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Pollutant Emissions 10% open

Argentina


What data is expected?

Aggregate data about the emission of air pollutants especially those potentially harmful to human health (although it is not a requirement to include information on greenhouse gas emissions). Aggregate means national-level or available for at least three major cities. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data must be available for the following pollutants and meet the following minimum criteria:

  • Particulate matter (PM) Levels
  • Sulphur oxides (SOx)
  • Nitrogen oxides (NOx)
  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
  • Carbon monoxide (CO)
  • Updated on at least once a week.
  • Measured either at a national level by regions or at leasts in 3 big cities.

What data is available

  •   Openly licensed? Unsure (No URL given)
  •   Is the data available for free? Unsure
  •   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
  •   Available in bulk? No
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? No
  •   Publicly available? Yes published by Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development)
  •   Is data in digital form? No
  •   Is the data available online? No (No URL given)
  •   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

By law, the government should supply and monitor this data. In practice, I couldn't find it online but notice you can apply for the data through email. I could find other environmental data on this map - http://mapas.ambiente.gob.ar/

it see that in Buenos Aires and Bahía Blanca Air Pollution is montier not by the federal government

Bahía Blanca http://www.bahiablanca.gov.ar/areas-de-gobierno/medio-ambiente/comite-tecnico-ejecutivo/estacion-de-monitoreo-de-calidad-de-aire/

Buenos Aires http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/agenciaambiental/monitoreoambiental/calidadaire

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Contributors

Reviewers

  • yar michl

Submitters

  • Yamila García