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Annual Mean Levels Of Fine Particulate Matter (e.g. PM2.5 And PM10) In Cities (population Weighted)
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11.6.2 Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)
Metadata
| Relevance/rationale of the indicator (resp. why the indicator was chosen to measure the target and how it is suitable for these purposes) | Air pollution is caused by a number of pollutants, including suspended particulate matters PM. These particles are able to penetrate deeply into the respiratory tract and therefore constitute a risk for health by increasing mortality from respiratory infections and diseases, lung cancer, and selected cardiovascular diseases. |
| Target value of the indicator and its evaluation | The annual pollution limit for the protection of human health is set at 40 µg/m³ for PM10 and 20 µg/m³ for PM2.5. The recommended WHO guideline values for PM10 and for PM2.5 are even lower and have values of 15 and 5 µg/m³, respectively. |
| Definition | Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter for PM2.5 and PM10 – weighted population concentration was calculated for cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants. |
| Measuring unit | µg/m³ |
| Indicator disaggregation | For PM2.5 and PM10 |
| Reference period (resp. the period to which the indicator relates) | Year |
| Related geographical area | CZ (NUTS 0) |
| Comment |
| Update periodicity | Annually |
| Time coverage since | For PM2.5 since 2007 For PM10 since 2005 |
| Time coverage until | For PM10 and PM2,5 to year 2023, the measurement continues |
| Time series available at the data provider since | For PM2.5 since 2007 For PM10 since 2005 |
| Data publication date (resp. the date when the data provider publishes (regularly) data; it is given in the format T + the number of days, months or years when T is the end of the reference period) | T+9m |
| Contact point - data provider - e-mail | vaclav.novak@chmi.cz |
| Contact point - data provider - name | Václav Novák |
| Data source | Czech Hydrometeorological Institute |
| Data origin | Czech Hydrometeorological Institute |
| Links to detailed metadata or methodology | https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-11-06-02.pdf |
| Links to international comparison | The European Environment Agency, the European Topic Center ETC ACM, respectively ETC ATNI and now ETC HE |