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Other

Document subtype
Project report

Title
GAPS: Geo Data Portals for Air Pollution Studies

Participants in the publication
Filipe Fernandes (Author)
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO
Helena Cristina Serrano (Author)
Dep. Biologia Vegetal
CE3C
Maria Alexandra Oliveira (Author)
Dep. Biologia Vegetal
CE3C
Cristina Branquinho (Author)
Dep. Biologia Vegetal
CE3C
João Nuno Silva (Author)
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO

Summary
There is a wealth of data on air pollution within several users’ reach, including modelled concentrations and depositions as well as observations from air quality stations. However,data integration to perceive spatial and temporal trends at the national level is a complex undertaking. The difficulties are mainly related to the data sources (many files with a lot of information and in different formats). In addition, the processing of this data is time-consuming and impractical when the time period under analysis increases. Furthermore,the processing of spatial-temporal data requires the use of multiple specific tools, such as geographic information systems software and statistical, which are not readily accessible to non-specialised users. The proposed solution is to develop libraries that are responsible for aggregating different types of data related with pollution. In addition to allowing the integration of different data, the libraries are also the basis for developing web applications. The libraries allow the collection of data made available by the Portuguese Environment Agency(APA) and official modelling results for Europe. The applications developed will extend the libraries to allow data processing and representation through Dashboards. These Dash-boards provide access to non-specialised users, namely regarding the trends of pollutants in each region. The implemented libraries allow the development of projects that would need access to the same data sources. These Dashboards allow for simplified access to data and for studies that have so far been beyond the reach of researchers.


Institution
cE3c/FCUL

Publication Identifiers

Document Identifiers
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Notes
arXiv:2103.02953 [cs.DB]