Daily PM10 and PM2.5 Air Quality Readings for Chinchiná, Colombia

Sistema de Información sobre Calidad del Aire PM10 y PM2.5 contains daily concentration values for particulate matter recorded in the municipality of Chinchiná. Data was collected through environmental monitoring campaigns using gravimetric or automatic equipment like Partisol or BAM-1020, following IDEAM protocols and Colombian environmental regulations. The dataset is hosted on the www.datos.gov.co platform and was last updated on 2026-05-25.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in air pollution by aggregating daily PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations over FECHA_LECTURA.
• Compare pollution levels between different monitoring ESTACION locations using PM10 and PM2.5 readings.
• Calculate exceedance days for regulatory standards by evaluating PM2.5 values against thresholds for a given FECHA_LECTURA_FINAL period.
• Correlate health outcomes with exposure by time-series analysis of PM10 concentrations from specific ESTACION sites.

Strengths

• Data collection follows official protocols from IDEAM and the Colombian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.
• Includes two key pollutant metrics, PM10 and PM2.5, for health impact assessment.
• Provides timestamps for both reading start (FECHA_LECTURA) and end (FECHA_LECTURA_FINAL).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2026-05-25 16:16:35; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Collected via environmental monitoring campaigns using gravimetric or automatic equipment (e.g., Partisol, BAM-1020).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-25 16:16:35.

Geography

Municipality of Chinchiná, Colombia.