Beijing Air Quality and Urban Feature Data from 2017

2017 data includes PM2.5 concentrations from 21 monitoring stations within Beijing's Sixth Ring Road. Gridded POI and road structure data are provided alongside meteorological factors corresponding to the ERA5 reanalysis dataset. The collection was authored by QingYun Xu and shared on figshare.

Use Cases

• Model PM2.5 concentrations using gridded POI data and road structure features from StaticFeature.xls.
• Analyze correlations between meteorological factors from the ERA5-linked files and observed PM2.5 levels in AQI.xls.
• Map air pollution exposure across Beijing's Sixth Ring Road using the 21 station locations and their PM2.5 readings.
• Investigate the impact of specific urban infrastructure, detailed in StaticFeature.xls, on local air quality metrics.

Strengths

• Data spans a full calendar year from 2017.
• PM2.5 measurements come from 21 distinct monitoring stations.
• Includes multiple data types: pollution readings, urban features, and meteorological factors.

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single year (2017), preventing longitudinal analysis.
• Spatial coverage is restricted to the area within Beijing's Sixth Ring Road.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

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Time Range

2017

Freshness

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Geography

Beijing, China (within the Sixth Ring Road)