Overview

EarthSense is a leading air quality specialist, providing expert services in air pollution monitoring, modelling, and SaaS solutions, enabling the world to visualise and manage its air quality issues.

MappAir® Annual Averages allow identification and analysis of air pollution concentrations for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO₂) across the UK for that selected year. Annual averages for Particulate Matter (PM₂.₅) are also available on the ESRI marketplace as a separate listing.

The annual average products utilise land-use regression modelling techniques to estimate pollutant concentrations using a range of air pollution predictors, including emissions, road network information and land-use data. These datasets are used alongside ratified monitoring data to tune and evaluate the model's performance.

Annual average datasets are quality-checked against the AURN and all years meet Directive 2008/50/EC (Ambient Air Quality Directive) standards.

Years available (can be sold separately):

• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022 coming soon

MappAir® example use cases:

• Annual average pollutant concentrations averaged by geographical boundary e.g., ward, city, region, output area.
• BBC postcode checker - what is the air quality like in your postcode?
• Health and economic metrics linked to air pollution.
• Comparisons against World Health Organisation (WHO) exceedance guidelines.
• Policy decision-making.
  
• Scenario planning.
  

The dataset covers the United Kingdom at a 100m² resolution. Specific areas are available upon request.

Last updated: October 2023