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The Local Air Quality Index - Switzerland
The Local Air Quality Index is a method used by the government and companies to communicate air quality in an understandable way.
How we calculate the air quality index - Switzerland
BreezoMeter uses an index called “KBI (CH)”
We take the average of each pollutant type according to local government definitions.
An official conversion table is used to convert average pollutant concentrations to AQI for each pollutant.
The final AQI is determined by taking the worst AQI among all pollutants. The worst pollutant being the dominant pollutant.
Index Health Categories
KBI (CH) represents air quality levels according to the following health categories:
Category
Low air pollution
Low air pollution
Low air pollution
Low air pollution
Moderate air pollution
Moderate air pollution
Moderate air pollution
Moderate air pollution
Evident air pollution
Considerable air pollution
Considerable air pollution
Considerable air pollution
High air pollution
High air pollution
High air pollution
High air pollution
Very high air pollution
Pollutant Type
Period
pm10
24h avg.
o3
1h avg.
no2
24h avg.
Index Pollutant Types
The chart displays the pollutants that are part of the The following chart displays the pollutants that are part of the KBI (CH) calculation and the timeframe taken to average each pollutant type.:
Air Quality Indexes Around The Globe
Explore the local air quality indexes BreezoMeter uses in various countries.
