Air Quality - Immission Traffic 2021 Elemental Carbon (soot)

File provides a picture of the air quality in terms of soot (Elementary Carbon or EC)) around national, provincial and municipal roads in Gelderland over the year 2020. Soot is one of the fractions of particulate matter. There is a clear relationship between soot and health damage. No official limit or test value has yet been established for EC. The data were calculated nationally using the reporting tool. The concentration at 10 meters from the edge of the road is indicated for each road section. The air quality is presented in five concentration classes. The air quality is calculated, among other things, on the basis of traffic counts and calculation models. Any other sources are incorporated in the background concentration. However, the main source of soot is traffic. The values ​​calculated with the model have an inaccuracy of 20-25 percent.