PM2.5 - Air quality in the Upper Rhine in 2018

This map represents the result of an air quality modelling in 2018 on the Upper Rhine. The annual average amount of fine particles with a diameter of less than 2.5 µm in µg/m³ is represented according to a categorisation whose values are calibrated around the regulatory limit values of the three countries.



In the Upper Rhine area, the main sources of PM2.5 emissions are the residential and tertiary sectors and road transport. The regulatory limit values in force are the following for the annual average: Germany and France: 25 µg/m³, Switzerland: 10 µg/m³. The World Health Organisation's guide value is 10 µg/m³ as an annual average.



PM2.5 concentrations are fairly homogeneous along the Rhine valley, generally varying from 9 µg/m³ to 15 µg/m³, reaching locally more than 20 µg/m³ along the major roads. The mountainous areas are more spared, with levels not exceeding 8 µg/m³ on average per year, with the exception of the main valleys and certain inhabited areas likely to be equipped with main or supplementary wood heating systems.



On the scale of the Upper Rhine, 2950 km² would be exposed to exceeding the World Health Organisation's guide value of 10 µg/m³ for the annual average, i.e. 14% of the territory.

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Date (Creation)
2022-11-30
Date (Publication)
2023-03-22
Identifier
04_2022_306

Status
Completed

Point of contact

mri:deliveryPoint

100, avenue d'Alsace

mri:city

COLMAR

mri:postalCode

68000

Country

FRANCE

mri:electronicMailAddress

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

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Extent

Temporal extent

Time period
2018-01-01 2018-12-31
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
Keywords

  • Map

Keywords

  • Upper Rhine

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • air quality management

  • air quality control

  • air quality

  • deposited particulate matter

Resource constraints

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Licence CC BY

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Other restrictions
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Other restrictions
Other constraints

No other limitation

Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Distribution format

  • PDF Map

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Pdf Download

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

ATMO Vision website

Metadata

Metadata identifier
6dabe554-0ee0-4305-909e-b8ade7b4d00e

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

Type of resource

Resource scope
staticMap
Name

Carte statique

Date info (Revision)
2025-03-31T09:43:47.200929Z

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 deposited particulate matter


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