Global Open Data Index: Survey
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Data about the daily mean concentration of air pollutants, especially those potentially harmful to human health. Data should be available for all air monitoring stations or air monitoring zones in a country. The Index focusses on key pollutants as defined by the World Health Organisation. See our methodology section for more information.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licenced | No | Any reproduction requires prior written consent, as per Terms and Conditions of the Federal Authorities. |
| In an open and machine-readable format | CSV, HTML | |
| Downloadable at once | No | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| findable | 1 | |
| findable_steps | Could not find on the national OGD portal, so had to search the FOEN website | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 2 | |
| collector_name | Federal Office for the Environment | |
| characteristics | Particulate matter (PM), Sulphur oxides (SOx), Nitrogen oxides (NOx), Carbon monoxide (CO), Ozone, Available per air monitoring station/zone | Reviewer: Was not able to found Volatiles as Benzene or Acetaldehyde in the Pollutants given. |
| location | http://www.bafu.admin.ch/luft/luftbelastung/blick_zurue - Data of the National Air Pollution Monitoring Network |
Accepted with corrections. Removed Volatiles from list as no reports on Benzene, Acetaldehyde or any other volatile was found.