Lobelia Air is an innovative operational service which produces hourly high resolution maps of urban air pollution.
Supported by: EIT Urban Mobility
Product Details
Maturity
Commercialised
Challenge Area addressed
Active Mobility
Pollution Reduction
Lobelia Air provides hyperlocal air quality data to fill data gaps due to low coverage of sensors in the field.
Today, Lobelia Air is operational in large cities in Europe, supporting city administrations that promote the European Green Deal and the low emissions zone. Sustainable mobility, health companies, media channels and international research institutions are using our innovative technology.
The Features:
Hourly updates of PM and NO2 and soon O3
Automated configuration in any city
Historical data and 72-hour forecast
Gamification features
Lobelia Air is based on a peer-reviewed methodology
Validated in Madrid, Barcelona and Amsterdam, among others
How does it work?
Lobelia Air urban dispersion model is driven by meteorology and emission proxy data
The model assimilates all available local data
The system is calibrated hourly with the most recent data
The service predicts air pollution episodes
Service provided through a dashboard and endpoint API
