EEA Neighbourhood projectEEA Neighbourhood project- - Presentation to 10Presentation to 10thth Eionet workshop on Eionet workshop on

air qualityair quality

Tim Haigh

17 – 18 October 2005

ContentsContents

Origins and ambition of the Neighbourhood project

Key elements from work in 2005

Priorities for 2006

ContentsContents

Origins and ambition of the Neighbourhood project

Key elements from work in 2005

Priorities for 2006

EEA strategy 2004 – 2008EEA strategy 2004 – 2008

An extensive geographic Internet portal to regional and selected localised information will be made available.

The objective is to enable the public to locate information about their surrounding environment. By simply entering postal codes or by using interactive maps and tools, people will be able to find information on environmental conditions (…).

The system will contain a variety of historical and real-time data on environmental quality.

EEA strategy 2004 – 2008EEA strategy 2004 – 2008

An extensive geographic Internet portal to regional and selected localised information will be made available.

The objective is to enable the public to locate information about their surrounding environment. By simply entering postal codes or by using interactive maps and tools, people will be able to find information on environmental conditions (…).

The system will contain a variety of historical and real-time data on environmental quality.

The EEA Neighbourhood visionThe EEA Neighbourhood vision

• Enable comparison over time and geography;• Make better use of available data;• Show the connection between the local

situation and EU policy – benchmarking• Improve: visibility of, and access to

information providers

Warehouse views

Portal

…for the public

ContentsContents

Origins and ambition of the Neighbourhood project

Key elements from work in 2005 Priorities for 2006

ContentsContents

Origins and ambition of the Neighbourhood project

Key elements from work in 2005 Priorities for 2006

Key outputs in 2005Key outputs in 2005

• Focus groups set-up;• Collect information on existing and planned

national ‘local/neighbourhood’ services; • Identify EEA role and links to countries;• Feasibility study;• Involvement of 3+ countries secured;• Initial supporting GIS infrastructure in place;• Prototype for flood risk.

Key outputs in 2005Key outputs in 2005

• Focus groups set-up;• Collect information on existing and planned

national ‘local/neighbourhood’ services;

• Identify EEA role and links to countries;

• Feasibility study;• Involvement of 3+ countries secured;• Initial supporting GIS infrastructure in place;• Prototype for flood risk.

Focus groupsFocus groups

• Purpose – reality check with public users! User priorities; User preferences; EEA added value; Refine user scenarios.

Role of EEARole of EEA

EEA as a starting point…• European pictures;• Compare between locations;• Overcome discovery, knowledge and

language barriers;• Compare to standards and EU policy;…not an end point.

Elements of the feasibility studyElements of the feasibility study

Country input

Data availability and review

Focus groups (public & GIS users)

reports

Flood risk mapping prototype

Lessons learned

Feasibility study paper

Data exchange pollData exchange poll

• 90% transfer real-time data;• No data exchange standards or data

content standards followed;• 80% publish to the public;• 80% update frequency is 1 hour;• Ftp, CSV very common approaches.• Everybody interested in cooperating

with EEA!

Met. data Met. data Met. data

O3 O3

O3

O3 O3

O3

NO2 NO2

NO2

NO2

NO2 NO2

CO

SO2

SO2

SO2

SO2

Other

Met. dataMet. data Met. data

O3O3

PM10

PM10

PM10PM10 PM10

PM10

PM2.5

PM2.5

PM2.5

NO2

NO2

AQI

AQI NO

CO

CO

AQ Forecast

AQ Forecast

AQ Forecast

SO2

SO2 SO2

Other

Other

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Germany Hungary Latvia Malta Norw ay Slovakia Sw eden

Countries

Pollu

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s

Other

SO2

AQForecastCO

NO

AQI

NO2

PM2.5

PM10

O3

Met. data

Transfer method

00.5

11.5

22.5

33.5

Countries

Met

hods

Manual e-mail

Automated e-mail

Custom protocols

Phone lines

TCP/IP

Radio-channel

FTP

Transfer methods

FTP

Radio-channel

TCP/IP

Phone lines

Custom protocols

Automated e-mail

Manual e-mail

What is the format used for the data?

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1

2

3

4

5

6

Countries

Form

at

Text

XML-own format

XML-standard

Database

CSV

What is the format used for the data?

CSVText

DatabaseXML-

standard

XML-own format

The poll is at …The poll is at …

• http://air-climate.eionet.eu.int/rtpoll• Additional responses welcome!• The results (Excel file) will be sent after

workshop.

ContentsContents

Origins and ambition of the Neighbourhood project

Key elements from work in 2005 Priorities for 2006

ContentsContents

Origins and ambition of the Neighbourhood project

Key elements from work in 2005 Priorities for 2006

Neighbourhood project - air quality Neighbourhood project - air quality focusfocus

• Real-time ozone is a starting point;• European perspective with

benchmarking to standards;• Health impacts;• Pollution episodes;• Start-point to navigate to other

resources (portal);• Extend to wider air quality.

User scenariosUser scenarios

• What is the picture across Europe?• How do two regions compare?• How is AQ in a region with reference to EU /

WHO limit values?• What is happening where I am going on

holiday?• Which parts of Europe are affected by

episodes now?• What pollution will be exported / imported to

a region?• Tell me when something is happening in ---

Where can I get more info

Ozoneweb in first half of 2006Ozoneweb in first half of 2006

• Get near real-time data in and out;• redesign interface;• Align functionality with real-life

requirements;• Integrate into the EEA’s SDI;• Get started with web services.

Charter for data providersCharter for data providers

• Value data providers data and services and make visible;

• Reference sources;• Make it easy to provide data and keep

control;• Offer services in return (web / map / OPD);

• Make EU products (not local);• Send users to data providers own info

services as soon as no European context;• Transparency (access to data);• Not used for compliance.

ActionsActions

1. Get on board early – more stake in defining project.

2. Tell me about what you want.3. Plan for a few days focus on ozone

real-time data exchange in 2006!

QuestionsQuestions

NRC on air quality NRC on air quality

Expertise:• Air quality monitoring networks;• Air quality exposure;• Deposition of air pollutants;

(exceedances of critical loads).Skills and technology :• Monitoring, Data, Information;• Assessment, Reporting, Knowledge;• Communication;• Policy.

The Neighbourhood and INSPIREThe Neighbourhood and INSPIRE

Neighbourhood can be seen as an INSPIRE Pilot Neighbourhood will be integrated into EEA SDI INSPIRE Policy priorities include 6EAP Air quality

strategy (CAFE)

Neighbourhood AQ usersNeighbourhood AQ users

• General public (in specific scenarios)• Expert users – data access & exchange• Media – episodes, benchmarking

comparison• Data providers – services and data

EEA business case – rationale for EEA business case – rationale for project project

• Interactive / graphic presentation of environmental information;

• spatial context to information at relevant scales;

• channel for communication with wider public;• mechanism to improve data use;• a platform for disseminated data exchange

and visualisation;• support EEA and member country on Århus

Convention.

Prototype on flood risk - ObjectivesPrototype on flood risk - Objectives

The prototyping exercise will: • Give a thematic focus to the project in

initial stages• test data collection and cooperation with

countries and other organisations; • develop and test systems, processes,

spatial infrastructure and web GIS mapping;• create awareness and understanding of the

Neighbourhood project within EEA networks and wider audiences.

Information mandateInformation mandate

• Up-to-date information on ambient concentrations of SO2, NO2, NOx, PM, Pb, benzene and O3 shall be routinely made available to the public and appropriate organisations.

• Exchange of information about ozone episodes and exceedences of limit values.

EU: 1999/30/EC Art. 8 (1), 2000/69/EC Art. 7 (1), 2002/3/EC Art. 6 (1)

Ozone prototype and EFNETOzone prototype and EFNET

• Many links to EFNET;• Scoping work and knowledge already

exists in Eionet;• Data aqcuisition processes and issues

understood; Considerable potential to create synergies.

You are creating a new dataflowYou are creating a new dataflow

NO!• Data is collected and available;• Monitoring format and standards exist;• Data suppliers network exists;• Ozoneweb has been on-line since

2001;• Data is exchanged bilaterally;• Legislative framework exists.

ID&P steps to enlightenmentID&P steps to enlightenment

1. Correct presentation of AQ status and forecasts

2. People use information and gain knowledge

3. Health impacts reduced (choices & policy)

4. Pollution episodes reduced

ID&P = Information Dissemination and Presentation

Derived from NILU concepts

Requirements for enlightenmentRequirements for enlightenment

• 1-2 hr old on-line air quality data is key to enhance understanding and knowledge of air quality;

• Forecasts are most interesting information on air quality in urban areas for the general user in Europe;

• Time and geographic presentation / context need to be appropriate;

• Internet, SMS / e-mail are good pull/push dissemination channels.