eea neighbourhood project - presentation to 10 th eionet workshop on air quality
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EEA Neighbourhood project - Presentation to 10 th Eionet workshop on air quality. Tim Haigh. 17 – 18 October 2005. Contents. Origins and ambition of the Neighbourhood project Key elements from work in 2005 Priorities for 2006. Contents. Origins and ambition of the Neighbourhood project - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
tant
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?
0
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.