NO2 - Air quality in the Upper Rhine in 2018

This map represents the result of air quality modelling in 2018 on the Upper Rhine. The annual average NO2 amount in µg/m³ is represented according to a categorisation whose values are calibrated around the regulatory limit values of the three countries.



Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is emitted mainly by vehicles and combustion plants. The regulatory limit values in force are as follows for the annual average: Germany and France: 40 µg/m³, Switzerland: 30 µg/m³. The World Health Organisation's guide value is 40 µg/m³ as an annual average. It should be noted that France is currently involved in a European dispute for non-compliance with the regulatory value, particularly in Strasbourg.



The lowest levels are observed in the Vosges and Black Forest mountain ranges with values below 10 µg/m³ as an annual average. On the other hand, the highest levels are modelled in dense urban areas and along the main road network of the territory, in coherence with the predominantly traffic (43%) and industrial (29%) origin of this pollutant.



On the scale of the Upper Rhine, 47 km² would be exposed to exceeding the 40 µg/m³ threshold out of a total of 21,000 km², i.e. 0.2% of the cross-border territory. The sectors concerned are mainly located on the edges of the main roads of the major conurbations.

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Date (Creation)
2022-11-30
Date (Publication)
2023-03-22
Identifier
04_2022_304

Status
Completed

Point of contact

mri:deliveryPoint

100, avenue d'Alsace

mri:city

COLMAR

mri:postalCode

68000

Country

FRANCE

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GeoRhena

Point of contact

mri:deliveryPoint

5, rue de Madrid

mri:city

Schiltigheim

mri:postalCode

67300

Country

France

mri:electronicMailAddress

contact@atmo-grandest.eu

mri:onlineResource

https://www.atmo-grandest.eu

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Equivalent scale

Denominator
100000
Topic category
  • L Environment

Extent

Extent

Temporal extent

Time period
2018-01-01 2018-12-31

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Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
Keywords

  • Map

Keywords

  • Upper Rhine

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • air quality management

  • air quality control

  • air quality

  • nitrogen dioxide

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Licence CC BY

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Other constraints

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Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Distribution format

  • PDF Map

Digital transfer options

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Digital transfer options

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Metadata

Metadata identifier
53eca2dc-a4d6-46de-86fd-a47dceda75bb

Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Contact

mdb:deliveryPoint

100, avenue d'Alsace

mdb:city

COLMAR

mdb:postalCode

68000

mdb:country

FR

mdb:onlineResource

http://www.georhena.eu

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Resource scope
staticMap
Name

Carte statique

Date info (Revision)
2025-03-31T09:42:38.051455Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3:2018

Edition

1.0

 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

air quality air quality control air quality management nitrogen dioxide


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