AQ - Monitoring of Air Quality

Form: AQA - data file to be used for data from active samplers

Form introduced: 2009

Last change: 2009

Tests

Changes

!Sequence; country; plot; sampler; date_aq; hour; O3; SO2; NO2; NH3; other_observations

POSITION FIELD DESCRIPTION
1 Sequence

Description: Continuous number to identify the line of the submitted file
Format: I
2 country
M

DB Column: code_country
Description: ID of the country
Format: I
Dictionary: d_country
3 plot
M

DB Column: code_plot
Description: Observation plot number
Remarks: A unique number (per country) given to the permanent plot during the selection or installation
Format: I
4 sampler
M K

DB Column: sampler_number
Description: Sampler ID
Format: I
Explanatory Item: 171
5 date_aq (DDMMYY)
M K

Description: Date
Remarks: E.g. ‘9th October 2012’ = ‘091012’
Format: Date
6 hour (HH)
M K

DB Column: hourly
Remarks: E.g. 9 o’clock = 09
Format: I
Explanatory Item: 168
7 O3 (μg/m³)

Description: Hourly mean O3 concentration
Format: F
Explanatory Item: 173
8 SO2 (µg/m³)

Description: Hourly mean SO2 concentration
Remarks: Reporting unit changed: since 2009 µg/m³ on molecular base, before µg/m³ on element base
Format: F
Explanatory Item: 173
9 NO2 (µg/m³)

Description: Hourly mean NO2 concentration
Remarks: Reporting unit changed: since 2009 µg/m³ on molecular base, before µg/m³ on element base
Format: F
Explanatory Item: 173
10 NH3 (µg/m³)

Description: Hourly mean NH3 concentration
Remarks: Reporting unit changed: since 2009 µg/m³ on molecular base, before µg/m³ on element base
Format: F
Explanatory Item: 173
11 other_observations (FREE TEXT)

DB Column: other_obs
Description: Supplementary comments
Format: C