Dataset of inhalable particulate matter concentrations in the region of West Macedonia, Greece for an 11-year period

Vasilios Evagelopoulos; Nikolaos D Charisiou; Stamatis Zoras

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.107883

Dataset of inhalable particulate matter concentrations in the region of West Macedonia, Greece for an 11-year period

Data Brief. 2022 Feb 2:41:107883. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.107883. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Vasilios Evagelopoulos^{1

2}, Nikolaos D Charisiou¹, Stamatis Zoras³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani 50100, Greece.
² Environmental Centre, Region of Western Macedonia Ptolemais 50200, Greece.
³ Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi 67100, Greece.

Abstract

This manuscript presents the concentrations of inhalable suspended particles with diameter less than 10 µm (PM10) in the region of west Macedonia, Greece, from a total of nine locations, from 2010 to 2020. This region, the only landlocked region in the country, has acted as the pillar of electricity production in Greece since 1960, utilizing lignite in thermal power stations, which was open mined in the locality. However, following Greece's international commitments for climate action, the region has entered a transition, post-lignite process. Particulate matter concentrations in the region are monitored by the Public Power Corporation (PPC), which operates the mines and thermal power stations, using Grimm Aerosol Technik analyzer, model EDM180.

Keywords: Air quality; European air quality index; Inhalable particulate matter; Thermal power plants.