A high resolution dataset for particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) generated from low cost sensor (LCS) measurements, in the framework of the Horizon Europe All Data for Green Deal (AD4GD) project.
For this purpose, observations from the sensor.community project were combined with meteorological data from ERA5 and air quality data from CAMS Europe model. To enhance the trustworthiness of the low cost sensor measurements, a machine learning model was trained against EEA reference measurements solely using meteorological and sensor data as feature input. Ultimately, the corrected data were gridded to a high-resolution regular lat-lon lattice in two ways.
- Ordinary Kriging for the wider European region, based solely based on the LCS data.
- Universal Kriging just for central Europe, combining the LCS with data from the CAMS European Air Quality model.
Data description
Data type | Gridded |
|---|---|
Projection | Regular latitude-longitude grid |
Horizontal coverage | Europe land, Central Europe |
Horizontal resolution | 0.01° x 0.01°, 0.02° x 0.02° |
Vertical coverage | Surface |
Vertical resolution | Single level |
Temporal coverage | From 2024 onwards |
Temporal resolution | hourly, daily |
File format | NetCDF4 |
Conventions | Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention v1.7 |
Versions | 0.1 |
Update frequency | Daily |
Variables
Name | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
Particulate Matter (<10µm) | µg m-3 | The mass concentration of coarse particulate matter (particles with a aerodynamic diameter of 10 micrometers or less) present in the ambient air. Values are derived from a mixture of data from low cost sensors and the CAMS Europe Air Quality Forecast. |
Particulate Matter (<2.5µm) | µg m-3 | The mass concentration of fine particulate matter (particles with a aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less) present in the ambient air. Values are derived from a mixture of data from low cost sensors and the CAMS Europe Air Quality Forecast. |