Artur Gsella, Michel Houssiau, presented by Stefan Jensen

European Environment Agency

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

EEA, 4th of November 2014 (updated 21/01/2015)

AQ IPR & INSPIRE: feelings and impressions

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Comments related to INSPIRE IDs

AQ IPR and INSPIRE:

Few words about the AQ IPR

- how it was - how it is now

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (IPR) of 12 December 2011 laying down rules for Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC (CAFE) of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the reciprocal exchange of information and reporting on ambient air quality, notified under document C(2011) 9068)(2011/850/EU)

Council Decision 97/101/EC of 27 January 1997 establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member States

Commission Decision 2004/461/EC of 29 April 2004 laying down a questionnaire to be used for annual reporting on ambient air quality assessment under Council Directives 96/62/EC and 1999/30/EC and under Directives 2000/69/EC and 2002/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2004) 1714), (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L156, 30.04.2004, pp.78-125)

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Air quality reporting in transition:

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

- how it was - how it is now

AQ zones (B)

Assessmentregimes (C)

Meta on measurements/

models (D)

Primary data (E)

Aggregated data (F)

Attainment (G)AQ

plans (H-K)

Exchange of Information (EoI)

Near Real Time (NRT)

AQ Questionnaire

AQ plans

Air quality reporting in transition:

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Air quality reporting in transition:

… the work on the data model was a struggle…

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Air quality reporting in transition:

UML class diagrams model the real world

Software converts UML to XSD

XSD & data combined to generate XML report

XML report sent to Eionet CDR

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

- AQ data flows interconnected streamlining duplication and reinforcing internal consistency in reporting data flows

- AQ e-Reporting schema one data model, upgrading standards for air quality data encoding and sharing

- first steps towards INSPIRE for Air Quality, improved and extended data services (both at the EEA and national)

Consequences and opportunities:

- replacing old rules for regulatory and informative reporting on air quality to the Commission

Air quality reporting in transition:

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

for more information about AQ e-Reporting

visit: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/aqportal

Air quality reporting in transition:

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

mandatory requirements

- AQD e-Reporting schema is complicated mostly due to EC/50/2008, and ... INSPIRE does not make it simpler...

nested structures

- benefits such as inter-comparison capabilities between different environmental domains – still to come…

Feelings and impressions on AQ IPR and INSPIRE:

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

redundant links

Items on INSPIRE code lists (many still not defined)

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Example of mandatory requirements:

Elements and information required for ‘competent authorities‘ Elements and information required for AQ monitoring measurements

Looking for the information relevant from the point of view of AQ modeller...

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Example of heavily nested structures:

Meta-data on Air Quality modelling

Meta-data setup for models (data flow D: assessment methods)source: Modelling and objective estimation data model, by Tony Bush (ETC/ACM, Nov 2013)

AQD Model

ObservingCapabilities

Model indentifiers

Model name

Responsible party

Assessment type

AQ zone

Environmental objective

Organisational level

Media monitored

INSPIRE & gml:id

INSPIRE / Eionet code list

What, how, when is being observed

Nation, regional etc.

Model / objective estimation

Link to zone(s)

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Meta-data setup for models (data flow D: assessment methods)source: Modelling and objective estimation data model, by Tony Bush (ETC/ACM, Nov 2013)

AQD Model

ObservingCapabilities

Feature of interest

Procedure

Model indentifiers

Model name

Responsible party

Assessment type

AQ zone

Environmental objective

Organisational level

Media monitored Observing time

Result nature

Observed property

Start & end time

Link to model configuration info

Geometry of model

INSPIRE code list

Pollutant

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Meta-data setup for models (data flow D: assessment methods)source: Modelling and objective estimation data model, by Tony Bush (ETC/ACM, Nov 2013)

Detail description of the model area / domain

Emission, meteorology, chemistry etc.

Grid, trajectory precision or

receptor

Text

Annual, hourly, daily etc.

AQD Model Model indentifiersModel name

Media monitoredResponsible party

Organisational levelEnvironmental objectiveAssessment typeAQ zone

ObservingCapabilities

Feature of interest

Procedure Model indentifiers

Model name

Responsible party

Description

Temporal resolution

Spatial resolution

Media monitored

Observing time

Result nature

Observed property

Model parameterModel parameterModel parameter

Geometry

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

- how it was - how it is now

AQ zones (B)

Assessmentregimes (C)

Meta on measurements/

models (D)

Primary data (E)

Aggregated data (F)

Attainment (G)AQ

plans (H-K)

Exchange of Information (EoI)

Near Real Time (NRT)

AQ Questionnaire

AQ plans

Examples of redundant links:

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

AQ zones (B)

Assessmentregimes (C)

Meta on measurements/

models (D)

Primary data (E)

Aggregated data (F)

Attainment (G)AQ

plans (H-K)

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

AQ zones (B)

Assessmentregimes (C)

Meta on measurements/

models (D)

Primary data (E)

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Primary data (E)

AQ zones (B)

Assessmentregimes (C)

Meta on measurements/

models (D)

property

OM Obs.

Obs. Capability

SPP

SAM

SAMPLING POINT

AQ Station

AQ Network

AQ IPR & INSPIRE: feelings and impressions

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Comments related to INSPIRE IDs

AQ IPR and INSPIRE:

Few words about the AQ IPR

NAMESPACE/

LOCALID

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Primary data (E)

AQ zones (B)

Assessmentregimes (C)

Meta on measurements/

models (D)

property

OM Obs.

Obs. Capability

SPP

SAM

SAMPLING POINT

AQ Station

AQ Network

Think about impact of a change/error in INSPIRE ID in the heavy interlinked data model...

3 other EU MS (AT, DK, FI) implemented AQ e-Reporting limited to up-to-date data

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

1 non-EU country (NO) implemented full AQ e-Reporting

AQ IPR and INSPIRE:

8 EU MS (BE, DE, ES, HR, IE, PL, SE, GB) implemented full AQ e-Reporting

2016: • developments related to AQ modelling data• extension of data viewers• extension of data analysis capacities

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

AQ e-Reporting future activities:

2015: • system consolidation • evaluation of system scalability to facilitate

transition• migration of historical data

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

AQ e-Reporting future activities – beyond 2016:

new procedures for QA triggering, outputs and feedback,

new procedures for managing the priority data flows at the Agency.

the way of harvesting from remote locations - new scripts and procedures, new ways of internal data management,

Harvesting official data deliveries from remote services – evaluation and possible gradual

implementation.Issues to be tackled might include e.g.:

e-Reporting implementation depending on prior status of data management within countries

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

Complex and rigid system, dificult to modify and adapt to new requirements (domino effect)

Lessons learned:

Establishing IT structure corresponding to schemas is heavily resource demanding (both in countries and EEA)

‘Let my dataset change your mind set’ (Hans Rosling)

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

‘Let my mind set change your data set’ (INSPIRE?)

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 12 December 2011 laying down rules for Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the reciprocal exchange of information and reporting on ambient air quality (notified under document C(2011) 9068)(2011/850/EU):

• Data flow B: air quality management zones• Data flow C: assessment regimes for zones (sampling points within zones)• Data flow D: assessment methods: fixed measurements, air quality models, etc.• Data flow E1a: primary validated measurements• Data flow E1b: primary modelling results• Data flow E2: primary up-to-date measurements• Data flow F1a: aggregated, validated measurements• Data flow F1b: aggregated modelling results• Data flow F2: aggregated, up-to-date measurements• Data flow G: attainment (aggregation within zones, approved by MS)• Data flow H: air quality plans• Data flow I: source apportionment• Data flow J: scenario for the attainment year• Data flow K: measures

Transition to e-Reporting and the spirit of INSPIRE