Satellite-assisted Management of Air Quality

Some Economic Data

The installation of the monitoring system to be developed in the framework of the SMAQ programme and its operation for a ten year period will cost €100.000 per year, ie. four times less than a ground based network of stations, with comparable capabilities, which would cost €415.000.
It is estimated that the implementation of the pollution management measures and systems devised in the frame of SMAQ will lead to a 20% reduction of air pollution in the area.