We’re excited to announce the release of the Air Quality Data Portal, a new tool designed for exploring air quality data.

It gives users access to aggregated data and other resources, so they can get detailed insight and greater understanding into air pollution levels in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The platform uses geospatial technology from Esri UK, and hosts Met Office data from its UK Air Quality Reanalysis dataset, generated as part of the Clean Air Programme.

Paul Agnew, Scientific Manager – Air Quality Modelling at the Met Office, said: “Our Air Quality Data Portal offers a detailed insight into UK surface air pollution, and how it varies by location and over time. 

“The portal demonstrates our commitment to making atmospheric data publicly available. We hope it will give users a better understanding of air pollution and its impacts, so they can help improve air quality for a heathier future.”

The portal has been created for a variety of users, including academic researchers (atmospheric science and pollution health impacts), central and local government officers, air quality professionals and the public.  

To help introduce the Portal, we’ve also created a short video explaining its features and benefits.

In the video, one of the Met Office presenters speaks with Eleanor Smith and Lucy Neal, both of whom work within the ADAQ group at the Met Office. Eleanor is also an early career researcher and both will be presenting at next week’s event.

You can watch the video here: Click here

We hope you find the video insightful, and we look forward to sharing more about the Portal at the upcoming conference.

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