AQ - Monitoring of Air Quality

Form: PPS - Form with information on passive sampler(s) on intensive monitoring plot and at stations

Form introduced: 2002

Last change: 2011

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!Sequence; country; plot; latitude; longitude; altitude; compound; sampler; manufacturer; altitude_m; elevation_lowest2500; elevation_lowest5000; sampling_height; other_observations

POSITION FIELD DESCRIPTION
1 Sequence

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

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

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 latitude (+DDMMSS)
M

Description: Latitude in Degrees Minutes Seconds (WGS84)
Remarks: E.g. ‘+505852’ = 50 Degree, 58 Minutes, 52 Seconds
Format: C
Explanatory Item: 4
5 longitude (+/-DDMMSS)
M

Description: Longitude in Degrees Minutes Seconds (WGS84)
Remarks: E.g. ‘+035531’ = 3 Degree, 55 Minutes, 31 Seconds
Format: C
Explanatory Item: 4
6 altitude (m)
M

DB Column: code_altitude
Description: Altitude above sea level in 50 meter classes
Format: I
Dictionary: d_altitude
7 compound
M K

DB Column: code_compound
Description: Compound air quality
Format: C
Dictionary: d_compound_aq
8 sampler
M K

DB Column: sampler_number
Description: Sampler sequence number
Format: I
Explanatory Item: 171
Introduced: 2009
9 manufacturer

DB Column: code_manufacturer_passive
Description: Passive sampler manufacturer
Format: I
Dictionary: d_sampler_passive
Explanatory Item: 170
Introduced: 2011
10 altitude_m (m)

Description: Altitude
Format: I
Introduced: 2009
11 elevation_lowest2500 (m)

DB Column: elevation_25
Description: Lowest elevation in a circular area of 2.5 km radius
Remarks: Only for ozone measurements
Format: I
Explanatory Item: 175
Introduced: 2009
12 elevation_lowest5000 (m)

DB Column: elevation_50
Description: Lowest elevation in a circular area of 5 km radius
Remarks: Only for ozone measurements
Format: I
Explanatory Item: 175
Introduced: 2009
13 sampling_height (m)

Description: Sampling height, standardized at 2 meters
Remarks: Accuracy 0.1m (e.g submit 2.15 for 2meters and 15 centimeters)
Format: F
Introduced: 2011
14 other_observations (FREE TEXT)

DB Column: other_obs
Description: Supplementary comments
Format: C