Sector |
Essential climate variable (ECV) |
Description |
PM2.5 concentration |
Calculation method |
Title |
Period |
Processing |
Unit |
Comment |
Hourly |
Hourly |
The hourly time series from MATCH |
µg/m3 |
|
Monthly min |
Monthly |
The monthly minimum PM2.5 concentration |
µg/m3 |
|
Monthly mean |
Monthly |
The monthly mean PM2.5 concentration |
µg/m3 |
|
Monthly max |
Monthly |
The monthly maximum PM2.5 concentration |
µg/m3 |
|
Yearly min |
Yearly |
The yearly minimum PM2.5 concentration |
µg/m3 |
|
Yearly mean |
Yearly |
The yearly mean PM2.5 concentration |
µg/m3 |
|
Yearly max |
Yearly |
The yearly maximum PM2.5 concentration |
µg/m3 |
|
Mean over period |
Five years |
Total mean for the full period |
µg/m3 |
|
Provenance |
The air quality downscaling was performed with the chemical transport model MATCH. |
Validation |
The downscaling made by MATCH in Urban SIS has been validated against observations in Urban SIS deliverable 5.2, where an overview is given in Table 4. Details about the validation for PM2.5 is given in section 4.3 and section 4.7. |