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Concept: Traffic in the stationclassification vocabulary

Concept URI http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/stationclassification/traffic
Preferred label Traffic
Definition Located in close proximity to a road, in a location that should represent the highest concentrations to which the population are exposed to within the zone. Located such that the pollution level for the specific pollutant is determined predominantly by the emissions from road traffic (i.e. not ship, railway, airplane, off-road) on distinct major roads. As per ANNEX III of DIRECTIVE 2008/50/EC, for all pollutants, traffic-orientated sampling probes shall be at least 25 m from the edge of major junctions and no more than 10 m from the kerbside.
Notation traffic
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-03-22
Accepted Date 2013-03-22
Not Accepted Date