1. Presentation of the Air Quality e-reporting User Interface (AQUI 1.0) Wim Mol Presentation AQUI 1.0 Dublin, Ireland 24-25 October 2013 European Environment Agency

2. Contents presentation Background of AQUI AQUI principles Inter linkages dataflows B, C, D and G Steps in AQUI Delivery dates XML files

3. European Environment Agency Background of AQUI EEA tender EEA/OSE/12/008: Transformation software to support reporting and exchange of air quality data under Decision 2011/850/EU (e-Reporting). Some tender requirements: Export of XML dataflows B (limited to non-spatial information), C, D (only fixed measurements), E (only measurements), F (only primary validated measurements) and G Conform to the AQ e-Reporting data model & schemata and INSPIRE A familiar face of the user interface, maintain large part of the country-end in the current reporting for the EoI and AQ Questionnaire

4. European Environment Agency Background of AQUI Awarded to consortium comprised of: RIVM CACI Ricardo-AEA and 4Sfera The tool is named: Air Quality User Interface for e- reporting (AQUI) AQUI is a tool for e-Reporting data suppliers without knowledge of XML Interim tool for 2 years

5. European Environment Agency Background of AQUI BInformation on zones and agglomerations & limited to non- spatial information CInformation on the assessment regime DInformation on the assessment methods & limited to fixed measurements E1aInformation on primary validated assessment data – measurements F1aInformation on generated aggregated data – primary validated measurements GInformation on the attainment of environmental objectives

6. European Environment Agency AQUI principles Basis Redesign of AQ-DEM Based on: AQD schemata vs. 3.7c IPR INSPIRE

7. European Environment Agency AQUI principles Functions The underlying database is prefilled with historical information from AirBase and from the Questionnaires Import/update information needed for data flows B-G Checks: Qa/Qc checks available for checking the primary observations Visualisation imported measurement data Overviews of imported primary observations and calculated annual means Export Google Earth kml file for checking the station coordinates Format and consistency checks Export data flows B-G in XML format for e_Reporting

8. European Environment Agency AQUI principles Features Consistency assured of links of features between data flows: Links in reported data flows are generated automatically No information can be attached to undefined key links Use of prefilled forms: To facilitate the import of Assessment Regime and attainments To ensure information of used key links are defined Information included in database: Networks, Stations and measurement configurations from EoI-2012 Zones, Assessment Regime, Sampling points used for compliance Attainments from AQQ-2012 Codes defined for AQD-schemata (codelists)

9. European Environment Agency AQUI principles Reporting and exchanging air quality information using e-Reporting (EEA Technical report 5/2012) IPCC Guiding principles: TCCCA Consistency (links of features between data flows) Accuracy, transparency (checking possibilities) Comparability (comparison annual means current/previous year) Completeness (management by change) Quality checks as close as possible to the source of the data to keep the feedback cycle as small as possible Access to the latest version of the meta information by prefilling the AQUI database. Error messages/warnings e.g. on mandatory data

10. European Environment Agency 1. Configuration fixed Assesment Methods 2. Definition zones 3. Assign Sampling Point for Compliance 4. Classification zones (Assessment regime) 5. Report Attainment situation zones: a. basis for defining attainment situation - observations - modelling results b. result attainment situation zones Sampling Points missing? Zones missing? All sampling points defined? All zones defined for env. Pollutants? All sampling points used for compliance defined? All zones for all env. Pollutants classified? Inter linkages dataflows B, C, D and G

11. European Environment Agency 1. Configuration fixed Assesment Methods 2. Primary observations 3. Aggregated observations Sampling Points missing? Primary observati ons missing? All sampling points defined? All primary observations defined to aggregate? Sampling Points missing? Inter linkages dataflows D, E and F

12. European Environment Agency Steps in AQUI Steps to be taken: Update and check the meta information B, C, D and G by export/import Import primary (E) and aggregated observations (F) Check the primary observations (Quality control, visualisation, overviews) Export B-G in XML

13. European Environment Agency Steps in AQUI Defaults, responsible authorities Url’s files with zone information Responsible authorities Data flow B Export of zone information in the database, update, and import. Sampling Points for Compliance (SPC) Export of sampling points of compliance, update and import Data flow C Export of assessment regime in the database, update, and import. Dataflow D (networks, stations and sampling points). 2 possibilities 1.Update meta information by screen 2.Export of assessment regime in the database, update, and import.

14. European Environment Agency Steps in AQUI Dataflow E Import measurement data Quality checks, visualisation, export overviews for checking Dataflow F (aggregations) Calculation aggregated observations from the primary observations by the standard EEA calculation rules outside AQUI Import aggregated observations into AQUI Export, update, import Dataflow G (attainments) Attainments are calculated by the country outside AQUI on base of the aggregated observations Export, update, import file into AQUI

15. European Environment Agency Steps in AQUI Export XML files B-G Upload to CDR

16. European Environment Agency Delivery dates XML files Delivery dates: 31 December 2013: Zones & Assessment regimes 2014 1 October 2014: Dataflows B-G 2013 data 31 December 2014: Zones & Assessment regimes 2015 1 October 2015: Dataflows B-G 2014 data After delivery the dataflows are loaded into the EEA e_Reporting databases. This historical information will be used to prefill AQUI for the next AQUI delivery.

17. European Environment Agency Help Wim Mol Wim.Mol@rivm.nl

18. European Environment Agency Any Questions ?