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Enhancing Air Quality Data Accessibility in Scotland

Join us for a demonstration of the Scottish AQ Website, a pilot project designed to provide easy access to air quality data for stakeholders such as Scottish Executive, SEPA, local government, scientists, doctors, and the general public. Explore the website's features and provide feedback to help shape its development.

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Enhancing Air Quality Data Accessibility in Scotland

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  1. Topics covered in this talk • Introduction. • Demonstration of the Web Site. • Feedback from Consultation.

  2. Context – The Scottish AQ Website will be part of a family of UK on-line resources… The UK website The Welsh website The NI website

  3. This pilot Scottish website project is characterised by: • A variety of tasks including - air quality science, IT, database and web development. • A diversity of policy drivers and objectives. • A wide range of data users and air quality stakeholders.

  4. Project Tasks • Designing and populating a pilot air quality database for Scotland • Assessing the quality, variety and compatibility of air quality data collected across Scotland • Trialling Web Logger technology at six suitable local authority sites. • Liaising with stakeholders and gaining their views on requirements of the database • Developing tools to map air quality across Scotland and ensuring trends are accessible from the air quality archive • To be creative in designing a website which enables easy access to air quality data for a wide variety of potential users

  5. Scottish air quality stakeholders and data users • Some of these… • Scottish Executive (policy development and monitoring) • SEPA (Regulatory) • Local government (planning, LAQM, review and assessment, Action Plans) • Air Quality Scientists (research) • Doctors and epidemiologists (health impact assessment) • The European Commission (statutory/compliance reporting) • The general public (welfare, social amenity, responsible behavioural change) • Students/educational community • NGOs and special interest groups • Each requires rapid and efficient access to data and information in formats meeting their needs…

  6. That’s one of the reasons why consultation is so important… • This is a pilot website, and this meeting is the latest stage in the process of ensuring all users and stakeholders get what they want through. Other stages include… • Introductory Seminar. • Feedback on questionnaire placed on password protected pilot web site. • This seminar to present findings of pilot study. • Further development and launch of live site?

  7. What’s in the Database and web site? • Current and historic hourly PM10,NO2,CO, SO2, 03, VOC data from automatic air quality monitoring stations (currently 13 AURN/ HC and 19 Local Authority/Calibration Club) collected automatically by telemetry • For six automatic sites, the Web logger system is being trialled • Daily or monthly data from several hundred sampler monitoring stations (NO2, SO2, 03 diffusion tube, HC samplers, Smoke/SO2 bubblers etc) collected mainly by email/web form • Plus lots more cool stuff including derived AQ analyses and information, forecasts, monitoring information, links and so on • So let’s have a closer look....

  8. Demonstration of pilot study web site and database

  9. Consultation and feedback:Results of the Online Questionnaire • 10 Detailed replies through the web site + a number of other ad-hoc e-mail comments. • Scottish Exec. Departments • SEPA • 8 Local Authorities

  10. Results: 1 – Look and Feel Very Positive

  11. Results: 2 – Navigation and Access Mainly good with some useful comments

  12. Results: 3 – Relevance Encouraging Comments

  13. Results: 4 – Availability of Data Room for Improvement

  14. Results: 5 – Availability of Reports Note- This area of the Pilot website was not Fully Populated

  15. Results: 6 – Any Other Comments This is the most interesting and useful part ! Summary:

  16. Thank you-any questions?

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