Air Quality- Immission Traffic 2020 Elementary Carbon (soot)

File gives an overview of the air quality 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 fine dust. There is a clear relationship between soot and health damage. No official limit or test value has yet been established for EC. The data is calculated nationwide using the reporting tool. Per road section it is indicated what the concentration is at 10 meters from the edge of the road. Air quality is represented in five concentration classes. The air quality is calculated, among other things, by means of traffic sets and calculation models.This includes any other sources 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.