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Black carbon emissions per 500 m grid cell in the Upper Rhine region (2021)
Produced as part of the Interreg Upper Rhine Atmo-Rhena PLUS project, this map shows black carbon emissions in the Upper Rhine region in 2021.
Limiting air pollutant emissions is the most important lever for reducing pollutant concentrations in the atmosphere. Air pollutants are gaseous compounds or particles that have a negative impact on air quality and harm human health and the environment. Their negative effects are not limited to the area close to the emission sources, but can spread in the atmosphere over hundreds of kilometres, and sometimes even globally.
Black carbon is a particulate compound consisting solely of carbon atoms. It accounts for 5 to 15% of the mass of PM2.5 fine particles. Black carbon is emitted by the incomplete combustion of fuel, mainly diesel, and biomass. In the Upper Rhine region, road transport and the residential sector (wood heating) are the main sources. This carbon content of particles is a more accurate health indicator than the overall measurement of PM2.5 fine particles.
The static map in PDF format is available at a scale of 500m. The data is accessible as open data only at the scale of EPCI, Kreis and Cantons.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2025-08-07
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-11-07
- Citation identifier
- AtmoRhenaPlus_bc
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
GeoRhena
- Voice
-
00 33 3 89 30 63 91
Address
- City
-
COLMAR
- Postal code
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68000
- Country
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FRANCE
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
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100, avenue d'Alsace
100, avenue d'Alsace
100, avenue d'Alsace
100, avenue d'Alsace
- Role
- Point of contact
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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ATMO Grand Est
- Voice
-
+33 (0)3 69 24 73 73
Address
- City
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Schiltigheim
- Postal code
-
67300
- Country
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France
- Electronic mail address
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contact@atmo-grandest.eu
- Streetname
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5, rue de Madrid
5, rue de Madrid
- Website
- https://www.atmo-grandest.eu ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--partners )
- Role
- Custodian
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)
Address
- City
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Kalrsruhe
- Postal code
-
76185
- Electronic mail address
-
emissionserklaerung@lubw.bwl emissionserklaerung@lubw.bwl.de
- Streetname
-
Griesbachstraße 1
Griesbachstraße 1
- Website
- http://www.lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--partners )
- Role
- Custodian
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Lufthygieneamt beider Basel
Address
- City
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Liestal
- Postal code
-
4410
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
-
Rheinstrasse 29
Rheinstrasse 29
- Website
- https://kanton.baselland.ch/bau-und-umweltschutzdirektion/lufthygiene ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--partners )
- Role
- Custodian
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Landesamt für Umwelt Rheinland-Pfalz
Address
- City
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Mainz/Rhein
- Postal code
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55116
- Electronic mail address
-
poststelle@lfu.rlp poststelle@lfu.rlp.de
- Streetname
-
Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 7
Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 7
- Website
- https://lfu.rlp.de ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--partners )
- Role
- Custodian
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Office de l'environnement - République et Canton du Jura
Address
- City
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Saint-Ursanne
- Postal code
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2882
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
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Bel'Oiseau 12, Case postale 69
Bel'Oiseau 12, Case postale 69
- Website
- https://www.jura.ch/env ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--partners )
- Role
- Custodian
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Departement Bau, Verkehr und Umwelt - Kanton Aargau
Address
- City
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Aarau
- Postal code
-
5001
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
-
Entfelderstrasse 22
Entfelderstrasse 22
- Website
- https://www.ag.ch/de/verwaltung/bvu ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--partners )
- Role
- Custodian
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Theme
-
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Upper Rhine
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Crossborder
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- Use limitation
-
CC-BY Licence ©OpenStreetMap contributors ©GeoRhena
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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No other limitation
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
- Français
- Language
- Deutsch
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- L Environmental and Nature Protection
- N Health
- Begin date
- 2020-01-01
- End date
- 2021-12-31
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- OnLine resource
-
0
(
OGC:WMS
)
Black carbon emissions
- OnLine resource
- Black carbon emissions ( OGC:WFS )
OnLine resource
- OnLine resource
- Upper Rhine Air Quality Portal ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- OnLine resource
- Black carbon emissions per 500m grid ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )
- OnLine resource
- Upper Rhine Air-Climate-Energy Dashboard ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )
- Hierarchy level
- Static map
- Statement
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Collection of estimated emissions for the Grand Est region (ATMO Grand Est), Baden-Württemberg (Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg – LUBW), the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft (Lufthygienamt Beider Basel – LHA), Rhineland-Palatinate (Landesamt für Umwelt Rheinland-Pfalz – LfU), the Canton of Jura (Office de l'environnement - ENV Jura) and the Canton of Aargau (Departement Bau, Verkehr und Umwelt – BVU Aargau). Data from the cantons of Jura, Aargau and Solothurn were registered based on cantonal or municipal data. Application of BC/PM2.5 speciation in the event of missing data.
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Français
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Static map
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-07
- Metadata standard name
-
ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
-
1.0
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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GeoRhena: Geographical Information System of the Upper Rhine
- Facsimile
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00 33 3 89 30 63 91
Address
- City
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COLMAR
- Postal code
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68000
- Country
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FR
- Streetname
-
100, avenue d'Alsace
100, avenue d'Alsace
100, avenue d'Alsace
100, avenue d'Alsace
- Website
- http://www.georhena.eu ( text/html )
- Role
- Point of contact
