Sources

Data

• Hourly Air Quality Data: European Environment Agency (EEA), 2019
  Whenever possible, air quality data from multiple stations were combined and the median was calculated. This makes the data more representative for the whole city.
• Daily Weather Data: European Climate Assessment & Dataset (ECA&D), 2019
  The nearest weather station was used. However, not for every city all the factors are available.

Literature

• Barmet, P.; Kuster, T.; Muhlbauer, A. and Lohmann, U. (2009): Weekly cycle in particulate matter versus weekly cycle in precipitation over Switzerland. In: Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 114, pp. 1–7.
• Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU (Swiss Environment Agency): Faktenblatt "Auswirkungen der Ozonbelastung", 2018 (in German): Link (PDF)
• Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU (Swiss Environment Agency): Luftqualität in der Schweiz, 03.05.2019 (in German): Link
• Chen, T.-M.; Kuschner, W. G.; Gokhale, J. and Shofer, S. (2007): Outdoor Air Pollution: Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, and Carbon Monoxide Health Effects. In: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. Vol. 333, Is. 4, pp. 249–256.
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• Ouyang, W.; Guo, B.; Cai, G.; Li, Q.; Han, S.; Liu, B. and Liu, X. (2015): The washing effect of precipitation on particulate matter and the pollution dynamics of rainwater in downtown Beijing. In: Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 505, pp. 306–314.
• Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency): Dicke Luft zum Jahreswechsel, 27.12.2018 (in German): Link
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Pictures

all pictures are taken by Pascal Griffel