance with EU air quality standards based on NO2 and PM10 limit values mentioned in the description.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of spatial development and policy measures under the NSL programme.
• Analyzing temporal trends in roadside pollution concentrations for specific monitoring points.
• Modeling the impact of traffic and urban development on local air quality.

Strengths

• Focuses on specific, regulated pollutants (NO2 and PM10) with defined EU limit values.
• Part of a structured, annual monitoring programme (NSL) with a defined legal framework.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (WMS, WFS), suggesting interoperability.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Calculations performed with the 'Monitoringstool' as part of the NSL programme.

Time Range

2014 (Monitoringsronde 2015)

Freshness

Data is from the 2014 monitoring round (2015 reporting). Update frequency is likely annual, but not explicitly stated.

Geography

Netherlands