Rotterdam
The Rotterdam Decision Support System has
two main components:
The first is the Transport Environment Chart
(TEC), which is used for long-term predictions of traffic
induced air pollution. The main innovation in the framework
of HEAVEN is to add a dispersion model to TEC, which describes
air quality in zones, rather than in lines along roads.
The second is the Environmental Information
Platform (EIP), which will be based on near real-time traffic
data. The data provides input for the short-term emission
and dispersion models, so that a near real-time description
and prediction of air quality along roads is produced. The
short-term predictions can be used to induce traffic management
measures. A real-time picture of air quality along roads will
also be made available to the general public on the Internet.
Improved and more up-to-date models are important
elements of the Decision Support System. Data from air quality
monitoring will be used to enhance the currency of the emission
and dispersion models used in the region. Within HEAVEN, an
air quality measurement campaign will be carried out along
different roads in the region. Point source measurement stations
will be located along the A13 highway, first in an open field
situation, and later in the built-up environment of the Overschie
district. In addition, experimental measurements using advanced
techniques for monitoring air quality (such as differential
optical absorption spectroscopy or DOAS) will be tested. A
point source station will be set up at a major corridor of
the urban road network (at Pleinweg), and passive samplers
will be placed throughout the city.
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website Air Quality related to traffic in the Rotterdam region
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